Steven E. Barber

257 Central Park West, Apt. 11-E
New York NY 10024

Summary

Five years systems integration consulting to Wall Street firms, focused on Java, CORBA and distributed objects
Six years systems and communications software engineering experience, developing on-time releases of profitable commercial software products
MIT Computer Science graduate
Licensed attorney, with practice experience in software and computer networking law

Random Walk Computing, New York, NY
Senior Architect

Architect & Project Manager. For a trading start-up, analyzed requirements, designed, and led implementation of a new exchange for complex commodity options. Systems include the exchange server, a trader workstation, and an administrator workstation. Implementation technologies include Java 2, Swing, EJBs, Java Servlets, BEA Weblogic Server 5.1, and Oracle 8i.
Architect & Project Manager. For National Quotation Bureau, provided ground-up analysis, design and implementation lead for 1-staff year project to create online, real-time securities quotation collection and distribution service. Implementation technologies include Java, Iona OrbixWeb, Javelin Technologies Coppelia FIX engine, Informix 7.3.
Analyst, Web-based Order Entry System. For largest OTC broker/dealer, provided assessment and architecture alternatives for recently deployed Java-based order entry interface to FIX-based middleware.
Architect, Trade Entry Services. For major investment bank, assessed existing client/server-based trade entry system. Produced architecture and design to evolve system to distributed object architecture for improved performance, scalability and flexibility.

Fusion Systems Group, New York, NY
Principal Consultant

Practice Manager, Java, CORBA and Distributed Objects, responsible for $1M annual revenue
Project Manager for several Java/CORBA architecture introductions for large financial institutions

Senior Consultant

Lance Rose & Associates, Montclair NJ
Attorney, Admitted in New York and New Jersey

High-tech intellectual property lawyer in private practice
Focus on software development, computer networks and online information systems
Extensive client contact at executive levels (Board and Officers)
Reorganized $15 million computer game publisher and subsidiaries
Structure and negotiate software and online content licensing relationships
Represent clients before administrative agencies and in pretrial litigation

Rabbit Software Corporation, Malvern PA
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Project Leader

Development of MS-DOS, MS-Windows and UNIX products which emulate IBM mainframe protocols and devices for use in corporate information systems.

As project leader, brought RabbitGATE distributed 3270 SNA and Bisync shrink-wrap products to market in under six months during corporate merger, enabling company to reach product revenue goals of $1.5 million per quarter and installed base of 10,000 units. Instituted development and testing methodologies to transform crisis-oriented, reactive engineering group into a coordinated team that produced well-planned, profitable releases on schedule.
As UNIX portation manager, led team of five engineers which ported Rabit communication products to a variety of UNIX platforms in shrink-wrap and OEM environments.
As national systems engineer, developed and installed custom solutions for clients such as American Airlines, TWA, Memorex-Telex, NYNEX and MetLife, incorporating RabbitGATE technology into corporate information systems, enabling several six-figure sales.
As software engineer:

Delivered new window manager in under three weeks to major account.
Ported Rabbit 3270PLUS SNA UNIX emulator to new system in ten days to demo to large OEM, setting new company record.
Developed MS-Windows virtual device driver to rearchitect RabbitGATE 3270 for Windows product, halving estimated time to first customer shipment.
Designed and implemented inter-processor peer-to-peer protocol between UNIX hosts and front-end communications processors.
Chaired corporate C and UNIX portation standards team.
Developed SNA PU2.0 test suite and regression testing procedures.

Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York NY, Juris Doctor, June 1993
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, Bachelor of Science,Computer Science and Engineering, June 1987

Random Walk Computing, RMI Callbacks, Java Q & A, JavaWorld, May 1999
Lewis, Barber & Siegel, Java IDL Programming, Java Pro, November 1998
Lewis, Barber & Siegel, Programming with Java IDL, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Online Intellectual Property, PC Magazine, March 15, 1994
Lapin, J.E., et al., Portable C and Unix System Programming, Prentice-Hall, 1987

Primary Representative, Object Management Group
Legislative Counsel, Voters Telecommunications Watch
Director, VTW Center for Internet Education
Member, Balloting Group, IEEE P1003.1 (POSIX) Operating System Interface Standard

Languages: Java (5 years), C (9 years), 80x86 assembler (5 years), Pascal (2 years)
Middlware: CORBA (3 years), EJB (1 year), JDBC/JavaBeans (1 year), Encina (1 year), DCE (1 year)
Operating Systems: MS-DOS (8 years), UNIX (6 years), Solaris (4 years), Windows NT (4 years), CTOS (3 years), OS/2 (1 year)
GUIs: MS-Windows (1 year), Java AWT, Swing
Protocols: 3270 (3 years), SDLC/HDLC (2 years), FIX (1 year)
Database: SQL, Oracle 8i, Sybase System 11, Informix 7.3
Other: embedded multi-taskers (3 years), MS-Windows virtual device drivers, UNIX Sockets

Steven E. Barber (sbarber@alum.mit.edu), August 17, 2000