Edward N. Chapman

edspikechapman@yahoo.com

 

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Team-oriented software engineer and technical team leader with experience in all phases of a project’s life-cycle. Innovative worker in research and development resulting in 8 patents/patents pending. Dependable, experienced developer in product design and implementation resulting in shipping of multiple high quality products. Dedicated professional able to adapt to new tools and technologies to become a vital team member.

 

SKILLS

·         Highly skilled at analysis, design, development, and integration of RIP (raster image processor) printer software components.

·         Experience in developing relationships with partners such as Adobe, Pipeline, and EFI to provide solutions in a co-development environment such as CPSI (Configurable PostScript Interpreter) and Camelot.

·         Strong C skills, experience in C++, other languages, scripts, and web development.

·         Skilled in analyzing PDF (Portable Document Format) using Acrobat and plug-ins such as the Enfocus Browser.

·         Skilled in analyzing PostScript, PCL (Printer Control Language), and VDX (variable data).

·         Experience in image processing, real time, embedded, and threads.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, NY

Senior Software Engineer

 

Software developer - Kodak NexPress 2100 printer digital front end                                 2005-present

Ø      Responsible for Resource Check Processor, a major front end Windows based server component.

Ø      Developed new features and fixed existing problems with object-oriented C++.

Ø      Interacted with customers and field engineers for analyzing critical PDF problems.

Ø      Significantly reduced complexity, customer complaints, internal problem reports, and dependence upon binary only libraries by changing the original design.

 

Software developer and team leader - Kodak Digimaster 9110/9125/9138/9150 printers     1997-2005

Ø      Technical team leader and product developer.

Ø      Responsible for all PDLs (page description languages) used in the RIP component.

Ø      Interacted with third party PDL solutions such as Adobe in selection and support of PDL solutions.

Ø      Created first prototype PDF, PostScript, PCL, and proprietary PDL components.

Ø      Trained team members to continue development.

Ø      Developed in a multi-threaded Solaris/C environment.

Ø      Defined overall system architecture as a division wide architecture team member.

Ø      Integrated Kodak and Heidelberg’s development efforts as part of an international planning team.

Ø      Extremely proud of the design of a common library which made implementing new PDL solutions simple and fast, and presented the identical interface to other RIP components.

 

 

Edward N. Chapman

585-247-4114

 

Software developer - Kodak ImageSource 72 copier/printer                                               1995-1996

Ø      Responsible for architecture, design, and implementation of  PDLs, common libraries, and integration with other system components.

Ø      Excelled in writing simulation tools to represent unfinished or new components which enabled earlier development and testing.

 

Software developer - Kodak ImageSource 92/92sp printer                                                 1994, 1998

Ø      Responsible for architecture, design, and implementation of RIP components.

Ø      Developed in a UNIX/C environment.

Ø      Received recognition as a part of a very small team that brought a product from concept to shipping approval in only 6 months.

 

Software developer - Kodak XLS 8650/8650ps thermal  printer                                         1993-1994

Ø      Responsible for architecture, design, and implementation of the internationalized UI (user interface), marking engine component, and porting the OS (operating system).

Ø      Significantly reduced the UI’s development time from 18 months to 2 months as compared to a similar module on another project with a new design.

Ø      Developed on a custom hardware embedded real time MIPS/CEXEC-based platform.

 

Other Responsibilities

Ø      Developed stand-alone image processing application used on multiple projects.

Ø      Created common application to use and control many printer prototypes.

Ø      Developed laser writer controller on a embedded 68030/PSOS+ based photo quality.

Ø      Designed image processing hardware and software to control it.

Ø      Implemented parallel processing software on a transputer-based platform.

Ø      Managed annual department day-long outing with over 40 people for 10 years.

 

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science

Electrical Engineering

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

Graduated with honors

 

United States Navy

Honorable discharge