 Jules A. Yasuna Ph.D.
25 Fowler St.
Upton, MA 01568
(508) 523-7663
SUMMARY
I have 16 years of experience delivering quality software on time. I have held consulting and permanent positions ranging
from individual contributor through Vice President of Engineering.
SKILLS
Veteran expertise in the latest development languages and deployment platforms
Languages: JAVA (7 years), C
++
(12 years), C (18 years), JavaScript (5 years)
Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, OS X/9
Architectures: Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, Apple
Proficient in a wide variety of technologies and paradigms
J2EE: Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java Messaging Service (JMS), Java Naming & Directory (JNDI), JavaMail,
Servlets & Java Server Pages (JSP), Java Management Extension (JMX), Java Server Face (JSF),
JAXB/JAXR/JAX-RPC/SOAP
JAVA:
Swing, JDBC, XML/XSLT, JAXP, RMI, JavaSpaces, Java2D, Java3D, JNI
Servers: JBoss, WebLogic, JRun, Tomcat, Jetty, Apache, MySQL, Sybase, Oracle, IIS, ISAPI
Web Design: JavaScript, CSS, HTML/XHTML, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, ActionScript, Illustrator CS,
Photoshop CS, Swift3D, Plasma, PHP
User Interface: JAVA/Swing, MFC, X/Athena/Motif, TCL/TK, Display Postscript
Methodologies: OOD/OOA, N-Tier, Visual Programming, POSIX
Project/Code Management: IntelliJ, Eclipse, MS Project, MS Visual ©
++
, Perforce, CVS, PVCS, Purify, InstallShield
Core Process Communication: TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, PVM, MPI
3D Visualization & Animation: OpenGL, VTK, MAYA, AVS/Express, IBM Data Explorer, Swift3D, Plasma
Information Systems & Networking: BIND, Sendmail, IPtables, SSL, SSH, NIS, NFS, NNTP, AMD, Qmail, BSD,
SYSV, NTLM
Domains: Finance/Quantitative Analysis/Trading Technology/Real-Time, Enterprise/Distributed Systems, Web Design,
Network Design/Administration, Product/Personnel Management, Graphics/Visualization/Animation,
Biotechnology, Microtechnology (MEMS), Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical Systems
Familiar with development practices in a range of corporate environments
Startups: Software development and management in small and medium ventures
University R&D: National Science Foundation sponsored post-doctoral research
Government: Defense related software development in large organizations
EXPERIENCE
6/00-present
Bookus-Boulet, Inc
Consultant & Principal
Bookus-Boulet is a consulting firm developing premier software solutions for a broad range of vertical market segments.
The company’s mandate is to deliver quality desktop and enterprise applications with punctual certainty. Bookus-Boulet’s
resident domain expertise includes finance & trading technology, 3D visualization & animation, web engineering and
network architecture & administration.
Software Development
Architected and implemented corporate web site, middleware and persistence services.
Developed a rich website using advanced techniques in Illustrator CS & Flash MX. This included object oriented
prototype based inheritance with actionscript & javascript, and 3D vector animations using MAYA & Swift3D.
Architected and implemented an extensible servlet & JSP based framework for rapid creation, modification and
deployment of Model 2 pattern compliant sections.
Engineered EJB & JMS based middle tier components for customer information collection and retrieval.
Instrumented JMX based management controls for all web, middle and persistence tier components.
 Initiated the design and development of a unified corporate portal service.
Networking & Systems Engineering
Designed and deployed a secure heterogeneous network infrastructure.
Built and provisioned Linux firewall using IPtables.
Built and provisioned Linux server providing naming (Bind), mail (Sendmail/Qmail), web (Apache/Squid/SSL)
application (Tomcat/JBoss/WebLogic/MySQL), remote access (SSH), and file (NFS/Samba/Netatalk) services.
Built and administered Windows XP, 2000, and NT based client machines.
Installed and administered Macintosh OS X and OS 9 based client machines.
Installed and administered Solaris compute server.
