Dana Hudes
310 West 72nd Street #2D
New York, NY
dhudes@hudes.org
Web site: www.hudes.org

Objective: Find a stable senior position in the field of network engineering where I can utilize my nearly thirty years in computing, including eighteen years in industry working on data communications, as well as my recent studies and Ph.D research in computer/network security. I have spent the last ten years focusing on TCP/IP and related protocols, applications and technologies.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Teaching
2001 - 2003 NY, NY: Adjunct Professor Yeshiva University
Teach Computer Science to undergraduates. Computer architecture; TCP/IP. Linux system administration. Operating Systems; Networks and Telecommunications

1999 - 2000 NY, NY: CUNY Hunter College Visiting Professor
Teach Computer Networks and Data Communications to undergraduates (Networks; and TCP/IP. Networks covers OSI layers 1-3 including Telephony, Ethernet, and ATM;.TCP/IP: network, transport and application layers, including routing protocols RIP/OSPF/BGP.

1999 Bayside, NY: Queensborough Community College  Adjunct Professor
CS101-Java. CS201-Assembler
Hudes Consulting
2000 - present web site development with Perl/CGI, XML, Postgresql, Class::DBI, and JavaScript
1993- 1996 IBM (contract):
1994 - 1996 Mamaroneck, NY: Advantis Network Systems, Senior Network Engineer
  • Test new network adapters and features of an AIX-based backbone Internet router.
  • Install and configure: RS/6000, Cisco, IBM 6611 and 2210 routers and Windows PC's for PPP, Frame Relay, FDDI, Token Ring, ATM, T1, T3. RIP, OSPF and BGP in GateD, 6611, 2210, and Cisco.  GateD OSPF, BGP, and RIP interoperability testing. Use of  AIX Netview/6000 and Networks General  LAN and WAN Sniffers.
  • Develop "network packet compiler" in flex and bison
1993 - 1994 Hawthorne, NY: IBM Research Computing Sciences, Project leader
Lead 3-man team developing Fibre Channel test equipment software on PS/2 under MS Windows using Microsoft Visual C, User interface. Script language using flex and bison.  Used NFS on AIX and PCDOS.

1994 NY, NY Develop ecommerce web site for client of Advanced Solutions Inc.
HTML, Perl CGI

1991 - 1993 contract programming and freelance writing
Develop MS Windows multimedia device drivers working at customer site and at home.
Write reviews of CASE and electronic imaging products and features on programming and software engineering for computer magazines meeting deadlines and editors expectations.
Spring 1992 Interop Shownet installation: worked with cable installation team, NIC.
Full-time employment
2000 Smartworld Senior Network Engineer
Administer HP Openview. UNIX system administration on RedHat Linux and Solaris/SPARC . Configure cisco 70xx routers, 29xx switches, MAX TNT RAS. Convert RAS network from using proxy ARP to routing. Use of cflowd and cisco netflow to analyse traffic and recommend changes to network topology including peering.
1998 NY, NY: Globix Corp -  Director of Network Management
HP Openview Network Node Manager administration on Solaris.  Expect scripts to configure cisco routers.  Solaris system administration. Interview candidates for technical positions.  Supervise team of 3 junior programmers.
1997 -1998 Teaneck, NJ: Graphnet Inc. - Network Engineering Manager
  • Network architecture and engineering in global LAN/WAN network: Ethernet, Frame Relay, X.25, PPP, ISDN BRI and PRI, analog dial, CSU/DSU. Bay Site Manager and Optivity.
  • HP Openview, Netrix WAN (X.25, Frame Relay) switch,  Bay and Cisco routers, hubs and switches.LAN and WAN Sniffer. IP dial/PAD RAS using Ascend MAX PRI.
  • Solaris 2.x system web, DNS, Sendmail, and news (INN) administration.
  • Connect to Internet exchange points in London and Paris. Negotiate BGP peering with other participants.
  • Supervise 4 Internet/network engineers and 2 Unix administrators. Interview candidates for technical positions.
  • Deliver in-house networking training
1991 NY, NY SMARTCARD INTERNATIONAL: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
C/assembler embedded system programming: 8051, MC68340. Administer workgroup Ethernet network.
1990 - 1991 Hicksville, NY SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS: SR P/A
C/assembler embedded systems for MC68020.
1988 - 1990 Bohemia, NY AEROSPACE AVIONICS INC.: SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Embedded real-time systems in 80C31 C and assembler. Set up and administer ARCnet network and Novell 2.15 server. Present papers at Software and Firmware Engineering conference.
1984 - 1988 Plainview, NY VETRA SYSTEMS CORP. : Member Technical Staff
Embedded real-time tape-to-print system (PDP-11 C/assembler); C/MS-DOS communications software; order-processing system in FORTRAN-77.
1983 - 1984 CARDION ELECTRONICS: SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Real-time embedded system in 68000 assembler. Unix System III administration.

EDUCATION:

NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
M.S. Computer Science cum laude (1993)
B.S. Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics (1985).

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Ph.D student in Computer Engineering effective 9/2003. Emphasis on computer/network security.

Industry training:

  • Hub configuration and management (Bay Networks, February 1998)
  • MAX/Pipeline configuration (Ascend Communications, February 1998)
  • RADIUS (Ascend Communications, February 1998)
  • WAN Protocols (Bay Networks, June 1997)
  • AIX/6000 System Troubleshooting (IBM Skill Dynamics, 1995)
  • C++ Jump start (IBM , 1993)
  • Software Engineering methods and methodologies (1988)
  • Unix Shell programming and Unix internals (1983)
  • TMS34010 architecture (1987)

PUBLICATIONS:

  • "Artificial Intelligence in Software Development", Computer Language
  • "Windows Draw" Windows User, March 1993
  • "The Windows File Shuffle" Byte, December 1992
  • "Two CASE tools: Silverrun vs. Excelerator" Byte
  • "Image Magic" Byte, June 1992.
  • "Aldus Photostyler 1.1" Windows Magazine, April 1992.
  • "Zsoft Publisher's Paintbrush" Computer Buying World, Jan. 1992.
  • "Requirements Analysis for Embedded Systems" and
  • "Why test software?" both in Proceedings of Software and Firmware Engineering Conference  (SAFECON), San Jose, CA, 1989.
  • "Just How Compatible?" Digital Review magazine, Feb. 1986.
  • Net::Whois module for CPAN