[Rhodes22-list] New Topic - question for John L, Michael M, Slim, et al. (not political)(music or sound question)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bradley" <dwbrad at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Topic - question for John L, Michael M,
Slim,et al. (not political)(music or sound question)
> Michael, I have a friend in CT who is a senior IT exec at JPMC - want
> me to pass this along to him?
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM, michael meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> wrote:
>> Yep,
>>
>> Seems like a good excuse to post the resume(networking, ne6tworking :-),
>> hope the html->text converter does not rip it apart too much.
>>
>> -mjm
>>
>>
>> SUMMARY
>>
>> A senior-level Information Technology manager, lead developer, team
>> leader
>> and hands-on programmer who thrives in a fast-paced, constantly changing
>> and
>> challenging environment. Experienced in project management, systems
>> architecture and full project life cycle. Specialized in writing
>> real-time
>> market data systems, real-time automated market execution systems and
>> infrastructure. In-depth market knowledge of equities, options, futures
>> and
>> derivatives; an understanding of how they trade and how traders/quants
>> trade
>> them. Effective at explaining technical issues to people ranging from
>> junior
>> administrators to senior management; also skilled at explaining business
>> issues to technical team members.
>>
>>
>> TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
>>
>> Languages: C++, C, Perl, Java, HTML, SQL, PHP, Visual Basic, and x86
>> Assembler. Interfaced to Basic, FORTRAN, APL, COBOL, and TAL.
>>
>> Project Management: A decisive action-oriented and results-focused
>> professional. Skills: team building, team consensus, developing project
>> scope (budgets, time lines and delivery dates), vendor coordination, full
>> project life cycle, recognizing and accelerating peer's strengths,
>> utilizing
>> both "waterfall" and "extreme programming" methodology, defining
>> continuous
>> improvement processes with spiral development, risk reduction strategies,
>> pro-active risk mitigation, project ownership, customer interfacing,
>> corporate sponsorship and management reporting.
>>
>> Financial Licenses:
>> FINRA (NASD) Series 7 - General Securities Representative
>> FINRA (NASD) Series 63 - Uniform Securities Act
>> FINRA (NASD) Series 55 - Registered Equity Trader
>>
>> Systems Architect: Proficient in all aspects of software development and
>> system architecture. Have designed and implement many large, scalable,
>> distributed systems. I utilize object oriented principles and "patterns".
>> Deep understanding of low latency/high throughput system.
>>
>> Programming Roles: System Programmer, Network Programmer, Application
>> Programmer, Real-time Programmer, Execution System Programmer, Data Feed
>> Programmer, Front and Back Office Programmer.
>>
>> Techniques: Object Oriented, Client/server, n-tier, distributed systems.
>> Publish-subscribe, Transaction processing, IPC, Multithreading,
>> Multiprocessing, Multiprocessor, Sockets, RPC, Real-time, High
>> Availability,
>> Non-stop/failover, Clustering, 24/7
>>
>> O/S's Programming and Administration: Linux (Redhat), UNIX,
>> Solaris(Sparc),
>> FreeBSD, Windows.
>>
>> Protocols programmed: TCP/IP, UDP/IP, NetBios, IPX, X25, HDLC, Async and
>> Sync.
>> Databases: Oracle, MySQL.
>>
>> Market API's: FIX 4.0/4.1/4.2, CMS, NQDS, NASDAQ Level 1, TLW, Lava
>> Trading,
>> Smart Routing, Bear Stearns ETS, S&P Comstock, Bloomberg, TrackData, FIX,
>> Reuters 2000, IBES and Zacks.
>>
>> Hardware: Sun servers and desktops, Intel Linux servers, switches and
>> routers, firewalls, load balancers, wireless, dialogic voice/telephone
>> and
>> all of the minor devices.
>>
>> Standard Tools: Purify, Quantify, Insure++, TotalView, Klocworks K7,
>> FlexeLint, Boost, Roguewave, Visual Source Safe, ClearCase,
>> CVS/SubVersion,
>> gcc, g++, gdb, ksh, tcpdump, make, ethereal, etc.
>>
>> Internal Technology: OS kernel optimization, driver optimization,
>> real-time
>> optimization, kernel table allocation, memory management, hash tables,
>> processes scheduling, linked list, queues etc.
>>
>> High Transaction Rates: Expert domain knowledge of high performance high
>> speed systems. The methods, design and coding. The mixture of
>> applications,
>> OS, hardware and network that permit 40,000 messages per second for
>> ticker
>> traffic and 3000+ messages per seconds for execution traffic. With wire
>> speed or "bandwidth" and counterparty speed being the limiting factor.
>> PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
>>
>> Technologist, Lead/Senior Developer, Morgan Stanley, NY (May
>> 2008-present)
>> Quantitative Research Department. Working with the Quant team to bring
>> automated trading/risk control systems to the market. Have roles as both
>> the principal systems programmer and in assisting the mathematicians with
>> Computer Science. Rewrote in-memory database system. Optimized database
>> access. Diagnosed and recoded several production locking issues. Made
>> improvements in the system locking model for safety and multi-threaded
>> concurrent access. Utilized Purify and Valgrind to solve memory leaks and
>> data corruption issues. Utilized Quantify and Calgrind for the
>> optimization
>> of system "hot spots". Ported the 100,000 line application from 32 bit
>> to
>> 64 bit hardware. Built and integrated group access control permission
>> system
>> into the application. Integrated icc (Intel compiler) generated modules
>> with
>> gcc generated modules. I was able to reduce compile/link times from 3
>> hours
>> to 9 minutes. Used the static analysis tool Flexelint for code review,
>> and
>> implemented the recommendations. Rewrote scripts that distribute
>> applications worldwide. Upgraded market data caching to lower latency and
>> to
>> increase throughput. Maintained the code base through the full life
>> cycle.
>> Time allocations: design/programming, 80% (my own coding);
>> Support/Training/Mentoring, 15%; Project Management, 5%.
>>
>>
>> Technologist, Lead/Senior Developer, UBS Stanford, CT (March 2006 - April
>> 2008)
>> A4 - Client Facing FIX Router: One and a half million message traffic per
>> day (trades and executions) Role: Senior System Developer charged with
>> system architecture, system stabilization, performance improvement and
>> team
>> stabilization. My code/work: removal of database operations from the
>> crucial
>> real-time path. Replaced disk io components with in-memory versions to
>> improve performance. Analysis/Redesign/Implementation various threading
>> and
>> locking models for stability and throughput improvements. Replacement
>> with
>> STL and Boost of buggy hand code containers and algorithms. Profiling
>> based
>> code optimizations and the utilization better algorithms along the code
>> critical path. System throughput increased 10 times, system latency
>> reduced
>> 50 percent. Utilized code review and static code analysis tools to
>> stabilize
>> the code base; the code dumps stopped. Designed and implemented a real
>> time
>> monitoring, command and control system. The System has been spun out to
>> become a firm-wide initiative across all cash equities. System ported
>> from
>> Solaris to Linux. Upgraded the system from a 32 bit code base to a 64 bit
>> code base for improved capacity. Rewrote static data and logging
>> components
>> to improve threading, performance and reliability. Upgraded compilers
>> and
>> third party packages to latest versions (project was about 3 years behind
>> the curve). Reduced build time by 75 percent for increase developer
>> productivity. Redesign of the run-time environment to remove NFS
>> dependency.
>> Numerous business functional updates to the FIX handlers. Production
>> support
>> and troubleshooting. Team activities: Lead the team hiring, team-wide
>> troubleshooter, senior code reviewer and advisor. Mentoring at all
>> levels.
>> System architecture advisor. System administer interface.
>> EVT (Electric Volatility Trading): EVT is the listed option market making
>> department at UBS. Rewrite of Philx protocol line handlers and message
>> adaptors. They needed a senior programmer after the first two rewrites
>> failed. Time allocations: Design/programming, 65% (my own coding);
>> Support/Training/Mentoring, 20%; System Administration, 5%; Project
>> Management, 10%.
>>
>> Consultant, NASDAQ, Trumbull CT, (Oct 2005 - March 2006, consultant).
>> The project is the "CGAR" smart routing system. I am a senior developer
>> (VC++). CGAR is enabling technology which provides fault tolerant message
>> transport and message adaptation across the full range of NASDAQ systems.
>> After a 13 month development cycle and a few of the key player left the
>> firm, I was brought into the team to assist with the product first
>> release.
>> Activities: Heavy performance enhancement and tuning (profiling, code and
>> algorithms, lowering latency and improving throughput), memory leak
>> elimination, locking/multithread troubleshooting and resolution,
>> corrected
>> system timer queue issues, corrected issues with callbacks of out of
>> scope
>> objects, added debugging system dumps to running code, incorporated
>> insure++/VTune support, cleanup exception system, improved the robustness
>> of
>> the threading system, system acceptance debugging, system crash analyst
>> with
>> code fixes, code review with mentoring of other team members, code
>> rewrite
>> when needed, production rollout. The system is now in production. Time
>> Allocations: Design/Programming, 70% (my own coding);
>> Support/Training/Mentoring, 15%; System Administration, 5%; Project
>> Management, 10%.
