Resume

Ted Walther

Date: 05/2007

Phone:   604-434-0844

Email:  

Address: 6681 Brooks Street

         VANCOUVER, BC

         V5S 3J6

         Canada

Experience and Strengths:

Web, e-mail, Unix, systems design, testing, technical writing, high end server programming, kernel programming, device driver development, GUI design, database design. I specialize in Linux and OpenBSD, but support software packages on all POSIX compliant platforms.

Programming:

C, C++, Perl, Python, TCL TK, Java, JavaScript, HTML, Bourn Shell, PHP, CGI development, Postgres SQL DataBase, Forth, COBOL, Lisp.
X windows Programming, X86 Assembly language. Linux Kernel Modules and Drivers.

OS: Linux 2.4 & 2.6, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X

Backup Technologies: rsync, scp, sftp, tar, cpio. Wrote several disk mirroring scripts for mass production of a video server, and the most referenced hard drive migration howto

Security: Lot of years keeping things secure. Mostly use OpenBSD and Debian. Helped develop the CrunchBox firewall.

Work History:

Student (2007-present)
- Bee Keeping
- Criminal Law

Video Technology Magazine (2006-present)
- project management
- technical advising
- video4linux2 (V4L2) Linux kernel device driver developement
- SDI video format

Tiltproof (2006)
- Sales, Customer support

Video Technology Inc. (2005-2006)
- Worked on V4L2 driver for Linux2.6 Kernel Module. Module is now included in the Linux kernel, and my name is now included in the Linux kernel source code.

ATIMI  2004 – 2005
- Worked on Mac OS-X (BSD Unix) drivers, and I-SCSI networking.
- Technical Writing.

Shop IP  2002-2003
- Worked on the OpenBSD based Firewall product.
- Shop IP was started by John Draper (Captain Crunch)

Nisvara Inc.  2001 – 2005   http://www.silentcomputing.com
- Founder, came up with Initial product Idea of Silent computer.
- Shareholder and currently a board  member
- Nisvara Inc. had a partnership with NASA Ames for the development of composite materials for computer heat management and almost closed a $500K grant with the California Energy Commission (CEC) for it’s server that consumes ½ the power of a regular server.

Lineo Inc.  2000 – 2001
- Development of C, Linux kernel device drivers.
- Worked on Flash Disk boot up system (M-Systems)

DVBS    1998 – 2000  (Digital Video Broadcast Systems)
- Worked on the LIVECAM a FreeBSD based video streaming server.
- Developed high speed hard drive replication software.
- Developed display driver on FreeBSD for direct VGA screen access for playback of video.
- Worked on Video on Demand streaming server.
- Worked on “Idiot Proof” front end configuration GUI.
- Was responsible for assembling and testing server before shipping to customers.

Virtualynx and Starnet Communications  1998
- Unix, Solaris, and Redhat system administration
- CGI, database, and perl development.

Nortel Cable Technology Division (Fiber Optics)  1997
- HPIB fiber testing software
- factory automation

Government of Canada  1996
- Did the first ever vote counting on-line software and website.
- People viewed the vote results in realtime, as they were counted.

Open Source Projects:

Worked on Debian Linux, 1998-2006
- Maintained packages
- Assisted at trade shows
- Gave talks and presentations to local groups

Ratpoison window manager http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/  This is a Light Weight , no mouse required X window Manager.
- Contributor

Project Lead on the (defunct) Xouvert – X Windows system for Linux.
- This was an alternate branch off of XFree86 the one currently shipped on most Linus OS’s , Designed for Better driver support.
- http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4336

Mozilla and Firefox web browsers
- Mediator / Technical Negotiator
“Jonathan Walther, a Debian developer, could not have said it better. In fact, Harrison’s apology to mozilla.org was his request. Walther was suddenly finding himself in a unique position of mediator between Firebird and Mozilla.” http://www.open-mag.com/features/Vol_61/trademarks/trademarks.htm

Created the “Scrollball” and “Pog” user interface widgets, based on the ideas of Bowie J. Poag.

Has written articles for the Linux Journal Magazine.
-   Linux Apprentice: Setting Up E-mail  (Feb 1998 ) http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2516

- “The Rules of IRC”  http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2000/12/30/232315/30     (Full version here: http://reactor-core.org/irc-help.html