Charles F. Baker, Ph.D.
1603 Chinnapakin Nene
Tallahassee, FL 32301
email: baker@charlieb.com
Phone: 850-219-9427
GOALS:
To continue employment as software developer in a job that will continue to
enhance my skills, and provide new and exciting challenges in the world of
information technology.
Professional Experience :
Computer Languages:
C, C++, Objective-C, CommonLisp/CLOS, PERL, AWK, Unix Shell Scripting, SQL,
ASP, Java, DSP Programming
Operating Systems: UNIX ( BSD/Mach, SYSV/Solaris,DEC,AIX, others), Macintosh
(6.0-8.1), DOS/WINNT/95/3.1
Employment:
Developer, Adminstrative Information Services of Florida State University May 2001 - present
Designed and implemented Java servlets for academic and administrative information web sites.
Web Engineer, A.T.G. Technologies, Tallahassee, FL. Mar 2000 - March 2001
Redesigned and implemented public web site, designed e-commerce pages, indexing of intra and extra net document libs.
Senior Software Engineer, Release Software. Nov 1998 - Feb 2000;
Responsible for software design, implementation and support for
electronic software delivery, using WebObjects and Perl on Windows NT/IS with
ODBC connection to MS-SQL and Oracle databases. Wrote perl interface to third
party transaction server (in c). Primary engineering support for running web
stores.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Verity, Inc. Sept 1997 - Nov
1998
Responsible for developing test plans, test software and regression
tests for major kernel software changes in a large C and C++ code base across
multiple platforms (HPUX,SOLARIS,NT,WIN,AIX,IRIX).
Member, Technical Staff, Filoli Information Systems Company. Dec. 1994 -
Sept 1997
Member of small team that developed NeXTStep workman's comp. risk
assessment application . Designed, developed areas of application such as form
letter editor, data entry UI, automated data backup procedures. Also
imported all data for app. from legacy data files. Was made sole developer in
charge of application during alpha testing, which I did until December '95,
when I moved to a group developing strategy for migrating data from legacy
claims insurance system to new NeXTStep claims application. (COBOL data files
to Sybase11). Senior member of that team, having implemented the migration
using SQL and PERL. Data and application deployed as system of record.
Research Assistant, Center for
Computer Music Research and Composition, U.C.S.B. 1993 - 1994
1) Software written in C/C++, and CommonLisp languages (for music composition).
2) External code resources written for Opcode's MAX real-time programming
language (Mac).
3) UNIX system operator. Sun SparcStation fileserver for network consisting of
VAX 11/750, Sun3 workstation, NeXT workstations, and Macintoshes. Maintained
system files and user data. Responsible for maintenance contracts, all system
backups, maintained network.
4) Addition of major capabilities to CommonMusic, Common Lisp based music
composition system written at Stanford University and the Zentrum fur Kunst und
Mediatechnogie, Karlsruhe, BRD
5) Software ports:
IRCAM soundfile system and utilities to NeXT.
Carnegie-Mellon FUGUE software, based on Xlisp (added IRCAM/NeXT soundfile
compatibility).
Stanford's CommonMusic/CommonLispMusic (CommonLisp based) ported to TurboNext
hardware platform.
Operations Manager/Librarian, Ensemble for Contemporary Music, U.C.S.B. 1993
- 1994
Music Librarian, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara 1990 - 1994
Founding member, manager, performer, and conductor in Tallahassee Camerata ,
performing new music ensemble. 1985 - 1987
Classical music radio announcer and programmer, WFSU-FM, Tallahassee.
Florida. 1985-1987
Researcher,. Center for Music Research, Florida State University
1984-1985
1) Microcode written for prototype of proprietary digital signal
processor "Platypus/Capybara" developed at University of Illinois
C.E.R.L. music project. Code written included real-time filters, reverb units,
and sample rate change.
2) Beta-testing of Coda's Finale Music notation software (Mac).
3) Developed and managed real-time digital synthesis studio at Florida State
University Center for Music Research. Compositional Software written in TUTOR
language (developed at Univ. of Illinois for educational software delivery).
Education :
Visiting Scholar, C.C.R.M.A, Stanford University
Fall 1996- Present
September 1988 -September 1992 Ph.D. in Music Composition,
University of California at Santa Barbara .
January 1982 - April 1984 M.M. in Music Composition,
Florida State University
August 1975 - August 1981 B.M. in Music Composition,
Florida State University
Salary Requirements available on request.