Resume

* Klaus Szyska * 201 Osgood Street * North Andover * MA 01845

* 508-397-9535 * Klaus-Szyska@Comcast.net * retired since August 2013

* Four decades of programming, CAD, Unix, Windows, MacOS

* Knowledge Management / Search & Publishing Support

* Web / System / Security Administration

* Network Engineering

* Mechanical Engineering and Cost Modeling

Current Experience:

  Platforms:       Systems:

    PC Mac              OpenAI python API/GPT, LangChain w/python (Udemy 2023)

    Android             Android Studio (Udemy 2020)

    Android/Apple       Dart and Flutter (Udemy 2020)

    AWS                 SolidWorks Online HelpPages

    VMware              SolidWorks 3DCC front/backend server virtualization

                        for in-house and external hosting

    NetApp              SolidWorks Data Storage

    Intel / PC Mac      MacOS/Windows/NT/XP, RedHat Linux 9.x

    SUN / Sparcs        Solaris 9

    IBM / RS6000        AIX 5.x

    HP / DecAlpha       HP-UX 11i, Tru64 5.x

  Software:

    Compilers: Java, C/C++, VB, Objective-C, Dart & Flutter (Udemy 2020)

    Web Servers: Apache/Tomcat, WebSphere, IIS, DynaWeb/dwhttpd

    Web Development: HTML, Struts/jsp, XML/XSL/Soap, Perl/cgi, .NET/JScript,

                        ASP/VBScript, PHP/mySQL

    Scripting: Python, Perl, JavaScript, Powershell, Tcsh+awk

    Databases: Firebase, SQLite, SQL2013, Oracle, DB2, Access, Perl-DBI

    PKMTools: TheBrain, UltraEdit, VScode, Salamander, BeyondCompare,

                        VMware, PhotoShop/Gimp, Visio, Camtasia Studio

* Dassault Systemes SolidWorks, Waltham, Mass.                 Aug 05 - Aug 13

  * Contractor for the Build+Integration Crew to analyze (perl-based)

    daily-build (log) failures, and generated html reports for build operators.

  * Maintained/enhanced SolidWorks software submission system (C++) plus

    scripting (perl + dos) for daily build operations.

  * Joined SolidWorks 3dContentCentral.com public web (after 18 month).

    Responsible operations manager for builds & deployment, to 3 clusters named

    LIVE, BETA, and EVAL, a total of 70+ windows VMware server.

    Each cluster comprised of multiple (web) frontends, multiple (CAD) backends,

    failsafe SQL2013 severs, multiple FAST search servers, multiple SlowScan

    servers, plus a NetApp dataserver.

  * performed hands-on GoingLive operations deploying the latest 3dcc releases

    twice a year (ex. switching cluster BETA to LIVE, EVAL to BETA etc)

  * designed & performed physical to virtual (VMware) server transformation.

  * performed 3dcc's SQL2010 to SQL2013 failsafe conversion.

  * wrote (perl-based) 3dcc log analyzer reporting daily IIS exceptions.

* Enigma, Burlington, Mass.                             Dec 03 - Jun 05

  * Technical Support (QA) Engineer and Trainer for 3Cv8 Workbench,

    a web-based automation publishing tool for the Support Chain market.

    Supporting customers such as Ford Europe, Ford North America, DaimlerChrysler,

    Ohio State DJFS, United Airlines, Volvo, IR-Bobcat, SBC's MetPro Publishers,

    MG-Rover, National Guard Bureau, and General Dynamics Land Systems (Stryker).

    Performed prototyping, initial rollouts, and customer on-site training.

* MathSoft, Cambridge, Mass.                             Apr 03 - Aug 03

  * QA automation. Contractor designing virtual browser plus web-based

    worksheet-results validator for MathCAD Application Server (.NET).

    Using tools such as Perl/LWP/CGI and .NET's Automation Center Test(ACT)

    for performance testing.

* AltaVista, Andover, Mass.                             Aug 01 - Nov 02

  * Sr. Support Engineer providing email+phone HelpDesk (7x24 pager)

    support for AltaVista's C/Java/Perl-based standard search engine

    products including custom SDK implementations.

* Siemens Business Services, Burlington, Mass.                           Aug 97 - Jul 2001

  * WebMaster and Web Site Manager for SBS Lines of Business, responsible for

    intranet and external web servers ( 11 servers, 25+ web sites ).

* Siemens Nixdorf (ITS), Burlington, Mass.                             Nov 94 - Jul 97

  * Product Support Specialist for the Information Technology Systems

  (ITS) division providing HelpDesk phone (7x24) support.

* Pergo Company, North Andover, Mass.                             Nov 93 - Oct 94

  * Founder of Pergo MCAE Services company, offering consulting services such as:

    *  Mechanisms Design & Synthesis   * Tolerance & Sensitivity Analysis

    *  Parametric Designs              * Design-For-Manufacture Cost Models

    *  Programming and Scripting       * Unix Systems Integration

* Cognition Corp., Billerica, Mass.                               1986 - Oct 93

  Senior Applications Engineer & Manager of Services providing national

  and international on-site/hotline support.

* Applicon Inc., Burlington, Mass.                                 1979 - 1985

  Pre/post sales Principal Applications Engineer demonstrating and

  supporting Applicon's BRAVO! CAD/CAM/Solids design modeler.

  Senior Graphics Software Engineer (79-83) responsible for the design and

  implementation of dimensioning application for Applicon's CAD/CAM Systems

  (BRAVO! and 880-IMAGE).

* Data Technology Inc., Woburn, Mass.                                 1976 - 1978

  Systems Programmer responsible for software development used in

  turnkey systems for aerial photography and in stream-data digitizing.

* Device Development Corp., Lawrence, Mass.                                 1973 - 1976

  Systems Programmer responsible for in-house programming and computer

  operations for a warehouse book-distribution service company.

* Honeywell Bull GmbH, Eschborn-Frankfurt/M, Germany                         1971 - 1973

  COBOL / Systems Programmer, Systems operator / Chief operator,

  assistant to the manager of computer operations / H200/2200/516 demo center.

* Wolf & Sohn GmbH, Frankfurt/M, Germany                                 1968 - 1970

  Technical Designer performing chemical engineering drafting such as

  schematic drawings for polymerization and pipe-layout drafting.

* Bundeswehr, German Air Force                                 1965 - 1968

  Active duty as Radar operator on NIKE weapon systems.

* AEG, Frankfurt/M, Germany                                         1962 - 1965

  Drafting Apprenticeship with major areas of study in 

  mechanical and electrical engineering.

Education:

  Northeastern University   * Graduate Certificate Program in

  Boston, Mass                Knowledge Management (Jan-Dec 2001)

  Merrimack College         * Industrial Engineering, BSIE (1987)

  North Andover, Mass       * Electrical Engineering, ASEE (1983)

  Heinrich Kleyer Schule    * Certification, Mechanical /

  Frankfurt/Main, Germany     Electrical Engineering (1965)

Languages:                  * German.

Aptitude:                   * Hands-on Problem Solver.

Personal:                   * United States Citizen, married, 2 children.

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