Resume - Chris L. Adamson

Chris L. Adamson

633 Vickery Way
Marietta, GA 30066

SKILL SUMMARY

Java SE -AWT (including copy/paste, drag-and-drop), Swing (including undo/redo, styled text), JavaBeans, Java 2D Graphics, I/O, nio, sockets (java.net), reflection, applets.

Java EE - JDBC/SQL, Servlets, RMI, Java Message Service (JMS), XML parsing.

Other Java - QuickTime for Java, Java Media Framework, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), JavaSound, JavaHelp, Java Mail, serial I/O (javax.comm), internationalization.

Mac OS X development - Cocoa, Objective-C, XCode, Interface Builder, QTKit, legacy C-based QuickTime libraries.

Media production - Final Cut Express, Soundtrack, Garage Band, podcast distribution tools.

Other - QuickTime and MPEG-4 file formats, MP3 format and ID3 tags, JavaScript, Unix shell scripting, make, ant.

EMPLOYMENT

O'Reilly Media
(off-site contractor)
Sebastopol, CA
October 2003 -
present Editor -- Editor of industry-leading technology websites ONJava and java.net.

Solicited article proposals (3-4 / week), reworked with authors, edited copy for clarity and adherence to company style guide.

Wrote 20+ blurbs a week on site activities, open source projects, and industry trends. Also wrote five daily blogs and a weekly newsletter.

Wrote 30+ by-lined feature articles for these sites (see below).

Recorded, tracked, produced, and edited podcasts of developer interviews, technology talks, and opinion pieces.

Represented sites at technical conferences: JavaOne, ApacheCon, JBoss World, etc.

Subsequently & Furthermore, Inc.
Marietta, GA
December 2003 -
present Software consultant/developer -- Designer/developer of cross-platform media solutions

"Video Tools" (March-December 2006) -- Developed stand-alone QuickTime for Java application (Mac, Windows) per client requests, offering one-off video capture and editing. Solved long-standing issues in QTJ community regarding rendering of capture data, handling of device or settings changes, pre-configured capture-time compression settings so captured video would not require subsequent re-compression.

Pathfire, Inc.
(consultant)
Roswell, GA
January 2002 -
April 2004 Contract Software Engineer -- Developer of Java-based network monitoring and configuration application.

Designed, and coded all user screens, wizards, etc in Swing, heavily threaded for responsiveness.

Wrote network client classes to receive status reports and send commands, import/export configurations via Java Message Service (JMS), also with RMI, JDBC, and raw sockets.

Co-developed DHTML web client to duplicate functionality of an existing media browsing/previewing client, wrote servlet code to proxy database and Jini connectivity to web client.

Wrote servlet to report current and historical host status and customer-support ticket info, with information from separate Sybase and SQL Server databases. Created needed Sybase database tables, triggers, and auto-ticketing script fired by trigger.

AnyDevice.com
Atlanta, GA
October 2000 -
November 2001 Software Engineer -- Developer for Java-based visual XML editing application used to map internet content (websites, databases, legacy servers) into a wireless-friendly format.

Added essential GUI functionality to application: copy-and-paste, drag-and-drop, undo/redo.

Prototyped XHTML browser-like rendering engine in Swing and Java2D.
Internationalized application for distribution in other languages and regions.

Developed sample mobility apps in JavaScript for another project.

Video Networks, Inc.
Roswell, GA
July 1997 -
September 2000 Principal Engineer -- Team-lead and primary architect/developer for Java-based client-server system used in television news-rooms.

Wrote Swing-based client user-interface.
Designed distributed event scheme to update client UI's on arrival of new stories or changes made by other users.
Rewrote dubbing code, which plays an MPEG-2 video clip in an external application with text overlay from dynamically-generated BMP image, while controlling VTR via serial cable.
Developed "plug-in" system to allow for dynamic loading of arbitrary business logic code on server and client.
Also wrote code for back-end transport (file moves, database persistence).
Co-architected next generation of this product, moving from client-server to distributed architecture, using JMS and Jini for reliable self-networking.
Primary developer for Java servlet-based media browsing/ordering system

Developed servlet session-tracking and JSP-like "server-side tag" functionality before those features were added to servlet API.
Designed HTML and dynamic content for query and result pages.
Wrote applet to upload files via FTP and hand off to servlet, cryptographically signed for and tested on Windows (95/98/NT), Macintosh, and Unix browsers (Netscape, Internet Explorer, HotJava, and others).

