EDWIN W. MEYER
CONSULTING SOFTWARE ENGINEER
1701 N. Sayre Ave.
Chicago, IL 60707
(617) 395-7600
EMail: Edwin@alum.mit.edu
Web:  http://www.edwinmeyer.com

  Current specialty: Ruby on Rails design and implementation

· Web Development: Ruby on Rails; Java J2EE (Servlets, JSP, EJB and JDBC); 
  JavaScript; Apache & Tomcat web servers.
· Operating Systems: Windows XP/Server 2003/2000, Linux, Solaris. 
· Databases: Oracle SQL, MySQL. 
· Other Technologies: Visual C++, Eclipse, JBuilder, Perforce, Siteminder, 
LDAP, HTML, XML, XSLT, Digital Certificates, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), 
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

EXPERIENCE 
PictoLink.com (Cambridge, MA)  2006 to present
· Design and implementation of a three stage graphic link technology with 
applications to web advertising.  
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL.

Digimarc Corporation (Burlington, MA)  2004 to 2005 
· Developed a web-based three tier inventory management system as part of a 
small team. Primary design and implementation responsibility for the reports 
subsystem. Provided onsite customer support, managed software deployments, 
and trained successor support staff. 
Technologies: Java J2EE, JSP, HTML, JavaScript, 
JDBC, XML, Visual C++, Apache/Tomcat, Windows Server 2003, Oracle, 
Eclipse, Perforce.

Stolat Investors (Watertown, MA)  2001 to 2003
· Designed and implemented a web-based stock value analysis tool for 
an investment management firm. Technologies: Java J2EE, JSP, HTML, 
JavaScript, JDBC, Apache/Tomcat, Windows 2000 / Red Hat Linux 8.0, 
MySQL, JBuilder.

Lucent Technologies (Cambridge, MA) 2000 to 2001 
· Elicited requirements, designed and developed a Java EJB to access an 
Oracle database for an online analytical processing (OLAP) application. 
· Analyzed business logic of an existing two tier customer service 
application written in Visual C++ on top of a SQL server.  

National Grange Mutual Insurance Co. (Keene, NH)  2000  
· Reviewed the design and implementation of a multi-tier COM/DCOM-
based customer service application written in C++ and J++ and 
reported findings to the chief architect.

GTE Internetworking (Cambridge, MA)  1999  
· Web administrator for a Solaris-based corporate portal involving 
content management, user access, and PKI issues.   
· Administered Stronghold, Apache, and Netscape Enterprise (iPlanet) 
web servers, Netscape Directory Server (LDAP), and Siteminder.   
· Researched undocumented features and created an administrator's 
handbook.

Netegrity, Inc. (Waltham, MA)   1999
· Principal consultant employed in the consulting group of the 
developer of the Siteminder network access control software.
· Designed and implemented a Visual C++ Siteminder-internal 
authentication scheme running under Windows NT involving LDAP access.

Edwin Meyer Software Engineering  (Cambridge, MA)  1997 to 1998
· Object-oriented C++ development of a demonstration program for 
a software invention in the field of grammatical inference. 

Polaroid Corp.  (Bedford, MA)  1995 to 1997  
· Performed analysis, design and implementation of several drivers 
license production systems written in C++.   
· Appointed lead programmer for one license system project. This 
system was delivered on time in spite of a tight schedule and met 
customer expectations. 

Fidelity Investments. (Boston, MA) 1994 
Putnam Investments, (Boston, MA) 1994
Millipore Corp. (Bedford, MA) 1993-94
Synetics Corp. (Wakefield, MA) 1993-94 
· Lotus Notes application design and development. Developed Windows 
and OS/2 Lotus Notes API applications in C for interfacing Notes 
applications with external environments.  

Lotus Development Corp.   1989 to 1992
· Sales Engineer - Munich, Germany. Designed and conducted 3-day 
classes in Lotus Notes in German and provided support for value 
added resellers and direct customers.
· Principal Software Engineer - Cambridge, MA. Designed a schema 
for a cross-product object-based API and implemented it in C for 
a database product running under OS/2.

Micro Workshop of Cambridge (MA) 1977 to 1989
  Partner and Principal in a microcomputer consulting business.  
· Designed a Unix-based distributed system for real-time data 
acquisition and analysis.
· Presented courses, authored books, and reviewed computer hardware 
and software products.

Teledyne Geotech (Alexandria, VA) 1974 to 1977
  Senior Systems Analyst for distributed systems design.
· Principal system architect for two real-time distributed operating 
system proposals to the U.S. government. Designed and implemented a 
system for real-time seismic data acquisition from the (Internet 
predecessor) ARPANET.

M.I.T. Project MAC (Cambridge, MA)  1967 to 1974
  Staff Member on the MULTICS time-sharing system development 
project.  
· Highlights: ARPANET protocol development; MULTICS ARPANET software 
interface; system internals; several language porting projects.

EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  B.S. Electrical Eng. 1967. 
National Merit Scholar.
Harvard University.  Graduate extension school coursework in expert 
systems, C++, object-oriented programming, and discrete mathematics. 
1989-1991.

PUBLICATIONS
Wordstar for the IBM PC (principal author), Brady division of 
  Prentice-Hall, 1984.
Easy as 1, 2, 3  (principal author), Hayden Books, 1984.  
Mastering 1-2-3 Macros and Databases, Micro Workshop, 1986.
(Internet) Network Working Group Request For Comments: RFC 46, 
  RFC 49, RFC 59, RFC 79, RFC 82, RFC 98 (co-author), RFC 129 
  (co-author), RFC 492.

OTHER
U.S. Citizen. 
Recognized as an ARPANET Pioneer during the ARPANET 25th anniversary 
  celebration sponsored by Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.  
Languages: competent in German; studied Russian