Mark J. Hudson
12000 Idaho Ave
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
310/571-0297 markh@pobox.com

Objective: To obtain a position in software applications development.

Education: Biola University, Bachelor of Science, Computer Information August 1986 - May 1990

Environments:
DOS; OS/2; MS Windows 3.x, 95, NT 3.x, NT 4.0
Microsoft C/SDK, Visual C++, MS Visual Basic, dBase
TCP/IP, HTML

Professional:

  • SQA Engineer, Symantec/Peter Norton Group, Santa Monica, CA
    International Product Engineering team, Norton Utilities for Windows 95 and NT. Evaluate domestic products for ease of translation through code inspections, resource editing, and manual testing. Test domestic and localized products under foreign language operating systems. Liaison between translation offices in Japan and Ireland, and local development/QA efforts. May 1995-Present

  • Software Engineer, Scantron Corporation, Tustin, CA
    ScanSurvey for Windows product team. Designed and implemented database import DLL using ODBC under Microsoft Visual C++. Dec 1994 - April 1995

  • QA Analyst, Symantec/Peter Norton Group, Santa Monica, CA (contract)
    Network Administrator product team. Designed and implemented test plans for Norton Network Administrator 1.0 for Windows, on Novell 3.11 and 4.0 servers. Automation using Microsoft Test 1.0 with Windows API calls. April 1993 - August 1993

  • Test Engineer, Beckman Instruments, Brea, CA (MicroTemps contract)
    Synchron CX7 console team. Maintained and implemented validation test procedures for QNX PC controlling a CX7 medical chemistry analyzer. Developed automated scripts with B-Tree Software Validation System. Network and utility support for local workgroup. August 1992 - April 1993

  • QA Analyst, Symantec/Peter Norton Group, Santa Monica, CA (XXCAL contract)
    Desktop Backup product team. Designed and implemented testing plans for Norton Backup 2.0 for DOS and Windows. Created and maintained hardware and software testing platforms. Diagnosed compatibility issues, bugs; proposed fixes. April 1992 - July 1992

  • Independent Consulting and Systems Integration, Self.
    Hardware, network and software configuration, installation, maintainence and training for sites using Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word, Norton Desktop, PageMaker, WinFax. July 1992 - December 1994

  • Programmer, Wildwood Development, Whittier, CA
    Windows & OS/2 development team. Contributed to user interface development for Windows network E-mail system using the following tools: Microsoft C 6.0 & Windows 3.0 SDK, Visual Basic, Quick C for Windows. Novell and systems integration, consulting. November 1990 - February 1992

  • Substitute Teacher, Whittier Union High School District, Whittier, CA
    On call substitute teacher for math, business, computers, special education. Administered tests, assigned homework, extemporized. August 1990 - December 1990

  • Lab Manager, Academic Computing Labs, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
    User support for 27-station AppleShare network. Assisted in network consolidation, enhancements and resource sharing. Logistical support of VAX terminals and printers. September 1988 - May 1990

  • Naval Reserve, Point Mugu Missile Test Center, Oxnard, California
    Aviation Support Equipment Technician, Airman. Southwest Asia campaign ribbon for service in Persian Gulf War. DBase programming. Inactive duty status as of June 1992. June 1985 - June 1992

    Legacy Systems:
    Apollo Domain/OS SR10.3: C, Csh, DSEE.
    Digital VAX 11/780 VMS: Ada, C, COBOL, Pascal.
    DECstation 2100 BSD Ultrix: C.
    Hewlett Packard 9000/300 Unix System V: ICC Ada, C.