Business Management
Managed marketing, client generation and accounting activities.
Oversee business development &growth opportunities.
Provide accounting and investment management
Insure significant levels of ongoing corporate nonprofit volunteer efforts.
Skills/Tools:
JAVA, C
++
, EJB, Servlets/JSP, JMS, JMX, JNDI, JDBC, XML/XSLT, JAXP, WebLogic, JBoss,
Tomcat, Apache, IIS, ISAPI, Swing, JavaMail, MS Visual C
++
, HTTP, MFC, SQL,
HTML/XHTML, JavaScript, ActionScript, Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, Illustrator CS,
Photoshop, Swift3D, Perforce, MS Project, OOD/OOA, BIND, Sendmail, Qmail, IPtables, Samba,
Netatalk, TCP/IP, SSL, SSH, Windows XP/2000/NT, Linux, Solaris, OS X/9, IntelliJ, CVS, Perforce
5/01-present
Harvard Management Company, Inc
Consultant
Harvard Management Company, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. Its primary role is to manage
the University's $20 billion endowment, pension assets, working capital, and deferred giving accounts. As a consultant
within the IT department, my contributions included IT architecting and implementing several multi-tiered front & back
office solutions.
Financial Analytics & Trading Strategies Applications
Architected and implemented a fixed income investment strategy system. This application is used to quantify potential
investment scenarios, updated in real-time, across multiple domains and instruments using a myriad of analytic tools and
methodologies
Developed a numerical analysis engine for calculating spot rates, stripped spreads, full & partial durations, cash flows,
etc. Most calculations update in real time using multiple pricing sources (e.g. Reuters, Bloomberg, etc.).
Architected J2EE compliant business & persistence tiers for distributed transactional data access and workflow
management. Instrumented and managed all middleware & back-end resources using JMX. Deployed all components in
at least two applications servers to insure consistent J2EE compliance.
Engineered a comprehensive Swing client for front office access. Designed a series of specialized components tailored
to delivering a rich UI experience. This included custom table & tree controllers, custom renderers & editors, multiple
2D & 3D graphing widgets, and a complete inter/intra-application drag & drop framework with animated visual
feedback. Integrated and coordinated multiple concurrent client instances using JMS.
Developed a web client for back office access. This included MVC based Servlets, JSPs custom tag libraries and filters.
Implemented an applet to servlet tunneling layer using partially serialized XML payloads.
Portfolio Management & Valuation Applications
Architected and implemented a portfolio management and valuation system. This application is used to coordinate
instrument holding within multiple accounts and provide real time portfolio valuation.
Developed a comprehensive object model for trade related assets, cross-references, settlement instructions, etc.
Architected J2EE compliant business & persistence tiers for distributed transactional data access and workflow
management. Instrumented and managed all middleware & back-end resources using JMX. Deployed all middleware in
at least two applications servers to insure consistent J2EE compliance.
Engineered a comprehensive Swing client for front office access. Extended a previously designed component library to
include tables within trees, drag & drop to MS excel, etc. Provided distributed client application management using
JMX. Integrated and coordinated multiple concurrent client instances using JMS.
 Document Management Web Applications
Designed and developed a web based document management system. This application is used to catalogue corporate wide
standards, procedures & compliance documents.
Engineered middleware components for document storage & retrieval. Connected J2EE server to legacy file based
version control system.
Developed a web client providing NTLM bases authentication and single sign-on. Utilized a mixture of client-side
javascript objects and server-side caching to balance competing requirements of minimizing both payload and server
roundtrips.
Instrumented all web client, middleware & back-end resources using JMX
Miscellaneous
Architected and implemented an extensible XML & JMS based messaging library for application workflow integration.
Designed and maintained a real-time library for streamlined access to Reuters SFC utilities.
Engineered and developed an event & task based data flow application framework.
Developed a numerical utilities library for curve fitting, root finding & statistical analysis.
Developed a utility library for implementing RFC 959 File Transfer Protocol.
