Professional Summary

BOB GOLDFARB
www.bobhome.com
www.linkedin.com/in/bobgoldfarb
Coral Springs, FL 33067
bobspobox@gmail.com

SUMMARY

Leadership of high performance software development teams
Senior level engineer with a broad range of experience
Manages and develops employees of varying skill sets
“Go to” person for technically challenging tasks
Extensive experience with Java, J2EE, JavaScript, XML, C/C++, Solaris, and Linux
Actively communicates with all stakeholders
Delivers results on time and within budget

SKILL SET

Leadership

Managing and leading technical teams
Project management
Mentoring and developing staff of varying skill sets
Recruitment of talented engineers and project managers
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Full life-cycle product development
Resolving competing priorities
Software analysis and design
Waterfall process project management
Agile (SCRUM) project management

Technical

Java
J2EE
C/C++
Linux/Unix
JavaScript
XML
HTML
Perl
Web Services
PostgreSQL
MySQL

PROFESSIONAL TIMELINE

Technical Manager/Staff Software Engineer. 2004 – Present
Avocent Corporation, Sunrise, Florida
Primary project: datacenter management system

Software Engineer. 2003 – 2004
Office Depot, Delray Beach, Florida
Primary project: centralized content management system

Principal Software Engineering Consultant. 2000 – 2003
Salient Software Solutions, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

CONTRACTS:
ILS Technologies, Boca Raton, Florida. 2002-2003
Primary project: Remote diagnostics of manufacturing equipment

Fourbit Group, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2001
Primary project: Web GUI design tool

Cyberguard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2000-2001
Primary project: Java-based management software for firewalls

Senior Software Engineer. 1999 – 2000
CommerceQuest, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Primary project: application interfaces to Business-to-business (B2B) infrastructure

Project Lead/Senior Software Engineer. 1992 – 1999
Sun Microsystems, Plantation, Florida
Primary project: Java-based management software for storage systems

Systems Programmer. 1992
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Avocent Corporation. Training in leadership.
Sun Microsystems. Training in Java, and in Object Oriented Analysis & Design.
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida. Coursework in Computer Architecture and Systems Software.
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. Master's in Communication.
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Bachelor's in Biology.

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