CNN Headline News
Atlanta, GA
May 1994 -
July 1997 Writer / Associate Producer -- Wrote top stories for live-hours, then produced update shows.

Selected video and stories for 15-minute cut-in shows, assigned stories to writers and copy-edited scripts. Adjusted rundowns during broadcast to keep to time.
Frequently filled in as copy editor, editing all scripts for two live hours and produced a cut-in as above. Occasionally produced full live-hour.

PUBLICATIONS

O'Reilly Media
(books)

Swing Hacks (co-author), June 2005, 519 pp.

QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook, January 2005, 233 pp.

O'Reilly Media
(online articles,
selected)

"Ruby the Rival" -- November 16, 2005.
"What's New in QuickTime 7" -- May 10 & June 28, 2005.
"Streaming QuickTime with Java" -- January 12, 2005.
"Juggling JOGL" -- March 18, 2004.
"Making Media from Scratch, Parts 1 & 2" -- August 13 & 27, 2003.
"Parsing the QuickTime File Format with Java" -- February 19, 2003.
"Self-Playing Media with Java Media Framework" -- October 9, 2002.

EDUCATION

Michigan State University
E. Lansing, MI
1991 - 1993 M.A. -- Telecommunications (Media Arts emphasis).

Co-created, wrote, co-produced 30-minute sitcom pilot.
Designed and authored interactive HyperCard stack to teach basic video editing.
Teaching Assistant -- taught two-hour, twice-a-week studio sessions for basic production course (audio, video, hyper-media).
Desktop Publishing Mac Lab Administrator -- administered file-servers, printers, and ethernet, helped users with computer basics.
Worked in various capacities (remote camera, sound, switcher) for "TelState," a non-profit video-production group.

Stanford University
Stanford, CA
1985 - 1990 B.A. -- English (Creative Writing emphasis).
B.S. -- Symbolic Systems (Artificial Intelligence emphasis).

OTHER

Founder and maintainer of open-source projects: "Jicyshout" (streaming MP3 playback / ID3 tag reader for Java Media Framework), "Lloyd" (QuickTime for Java extensions, written in Java and C), and "Keaton" (Java wrapper around Cocoa-based QTKit framework for Mac OS X, written in Java and Objective-C)

Native English speaker, conversant in French and Japanese.

References available on request

SKILL SUMMARY
Java SE -AWT (including copy/paste, drag-and-drop), Swing (including undo/redo, styled text), JavaBeans, Java 2D Graphics, I/O, nio, sockets (java.net), reflection, applets. Java EE - JDBC/SQL, Servlets, RMI, Java Message Service (JMS), XML parsing. Other Java - QuickTime for Java, Java Media Framework, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), JavaSound, JavaHelp, Java Mail, serial I/O (javax.comm), internationalization. Mac OS X development - Cocoa, Objective-C, XCode, Interface Builder, QTKit, legacy C-based QuickTime libraries. Media production - Final Cut Express, Soundtrack, Garage Band, podcast distribution tools. Other - QuickTime and MPEG-4 file formats, MP3 format and ID3 tags, JavaScript, Unix shell scripting, make, ant.

EMPLOYMENT
O'Reilly Media (off-site contractor) Sebastopol, CA October 2003 - present	Editor -- Editor of industry-leading technology websites ONJava and java.net. Solicited article proposals (3-4 / week), reworked with authors, edited copy for clarity and adherence to company style guide. Wrote 20+ blurbs a week on site activities, open source projects, and industry trends. Also wrote five daily blogs and a weekly newsletter. Wrote 30+ by-lined feature articles for these sites (see below). Recorded, tracked, produced, and edited podcasts of developer interviews, technology talks, and opinion pieces. Represented sites at technical conferences: JavaOne, ApacheCon, JBoss World, etc.
Subsequently & Furthermore, Inc. Marietta, GA December 2003 - present	Software consultant/developer -- Designer/developer of cross-platform media solutions "Video Tools" (March-December 2006) -- Developed stand-alone QuickTime for Java application (Mac, Windows) per client requests, offering one-off video capture and editing. Solved long-standing issues in QTJ community regarding rendering of capture data, handling of device or settings changes, pre-configured capture-time compression settings so captured video would not require subsequent re-compression.