Skills/Tools:
JAVA, C
++
, EJB, Servlets/JSP, JMS, JMX, JNDI, JDBC, XML/XSLT, JAXP, RMI, JBoss,
WebLogic, Tomcat, Apache, IIS, ISAPI, Swing, JavaMail, JNI, MFC, SQL, OOD/OOA,
HTML/XHTML, JavaScript, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Illustrator CS, Windows 2000, Linux,
Solaris, Java2D, Java3D, Reuters, Bloomberg, IntelliJ, Eclipse, PVCS, CVS, ANT
5/01-9/01
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
Consultant
Kurzweil Technologies is an incubator creating companies specializing in areas such as financial market analysis &
prediction, web portals for the medical community, artificial intelligence and computer generated art & poetry.
3D Visualization
Principle architect for scene graph design and development/
Designed a 3D scene graph API for rendering complex fractal based entities.
Implemented the initial core class hierarchy and cross-platform development environment.
Delivered first phase results to permanent employee staff.
Skills/Tools:
MS Visual C
++
, MFC, Windows 2000/NT/ME/98, VTK, OpenGL, Perforce
4/00-5/01
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc
Vice President of Engineering (hands-on)
Kurzweil Technologies is an incubator creating companies specializing in areas such as financial market analysis &
prediction, web portals for the medical community, artificial intelligence and computer generated art & poetry. As
employee #2, my contributions included software architecting and engineering management.
Web Development
Principal architect for all J2EE based middleware and backend software
Architected and implemented a product development & defect tracking web application
Co-Developed a commercial web application for downloading & purchasing software products
Installed and administered an IIS web server & WebLogic application server on Windows NT
Installed and administered an Apache web server & JRun application server on Linux
Engineered custom ISAPI filters for proxy-by-path to application servers
Developed applets for animating 3D vector images
Desktop Application Development
Lead engineer for C
++
and JAVA desktop applications development
Architected and implemented a system of DLLs to wrap an existing legacy system within an MFC framework
 Developed a programmatic HTTP library for uploading data directly to a web server
Integrated compression libraries into existing application framework
Engineered custom licensing & installation DLLs for product download
Developed Swing applications for parsing and displaying XML data & XSL translations.
System Development & Management
Created and managed the software development process
Installed and administered software configuration management tools
Developed a cross-platform automated build system
Wrote product requirement documents and implemented automatic technical documentation generation
Monitored and adjusted project schedule, milestones and deliverables
Skills/Tools:
JAVA, C
++
, EJB, Servlets/JSP, JDBC, XML/XSLT, JAXP, RMI, JNDI, WebLogic, JRun, Tomcat,
Apache, IIS, ISAPI, Swing, JavaMail, MS Visual C
++
, HTTP, MFC, SQL, Perforce, MS Project,
PRMS, OOD/OOA, HTML, Windows 2000/NT/ME/98, Linux
3/96-4/00
Coventor Inc.
Director of Engineering (hands-on)
Coventor is a technology startup developing CAD tools for designing micron-sized devices. Application areas include the
optical networking, wireless communications and biotechnology markets. As employee #2, my contributions ranged from
personally delivering software components to growing and managing a staff of 23 software engineers & managers.
Software Development
Individual contributor and/or principal developer in mission critical product segments
Web – JAVA/perl software defect tracking database, internal web & news server
GUI – 100% JAVA/Swing implementation including specialized renderers, editors and event listeners.
Client/Server – heterogeneous interprocess communication and scheduling software
Graphics – state-of-the-art 3D visualization and animation software
Environment – virtual build system, source code management and installation tools
Data Structures – self-describing platform independent persistent storage of complex data sets
Geometric Modeling – CAD/CAE tools for electronic & mechanical design automation (EDA, MDA)
Engineering – multiphysics finite element (FEM) and boundary element (BEM) solvers
Process & Personnel Management
Staffed and managed computer science and engineering professionals through seven product releases
Created a five-tiered software development process emphasizing strong communication of product goals both within
the engineering team, and between development, sales and marketing. This included Product Requirement Documents
for strategy at the release level, Software Operating Requirements for strategy at the individual project level, and
Weekly Action Items for continuous monitoring and adjustment of the development process
Recruited/mentored software engineers for core technology, and application developers for vertical product segments
Managed team of 23 engineers, project leaders and managers at two development sites.