>>
>> Technologist, Lead/Senior Developer, Bloomberg LP, New York, NY (Sep
>> 2003 -
>> Oct 2005).
>>
>> Working in the Research/Development advanced projects team; I wrote a
>> simulation and stress-testing environment to model the new market data
>> presentation systems (C++). The environment has led to an increase in
>> system
>> capacity and an optimized method to govern usage limits. I researched and
>> wrote the real-time alert notification system in GTK (GNOME/C).
>> Maintained
>> and streamlined the primary symbol storage interface system, used by over
>> 60
>> applications that normalize the database interface to the 6 distinct
>> client
>> symbol repositories(C//C++/Fortran). Maintained the real-time object
>> oriented pricing interface and assisted in its redesign. I mentored a
>> team
>> four junior programmers.
>>
>> Participating in a firm-wide task force of senior developers to tune the
>> 1,500 programmer, 40 million LOC development environment for performance
>> and
>> resiliency. Working with the development tools group as the "programmer's
>> programmer" providing guidance for third party products (Purify,
>> Quantify,
>> Insure++, TotalView, C++Test). Charged with providing third tier coding
>> support/advice/review/rewrite for all code entering the daily
>> build/rollout
>> system, a continuous "pop quiz" in the use of C/C++/Fortran and the
>> gentle
>> art of user correction. Improved the in-house systems for software asset
>> management and source code control. Time Allocations:
>> Design/Programming,
>> 70% (my own coding); Support/Training/Mentoring, 20%; System
>> Administration,
>> 5%; Project Management, 5%.
>>
>> Technologist, Lead/Senior Programmer, The Centurion Group, LP New York,
>> NY
>> (Dec 2001 - Sep 2003 and 1996- 2000).
>>
>> Centurion is a hedge fund, "Black Box" trading. I wrote both front office
>> and back office systems. Designed and wrote the "quotation" system using
>> a
>> client/server method, Track Data as a vendor. Designed and wrote the
>> executions system using Bear Stearns ETS. New execution interface using
>> FIX.
>> Added S&P Comstock raw feed server for a backup to the quotation system.
>> Designed and wrote Risk control/reporting system. Designed and wrote
>> real-time profit lost system. Designed and wrote Position Management
>> system.
>> Worked with Derivatives. Maintained daily tick-by-tick databases. Added
>> Zacks and IBES for fundamental data. Administered several generations of
>> hardware and networks built for real-time data. Responsible for all
>> build-out of computer resources. Provisioned services and administrated
>> the
>> Sun Solaris systems. Time Allocations: Design/Programming, 70% (my own
>> coding); System Administration, 20%; Project Management, 10%. Languages:
>> C/C++, Perl, Java, HTML, SQL, PHP (my own coding). Techniques:
>> Client/server, IPC, Object Oriented, Multithreading, Multiprocessing,
>> Multiprocessor Sockets, TCP/IP, RPC, Real-time, High Availability,
>> Non-stop/failover.
>>
>> Technologist, Lead/Senior Programmer, Mantle Group, L.L.C. New York, NY
>> (Mar 2000 to Dec 2001).
>> Mantle was a hedge fund, "Black Box" trading. I wrote both front office
>> and
>> back office systems. My mission was to take a quant PHD from idea to
>> market. Mantle acted like a NASDAQ day trading shop using an automated
>> "black box" trading system. Completed build-out of infrastructure
>> (furniture, wiring, power, HVAC etc.). Ticker plants using S&P Comstock
>> raw
>> feed, NASDAQ raw feed and LavaTrading data semi raw feed. Custom
>> Executions
>> systems using TLW, Lava trading and Brass. Custom built front-end systems
>> taking buy/sell signals and working the order in the market. Designed and
>> wrote risk control/reporting system. Designed and wrote Position
>> Management
>> system. Worked with Derivatives. Other pieces: trading screens, real-time
>> P&L, real-time statistics, fail-over, reports and reconciliation. Built,
>> tested and into the market on time. Managed and built the most critical
>> systems. Time Allocations: Design/Programming, 80% (my own coding);
>> System
>> Administration, 5%; Project Management, 15% (and mentoring). Languages:
>> C/C++, Perl, HTML, SQL, PHP, Visual Basic (my own code). Techniques:
>> Client/server, IPC, Object Oriented, Multithreading, Multiprocessing,
>> Multiprocessor, Sockets, TCP/IP, RPC, Real-time, High Availability,
>> Non-stop/failover, Clustering.
