Daniel Solano Gómez

Help an organisation succeed by developing quality software, providing technical leadership, and expanding my knowledge and skills.

1. Owner/operator
   2008–present
   Sattvik Software & Technology Resources, Ltd. Co., Houston, Texas
   • Developed and hosted web sites using standards-compliant mark-up and style sheets
   • Installed and maintained servers with mail, database, directory, and other network services
2. Software Engineer
   2004–2007
   Petroleum Geo-Services, Houston, Texas
   • Maintained and developed software applications for seismic velocity analysis
   • Helped institute good software engineering practices through the department’s Code Review Initiative and Design Patterns Study Group
3. Sr. Software Engineer
   1998–2001
   Simplified Development Corp., Austin, Texas

   • Designed, developed, deployed, and maintained Internet-driven enterprise applications using Java and related technologies
   • Instituted software engineering practices such as reviews, unit testing, and coding standards
   • Hired and trained new developers

• Various professional development courses including:
  • Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML
  • Relational Database Design
  • Basic and Advanced Qt Programming
  • Risk Management
  • Scientific Writing
• University of Texas at Austin, 1997–1998, 2002–2003, Mathematics major
  • Pure and applied mathematics, including cryptography
  • Computer science, including scientific computing and programming courses
• University of North Texas, 1995–1997, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
  • Solid scientific background including a year each in biology, chemistry, and physics
  • Member of the Laboratory for Recreational Computing

• Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
• Patent Applications:
  • Method for sub-salt migration velocity analysis [20070263487]
  • System and method for validating calls within a telecommunications network [20040017904]
  • Modular, extendible application server that is distributed across an electronic data network and method of making same [20040015540]
  • Remote client manager that facilitates an extendible, modular application server system distributed via an electronic data network and method of distributing same [20030055877]
• Co-author of An improved methodology for sub-salt velocity analysis technical poster at the 2006 Society of Exploration Geophysicists annual conference
• Played key role in development of Simplified OpenCable, winner of 2000 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award for Service Provisioning

• 10+ years using software development methodologies and tools, including:
  • Object-oriented analysis and design
  • Unified Modelling Language versions 1.x and 2.0
  • Relational database design
  • CASE tools such as BOUML
• Extensive programming experience, including:
  • C++, including STL, Boost, Qt, CppUnit
  • Java, including JFC/Swing, applets, JDBC, RMI, servlets, JSP, JNDI, JCE, JUnit
  • XML, including XML Schema, XSLT, SAX, DOM
  • Web technologies, including HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Database programming with PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and Informix
  • Perl and shell scripting
• Participant in open source community, with accepted patches to Perl modules, Samba project, CUPS, Gentoo Linux, and others

• 10+ years’ Unix administration experience, primarily Linux
• Internet services, including
  • Apache web server and Tomcat application server
  • Mail hosting with Postfix and Courier IMAP
  • IPsec VPN using OpenSwan and SSL VPN using OpenVPN
  • Other Internet services, including DNS, NTP, SSH
• Network services, including
  • Unix/Windows networking with Samba and OpenLDAP
  • Network backups using Amanda
  • Database administration with PostgreSQL and MySQL
  • Other services such as firewalls and web proxies

• Technical writing, including good knowledge of LaTeX
• Fluent Spanish speaker, 4 years’ training in French, 2 years’ training in Japanese