Mark Mischke

1 College Rd.
Natick, MA 01760
617 285-7355
mark@mischke.org
http://www.mischke.org

 

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Working exclusively with .Net since 2001.
• .Net, C#, VB.Net, Windows Forms, ASP.Net, XAML, ADO.Net, Compact Framework, Web services, Windows services, UML, BITS, XML, XSLT, SQL, C, Win32, Java, COM+, ASP, VB, WSH, MSIL, HTML, NUnit.
• .Net interop (COM+/Win32).
• Portable Executable (PE) Unmanaged Metadata API.
• Database design and development with MS SQL Server 6.x - 2005, Oracle, Sybase.
• Multi-tier desktop, server and Web application architecture and design.
• IIS 2.0 - 7.0, Apache.
• Extensive experience with Windows NT (3.1 - 4.0), 2000/3, XP & Vista from both systems and development perspectives.
• Expertise in all areas of PC hardware, software, networking and peripherals.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Class Four Technologies, Inc., Natick, MA    07/00 - Present
President and Principal Engineer

Independent consultant/contractor focusing primarily on the design and development of custom solutions using the Microsoft .Net platform.

• Interval Data Systems, Watertown, MA - Lead architect/developer of a suite of graphical data-driven .Net applications designed to analyze and monitor energy and utility usage trends and to generate associated billing information across large campuses. The suite comprises both Windows desktop and Web applications, sharing a common core of reusable components (C#, VB.Net, Windows Forms, ASP.Net, Excel interop, .Net Compact Framework, Dundas Chart, ADO.Net, SQL, XML, NUnit).
• Class Four Technologies, Inc., Natick, MA - Developing language-agnostic call graph browser add-in for Visual Studio (C#, Windows Forms, Unmanaged Metadata API, XML, MSIL, NUnit).
• TJX, Westborough, MA - Designed and developed data import functionality for an internal mobile sales tool for the Windows desktop. (C#, VB.Net, Windows Forms, Excel interop, ADO.Net, SQL, XML, NUnit, UML).
• Biogen, Cambridge, MA - Designed and developed a set of internal Web applications for tracking various scientific data and processes. (ASP.Net, C#, ADO.Net, Oracle).
• Pinnacle Systems, Lowell, MA - Designed and developed an application for analyzing collections of data and video from professional and semi-professional sporting events. Included a Windows Forms client application, custom user controls, a multithreaded Windows service, .Net Remoting and a Web service encapsulating the database layer. (ASP.Net Web services, C#, .Net Windows Forms, Remoting, Windows services, ADO.Net, SQL, XML, BITS, Win32 API interop, Windows Media Player 9 interop).
• Systems Engineering, Inc., Waltham, MA - Designed and developed key elements of a Web application for a MA state human services agency (ASP.Net, VB.Net, ADO.Net, SQL, XML, XSLT), including object and data models, use cases, sequence diagrams, etc.
• Clean Harbors, Braintree, MA - Designed and developed a set of Exchange 2000 workflow forms applications (ASP.Net, C#, VB.Net, CDO, ADO.Net, LDAP, ADSI).
• Scudder Investments, Boston, MA - Designed and developed a desktop application for analyzing sets of XML-based financial data files (C#, XQuery, XML, XSLT, .Net Windows Forms). Designed and developed a departmental intranet (C#, ASP.Net, ADO.Net, Web services, SQL, XML, Rational Rose, erWin).
• Persumma Financial, Newton, MA - A lead architect/developer of a 401k management Web application (ASP, VB, COM+, SQL/SyBase, XML, XSLT). Designed and developed an XML-driven newsfeed management system (XML, XSLT, VB, WSH, Site Server).
• Zygo TeraOptix, Holliston, MA - Designed and developed an attribute-driven user/group management and Web application access control system (COM+, VB, SQL, ASP, XML, LDAP, ADSI).

ChannelWave Software, Inc., Cambridge, MA    12/98 - 07/00
Lead Application Engineer

A lead developer of ChannelWave's core product, a 3-tier MS COM+ extranet application for managing sales leads. Responsibilities included design of data and object models, use cases, sequence diagrams, etc. using Rational Rose and erWin. Developed new product functionality (COM+, VB, J++, ASP, MTS, SQL, XML, WSH). Ported a COM+ application to the JavaServer platform (JSP, JDBC, JavaBeans). Taught Java classes. Provided training and mentoring and acted as a key technical resource for all areas of the company.

GTE Internetworking, Cambridge, MA    10/97 - 12/98
Systems Engineer

Lead developer of GTEI's Windows NT-based Web hosting products. Designed a secure hosting platform based on NT Server 4.0, IIS 4.0, SQL Server and Site Server. Developed tools using C, Perl, ASP and WSH to automate installation and configuration of software components. Developed VB COM components for IIS metabase (ADSI) automation. Developed SQL stored procedures and configuration/tuning scripts. Provided technical training for product managers and acted as a primary technical contact for the Sales and Marketing groups.

Amulet Inc., Acton, MA    02/97 - 10/97
Systems Engineer

Responsible for scaling and tuning Amulet's NT-based InfoWizard online service and network infrastructure. Managed our firewall, Internet/intranet/NT security issues and network capacity planning. Developed a variety of automation tools in Perl and C, including an application to facilitate back-end data processing of Web-based banner ad campaigns. Designed and deployed a comprehensive home-grown network monitoring tool.

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, MA.    01/96 - 02/97
Lead PC/LAN Analyst

Lead role in defining and implementing the Windows NT domain architecture for Hancock's Investment and Pension business unit. Designed an SMS site, a departmental intranet, managed a network test lab and provided training and mentoring in Windows NT and Internet technologies.

Polaroid Corporation, Norwood, MA    06/94 - 01/96
Senior Information Systems Analyst

Designed and implemented portions of Polaroid's first Windows NT domain architecture for their worldwide manufacturing business units. Managed a LAN support team.

Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA    01/90 - 06/94
Scientist

Synthesized and characterized a variety of materials for high-resolution thermal and photochemical imaging system prototypes. Developed a novel 3-D liquid crystal-based display system.

Introduced Windows NT domain to simplify PC/Mac data sharing. Deployed internal Web and FTP servers. Developed a Windows application in C which simplified data collection from a densitometer. Developed a DOS-based 3-D molecular visualization application in C.

Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA    02/88 - 01/90
Associate Scientist

Synthesized a variety of phospholipid materials using a combination of enzymatic and modern synthetic techniques. Developed purification schemes using ion-exchange and adsorbtion chromatography.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Co-author of sixteen US patents dealing with high-resolution thermal and photochemical imaging systems, a book chapter dealing with biocatalysis in organic chemistry and a research paper describing the mutagenicity of a class of materials. Guest lecturer for a graduate-level chemistry course at Brandeis University.

 

EDUCATION

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Received an award for the most outstanding undergraduate thesis.

Additional courses taken since graduation include Advanced Win32 Programming, Active Server Pages Programming, Advanced Visual Basic, Interactive Computer Graphics, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, C Programming & Data Structures, Assembly Language & Computer Architecture, Discrete Mathematics, Digital Electronics, Electro-Optics, Organic Reactions, Reaction Mechanisms, Spectroscopic Methods, and Medicinal Chemistry.

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), 1996.

 

AFFILIATIONS

• Microsoft Partner Program
• American Mensa, Ltd.

 

References available upon request.