John Caughron's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Principal SW Engineer @ Telco Systems Developed embedded software for the HyperLYNX-50 and Access75 network equipment products, including TL1 and SNMP agents, ATM ILMI interface, generic agent framework, and internal managed objects for system confiuration, provisioning, and persistent storage. (C++, pSOS, VxWorks.) From January 1994 to August 1996 (2 years 8 months) Norwood, MASr. Software Engineer @ Transition Networks Developing network management application software and embedded firmware for data communication switches and media converters. Fully engaged in all aspects of product development: requirements, design, coding, testing, integration, demonstration, delivery and DevOps, following Scrum / Kanban.* Python * C * Docker microservices * Logstash * Elasticsearch * SNMP * REST * OpenAPI (Swagger) * SQLAlchemy * PostgreSQL * CLI * Linux * DevOps Minnetonka, MNSr. Storage Development Engineer @ Dell EMC (formerly Compellent Technologies) ** Developed enhancement/maintenance releases for Java-based Storage Center Command Utility.** Led rigorous Common Criteria security evaluation project for Storage Center and Dell Storage Manager.** Tested accessibility of Compellent software products for ADA Section 508 VPAT reports.** Managed Tech Pubs / Information Development team through Dell acquisition of Compellent. From October 2009 to November 2016 (7 years 2 months) Eden Prairie, MNPrincipal Engineer & Program Manager @ ADC Telecommunications, Inc. ** As Program/Product Manager, managed product and global cross-functional development team to re-engineer and significantly enhance a consolidated element managment platform, and to develop network product applications using the new platform. Saved around $2M per application versus historical point solutions. (Java / J2EE, SNMP, SSH, XML) ** As Principal Engineer, developed element / network management interfaces and solutions for cable/HFC, wireline, and wireless network communication devices. (CMIP, SNMP, TL1, CLI) From September 1996 to November 2008 (12 years 3 months) Eden Prairie, MNSr. SW Engineer @ Alcatel * Developed Memory Administration subsystem for configuring and provisioning 1603SM & 1612SM SONET add/drop multiplexers. (C, MTOS)* Team lead for subsystem development and system integration testing.* Fostered successful reuse of the Memory Admin subsystem platform by another division. From August 1990 to December 1993 (3 years 5 months) Raleigh, NCSoftware Design Engineer @ DSC Communications * Coordinated move of the Network Test System (NTS) project to the corporate office and lab in Texas. * Assumed SW development responsibility. Enhanced the NTS SW through two releases. Used C/UNIX on Charles River Data Systems workstations. From October 1989 to August 1990 (11 months) Plano, TXSoftware Design Engineer @ Texas Instruments * Requirements analysis and high-level design of infrared target tracking software for AAWS-M and AAMS-H fire-and-forget missile systems. Followed DoD-STD-2167A SW process and documentation standard. * Requirements analysis, design, and prototype development for the electronic beam steering computer of an airborne RADAR system, per DoD-STD-2167 standard. Used C & assembler on TMS320C25 DSP. * Developed RADAR image and target/text displays for a multi-sensor fusion technology demonstration. Used C/UNIX on FORCE CPU & VME graphics hardware. * Site-wide computer operations support and end-user consulting for mainframe, mini, and personal computers (IBM 43xx VM/CMS, VAX/VMS, Convex, TI-990, and TI PC). From May 1984 to October 1989 (5 years 6 months) Dallas/Fort Worth Area