>>
>> Incubator: Yo.com, New York, NY (Jun 1999 - Mar 2000, role sponsored by
>> Centurion, seed funding).
>>
>> Internet start-up. Its concept was to use collaborative filtering
>> software
>> from Net Perceptions on a ASP model, to provide expertise and share in
>> the
>> uplift of sales. My role was to assist the firm from seed funding through
>> first level funding. Duties: Designer/System Administrator for UNIX, a
>> clustered environment, Oracle Administrator, Database/Application
>> Designer,
>> Designer/Network Administrator, hosting center selection build-out,
>> programmer, investor technical relations, client technical relations and
>> dozen of other things a startup needs. Left the firm after they got their
>> first level funding. Time Allocations: Design/Programming, 50% (my own
>> coding); System Administration, 30%; Project Management, 20% (and
>> mentoring). Languages: C/C++, Perl, HTML, SQL, PHP, Crystal Reports(my
>> own
>> code). Techniques: Client/server, IPC, Object Oriented, Multithreading,
>> Multiprocessing, Multiprocessor, Sockets, TCP/IP, RPC, Real-time, Network
>> Programming, High Availability, Non-stop/failover, Clustering, 24/7.
>>
>> Technologist, Lead/Senior Programmer, The Centurion Group, LP New York,
>> NY
>>
>> (Dec 1995 - Jun 1999 and Dec 2001 - Sep 2003)
>> See above.
>>
>> Vice President of System Development (Lead/Senior Programmer), The Weston
>> Group, Greenwich, CT (Jan 1994 to Dec 1995).
>>
>> The Weston Group was a six-member hedge fund. My duties were the design,
>> implementation and oversight for all production computer systems for the
>> "black box" trading of a 200,000,000 dollars portfolio. Major systems
>> designed and implemented: high speed quotation server, real-time analytic
>> server, options evaluation, real-time portfolio risk control system,
>> real-time trading screens, real-time position management system,
>> electronic
>> order execution system (DOT), joint back offices interfaces, production
>> monitoring system, database server and overnight processing. Managed and
>> built the most critical systems. Time Allocations: Design/Programming,
>> 85%
>> (my own coding); System Administration, 5%; Project Management, 10% (and
>> mentoring). Languages: C/C++, FORTRAN, AWK, sed, sh. Techniques:
>> Client/server, IPC, Object Oriented, Multiprocessing, Multiprocessor,
>> Sockets, TCP/IP, RPC, Real-time, High Availability, Non-stop/failover.
>>
>> Executive Vice President (Lead/Senior Programmer), Xela Trading
>> Associates
>> New York, NY (Feb 1992 to Jan 1994).
>>
>> Xela was a startup company formed to be a hedge fund. My role was to take
>> the analytic into the market. Designed, implemented and oversaw a
>> complete
>> "black box" trading system. Ticker plants using Track Data, execution
>> system
>> using Bear Stearns ETS. Full "Soup to Nuts" system of: trading screens,
>> real-time P&L, real-time statistics, fail-over, risk control systems,
>> reports and reconciliation. Time Allocations: Design/Programming, 85% (my
>> own coding); System Administration, 5%; Project Management; 10% (and
>> mentoring). Languages: C, Basic, AWK, sed, sh. Techniques: Client/server,
>> IPC, Object Oriented, Multiprocessing, Multiprocessor, Sockets, TCP/IP,
>> RPC,
>> Real-time, High Availability, Non-stop/failover.
>>
>> Director of New Technology Development (Programmer for new projects),
>> Track
>> Data Corp., Brooklyn, NY (Nov 1987 to Feb 1992).