Instituted project management strategies and individual career development plans
Established and negotiated business agreements leading to several OEM relationships
Skills/Tools:
JAVA, C
++
, JDBC, Apache, IIS, Swing, JavaMail, MS Visual C
++
, TCP/IP, MFC, CVS, MS Project,
PRMS, OOD/OOA, OpenGL, 3D Visualization, X/Motif, PVM/MPI, HTML, Perl, Windows NT/98,
Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX
6/95-3/96
Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
Senior Visualization Engineer
AVS is the industry leader for 3D visualization and animation software. My responsibilities centered on writing
cross-platform visualization components for deployment in the scientific, financial, GIS and telecommunications markets.
 Software Development
Individual contributor developing 3D visualization and animation software
Coordinated engineering requirements for company’s end-user product
Developed object oriented data visualization software components
Developed GUI for end-user product version
Created animation software for end-user and developer product versions
Professional Services
Technical marketing support engineering and customer training
Instructed customers in visual programming development paradigm and strategies
Instructed on-site training and product development classes
Prepared demonstration applications for business partners and trade shows
Delivered presales product demonstration applications
Skills/Tools:
C
++
, C, OOD/OOA, MS Visual C
++
, 3D Visualization, MFC, X/Motif, CVS, PRMS, Windows NT,
Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, AIX
6/93-6/95
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
Senior Engineer
Westinghouse managed the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, one of several research facilities engaged in the design of
nuclear submarine reactors and submarine components.
Software Development
Lead engineer in the development of animation software for rapid visualization of complex 3D data sets
Developed a suite of scientific data visualization tools for post-processing data from multiple software packages
Developed dynamic visual Track & Steer capability for interactive control between desktops and supercomputers
Developed software tools for animation and VCR presentations
Mechanical Engineering R&D
Task force member responsible for model and code development for the analysis of transient turbulent multiphase
(gas-liquid) heated flow with phase change
Cognizant engineer for turbulent flow code development and numerical analysis of computational physics solvers
Lecturer in turbulence modeling and code development
Continuous Improvement Award recipient.
Westinghouse Signature Award nominee.
Skills/Tools:
C
++
, C, OOD/OOA, TCP/IP, OpenGL, 3D Visualization, PVM/MPI, X/Motif, CVS, PRMS, Solaris,
IRIX
9/92-6/93
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering
Performed National Science Foundation funded post-doctoral research on the physics of fluid flow in processes typically
found in oil refineries and chemical reactors.
Software Development
Designed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for analyzing flow patterns with particle-particle interaction
Developed multilingual engineering software
Implemented direct and iterative equation solvers
Increased existing software execution performance two orders of magnitude
Mentored graduate students in algorithm design and development
Chemical Engineering R&D
National Science Foundation funded research in the simulation of multiphase flow in risers and circulating fluidized beds
 Modeled flow physics using methodologies based upon the Kinetic Theory Analogy
Simulated design conditions for oil and gas refining processes
Verified modeling results with comparisons to experimental data
Skills/Tools:
C, FORTRAN, 3D Visualization
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (5/92)
M.E., Mechanical Engineering (5/89)
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations (12/99)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering (8/87)
Sloan School of Management
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Honors Award (class rank of one)
MISCELLANEOUS
Military
Awards & Affiliations
Forward Observer, (1982-84)
National Science Foundation Research (1987-93)
Two Army Achievement Medals
Lockheed Graduate Fellowship (1987)
Good Conduct Medal
National Mathematics Modeling Award (1986)
Honorable Discharge
IEEE, ASME, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi
Publications
Interests
7 journal articles, 3 conference proceedings
Early childhood education, woodworking, gardening
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