Pathfire, Inc. (consultant) Roswell, GA January 2002 - April 2004	Contract Software Engineer -- Developer of Java-based network monitoring and configuration application. Designed, and coded all user screens, wizards, etc in Swing, heavily threaded for responsiveness. Wrote network client classes to receive status reports and send commands, import/export configurations via Java Message Service (JMS), also with RMI, JDBC, and raw sockets. Co-developed DHTML web client to duplicate functionality of an existing media browsing/previewing client, wrote servlet code to proxy database and Jini connectivity to web client. Wrote servlet to report current and historical host status and customer-support ticket info, with information from separate Sybase and SQL Server databases. Created needed Sybase database tables, triggers, and auto-ticketing script fired by trigger.

AnyDevice.com Atlanta, GA October 2000 - November 2001	Software Engineer -- Developer for Java-based visual XML editing application used to map internet content (websites, databases, legacy servers) into a wireless-friendly format. Added essential GUI functionality to application: copy-and-paste, drag-and-drop, undo/redo. Prototyped XHTML browser-like rendering engine in Swing and Java2D. Internationalized application for distribution in other languages and regions. Developed sample mobility apps in JavaScript for another project.

Video Networks, Inc. Roswell, GA July 1997 - September 2000	Principal Engineer -- Team-lead and primary architect/developer for Java-based client-server system used in television news-rooms. Wrote Swing-based client user-interface. Designed distributed event scheme to update client UI's on arrival of new stories or changes made by other users. Rewrote dubbing code, which plays an MPEG-2 video clip in an external application with text overlay from dynamically-generated BMP image, while controlling VTR via serial cable. Developed "plug-in" system to allow for dynamic loading of arbitrary business logic code on server and client. Also wrote code for back-end transport (file moves, database persistence). Co-architected next generation of this product, moving from client-server to distributed architecture, using JMS and Jini for reliable self-networking. Primary developer for Java servlet-based media browsing/ordering system Developed servlet session-tracking and JSP-like "server-side tag" functionality before those features were added to servlet API. Designed HTML and dynamic content for query and result pages. Wrote applet to upload files via FTP and hand off to servlet, cryptographically signed for and tested on Windows (95/98/NT), Macintosh, and Unix browsers (Netscape, Internet Explorer, HotJava, and others).

CNN Headline News Atlanta, GA May 1994 - July 1997	Writer / Associate Producer -- Wrote top stories for live-hours, then produced update shows. Selected video and stories for 15-minute cut-in shows, assigned stories to writers and copy-edited scripts. Adjusted rundowns during broadcast to keep to time. Frequently filled in as copy editor, editing all scripts for two live hours and produced a cut-in as above. Occasionally produced full live-hour.
PUBLICATIONS
O'Reilly Media (books)	Swing Hacks (co-author), June 2005, 519 pp. QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook, January 2005, 233 pp.
O'Reilly Media (online articles, selected)	"Ruby the Rival" -- November 16, 2005. "What's New in QuickTime 7" -- May 10 & June 28, 2005. "Streaming QuickTime with Java" -- January 12, 2005. "Juggling JOGL" -- March 18, 2004. "Making Media from Scratch, Parts 1 & 2" -- August 13 & 27, 2003. "Parsing the QuickTime File Format with Java" -- February 19, 2003. "Self-Playing Media with Java Media Framework" -- October 9, 2002.

EDUCATION
Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 1991 - 1993	M.A. -- Telecommunications (Media Arts emphasis). Co-created, wrote, co-produced 30-minute sitcom pilot. Designed and authored interactive HyperCard stack to teach basic video editing. Teaching Assistant -- taught two-hour, twice-a-week studio sessions for basic production course (audio, video, hyper-media). Desktop Publishing Mac Lab Administrator -- administered file-servers, printers, and ethernet, helped users with computer basics. Worked in various capacities (remote camera, sound, switcher) for "TelState," a non-profit video-production group.
Stanford University Stanford, CA 1985 - 1990	B.A. -- English (Creative Writing emphasis). B.S. -- Symbolic Systems (Artificial Intelligence emphasis).
OTHER
Founder and maintainer of open-source projects: "Jicyshout" (streaming MP3 playback / ID3 tag reader for Java Media Framework), "Lloyd" (QuickTime for Java extensions, written in Java and C), and "Keaton" (Java wrapper around Cocoa-based QTKit framework for Mac OS X, written in Java and Objective-C) Native English speaker, conversant in French and Japanese.