>>
>> Track Data is a worldwide-consolidated ticker provider. My first project
>> with Track Data was to design and implement TrackMux, a low cost
>> communications multiplexer used to provide fault tolerant communications
>> to
>> 3000 clients. The TrackMux software is run on an IBM/PC with up to four
>> 80186 programmable co-process communications cards, TrackMux provides
>> dual
>> line HDLC/SYNC backbone, 30 ports 38.4kb ASYNC, TCP/IP, NETBIOS/IPX,
>> automatic failure detection, failure reporting and remote
>> reconfiguration, A
>> forerunner of today's network hardware. Integrated TrackMux protocols
>> with
>> Track/MX product and Track's DG host computers. Oversaw Track's move from
>> ASYNC to LAN based client wiring. Ported TrackData MX product from DOS to
>> UNIX on SUN/next/DG-Avion (about 500,000 lines of code, with 30,000 lines
>> additional needed for the GUI and system calls). Designed and implemented
>> TrackData API real-time client information retrieval system. Integrated a
>> portable demonstration system for sales. Technical sales support/client
>> side
>> troubleshooting. Supervised Track Data UNIX department. Awards earned:
>> Employee of the month 3 times and Employee of the year once. Time
>> Allocations: Design/Programming, 90% (my own coding); System
>> Administration,
>> 5%; Project Management, 5% (and mentoring). Languages: C, Basic, AWK,
>> sed,
>> sh. Techniques: Client/server, IPC, Multiprocessing, Multiprocessor,
>> Sockets, TCP/IP, RPC, Real-time, High Availability, Non-stop/failover.
>>
>> Systems Programmer, Kidder Peabody & Company, New York, NY (Sep 1985 -
>> Nov
>> 1987).
>>
>> Kidder Peabody was one of the top tier brokerage firms on Wall Street.
>> Proprietary trading, analytic and equity trading floor hired as a Systems
>> Programmer.
>> Responsible for "black box" computerized equity trading using the firm's
>> capital. Brought in to program a high-speed quote retrieval system to
>> permit
>> the computerized traders (SUN based) access to real-time market
>> information.
>> Other projects: SUN to DEC/VAX interfaces for historical and fundamental
>> databases, managed tick-by-tick databases, assisted in the market
>> execution
>> system, system administrator for the Suns, hardware purchasing and day to
>> day activities to keep traders in the market.
>>
>> Brokerware Division trained as a Tandem System Programmer.
>> Brokerware was a retail broker support group providing research and
>> development in computer services for Kidder Peabody & Company. My duties
>> were to take a Tandem sponsored internal operating system programming
>> course
>> and become the junior system programmer for the division. Projects
>> accomplished: Optimized universal terminal support language and drivers,
>> Tandem to IBM mainframe 3270/CICS terminal interface, Tandem to IBM
>> mainframe RJE interface, brokerage Database's in COBOL, real-time market
>> data into the Tandem.
>>
>> EDUCATION
>>
>> 1985 - Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
>> Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
>> Minor in Business Computer Systems and Minor in Finance, Banking and
>> Investment.
>>
>> LICENSES
>> FINRA (NASD) Series 7 - General Securities Representative
>> FINRA (NASD) Series 63 - Uniform Securities Act
>> FINRA (NASD) Series 55 - Registered Equity Trader
>>
>> U.S. Merchant Marine Officer (Captain License), Expiration October 2012,
>> 50
>> gross Tons with towing and sailing endorsement.
>>
>> REFERENCES
>>
>> Available upon request
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:37 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Topic - question for John L, Michael M,
>> Slim, et al. (not political)(music or sound question)
>>
>> Michale,
>>
>> Do you do IT work for a living?
>>
>> michael meltzer wrote:
>>> Well ed, when I typed "convert wav to mp3 free" into Google this is what
>>> I
>>> got back.
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=convert+wav+to+mp3+free&aq=2&oq=convert
>>> +wav+to+mp3
>>>
>>> and in my most "mocking" voice, you should really lean to check the
>>> archives(search engines) first :-)
>>>
>>> The second question is simple, I am the latest victim of wall street,
>>> "trying to work bill/obama in but no ideas come to mind", but got laid
>>> off
>>> last week right before thanksgiving and my birthday....................
>>> So
>>> working from home.
>>>
>>> -mjm
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Tootle
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 3:28 PM
>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Topic - question for John L, Michael M,
>>> Slim,
>>> et al. (not political)(music or sound question)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I use the xp operating system and ms software. I can record wav files
>> with
>>> a mic. How can I record mp3 files? How can I convert wav to mp3. The
>> wav
>>> recorder in ms only allows one minute. How can I record up to or more
>> than
>>> three minutes.
>>>
>>> Gee, why is Michael M around? It is good to have him back.
>>>
>>> Ed K
>>> Addendum: "At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect
>>> different
>>> cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have;
>> that
>>> doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you
>>> would want people to follow in all kinds of places." Peter Singer
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Herb Parsons
>>
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