JOHN SROKA

420 East 23rd Street, Apt. 3D • New York, NY 10010 • 917-512-6246

http://johnsroka.com

john@johnsroka.com

OBJECTIVE

To work in Software Engineering, or an allied field, in which my problem solving, computer, and people skills can make a valuable contribution.

SKILLS

Applications: Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop and Illustrator, Cadence OrCAD PSpice, Aldec Active-CAD, Wind River Tornado and pRISM+, MG-SOFT MIB Browser, Borland StarTeam, PVCS Tracker, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe and Office (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio & Word)


Operating Systems: Experienced in using Apple Macintosh OS X, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX (bash shell scripting, awk, sed and Perl), Solaris, iRMX, VxWorks, pSOS and Novell NetWare


Programming Languages: assembly, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, SQL, PHP, HTML, XML, SNMP, VHDL, PL/M, UML, Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C++ (OpenGL & MFC)


Web Development:

  • PayPal 2.0 Certified Developer

  • Experience with WordPress blogs, ExpressionEngine CMS, phpBB forums, zenphoto galleries & Ktools.net PhotoStore, and osCommerce, Magento, X-Cart & Zen Cart stores

  • CSS/HTML content formatting/editing and PHP programming/debugging

  • Domain name registration, hosting services and search engine optimization

  • Ongoing site maintenance and other related webmaster/content manager services: font/creative assets management, technical service and support

EXPERIENCE

John Sroka Technical Services

Software Engineer / Consultant / Technical Service Provider

New York, NY

2004 to Present


Provider of custom software solutions, professional services and technical assistance

  • Administrate, configure and debug MySQL databases for websites

  • Complete analytics, blog, forum, gallery and shopping cart (e-commerce) customization and integration

  • Implement spam/bot reduction measures in comments, e-mail, forums and galleries using Akismet, SpamAssassin and custom mods

  • Keep web-based software applications up to date and running smoothly

  • Provide technical assistance in the upkeep and maintenance of computer hardware and software regardless of platform and OS

    • Clients: Seescapes Publishing, Modern Ketubah, Tara Sroka Designs, Heather Milano Designs, Finger Lakes Securities, LLC, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association, Physicians’ Research Network, Tenants Political Action Committee, Pink Ink Studios, Toby and Max Jewelry, TrickPirates.com


Tokio Marine Management – Claims Service

Claims Service Associate

New York, NY

2006


Performed beta testing of the client’s new claims handling software

  • Applied knowledge of Visual Basic GUI design and application usability

    • Used Rational RequisitePro software to track that all requirements were implemented properly

  • Researched and processed medical claims for payment using the company’s internal data entry, filing and retrieval processes

  • Served as point of contact both internally and externally for general claims service and bill resolution issues


Oxygen Media – Creative Services

Creative Services Consultant

New York, NY

2005


Improved the workflow of print and on-air production artists

  • Applied knowledge of fontography and Macintosh font management software

    • Extensis Suitcase Server X1 (font server and asset management software) running on Macintosh OS X

  • Classified and organized the font collection used by production artists with regards to their specific usability needs

  • Customized the font management software to aid in the handling of the department’s font collection


Real Time Enterprises, Inc. – Current Engineering

Software Engineer

Rochester, NY

2001 to 2003


Developed and debugged FDA compliant software upgrades to provide new/additional features for Johnson & Johnson medical laboratory chemistry analyzers

  • Applied knowledge of developing and debugging C software

    • PL/M and C software developed on a Sun workstation running Solaris and compiled for iRMX in DOS

  • Learned PL/M programming language and integrated upgrades into pre-existing PL/M and C code

  • Learned how to control the software using the iRMX embedded/real-time operating system

  • Modified the analyzer’s GUI to take advantage of all newly added features


Questra Corporation – e-Appliance Solutions Team

Consultant

Rochester, NY

2000 to 2001


Retrofit a new embedded software architecture into Sharp Labs of America’s next-generation networked digital imager

  • Applied knowledge of the C programming language and my Computer Engineering degree

    • Implemented the Integrated Print Systems (IPS) architecture for a MIPS processor running pSOS

  • Learned how to analyze and break apart existing software and adapt it through methodical development and debugging

  • Researched Adobe Type 1 and CIDFont formats to enable printing of international character sets

  • Aided in implementing and debugging the SNMP agent for easier remote monitoring and management of the imager and its supplies


Eastman Kodak Company - Research & Development

Software Engineer Intern

Rochester, NY

Summer 1998 & 1999


Designed and developed software for a high volume lenticular printer prototype

  • Applied knowledge from software engineering coursework

    • Learned Visual Basic and used it to construct a GUI which interacts with external hardware components

  • Created custom user controls using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for a consistent and intuitive end-user experience

  • Created a printer simulation DLL in Microsoft Visual Basic and integrated Microsoft Access databases using SQL to record and display statistics and errors

  • Developed an efficient, robust communication protocol between a Delta Tau PMAC-PC servo motion controller and Windows NT

  • Tested the protocol over RS-232 to establish reliability over extended periods of time and ported it to C for use on VxWorks

EDUCATION

Clarkson University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Potsdam, NY

May 2000


  • Designed and implemented a traffic light controller’s on-board intersection configuration software

    • Used an emulator to develop and debug low-level C code for an Intel 8088 processor

    • Designed a GUI to configure and monitor the status of the controller

    • Developed a communication protocol over RS-232 between the controller and a Windows based traffic simulator coded in Java

  • Developed a networked card game for Windows using C++ utilizing MFC for the user interface and WinSock for TCP/IP communications