Deborah Lewis
Software Consulting & Services

Professional Skills

I am a professional software engineer with extensive experience in all phases of software development. I have been a practicing software developer and architect for over 25 years.

For me, the challenge of software development is to create high-quality, flexible software that solves real problems. The enjoyment is to collaborate with a team to create a working realization of a product concept. The satisfaction comes from delivering useful solutions that apply computers to simplify and improve how we can accomplish tasks in our work and personal lives.

My interests include programming languages and tools, object-oriented systems, software components and frameworks, software system architecture, and user interfaces.

Experience and Skills

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Languages	Web Standards	Platforms	Technologies
Java Python Smalltalk Javascript C (some C++) Mesa (Pascal) Algol JOVIAL FORTRAN assembly language	HTML CSS XML XSLT XSL-FO XML Schema WSDL SOAP	Windows Unix/Linux OS/2 Xerox Pilot/Viewpoint DEC VMS Burroughs MCP Univac EXEC-8 CDC Scope, TSS Honeywell GCOS IBM VM/CMS	Zope, CMF ASP COM (OLE/ActiveX) Java beans SQL (MySQL, Access, Paradox, Ingres) MS Access (some) web site design (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) CVS, PVCS, Perforce, Subversion Ant, xUnit (JUnit, SUnit)

Types of Products and Applications Delivered

I have product development and delivery experience in a variety of application types:

desktop GUI applications
web-based applications
mid-tier server
visual application construction and component assembly tools
programmer development tools
general-purpose OO frameworks, class libraries, components

Products I have delivered include:

Java mid-tier application server providing XML access to enterprise applications
- XML schema definitions and processing software
- server developer tools (Java Swing GUI)
- infrastructure and frameworks for server runtime and developer tools
Java desktop application using Swing GUI and XML/XSLT/XSL-FO technology for web and print reporting
web application for business process support using Python/Zope OO web publishing platform
COM binding mechanisms and support libraries for Smalltalk environments
graphical application and component assembly tools
software development IDE tools and class libraries (Smalltalk, Java)
WYSIWYG document editor (text, graphics, multilingual text)
software development configuration and delivery tools

Professional Commitment

Writing software is my profession. Software development is a constantly changing field that requires a lifetime committment to learning and skill development.

Throughout my career I have combined on-the-job learning with a variety of other activities in order to keep current with changing technology and maintain skills that allow me to continually adapt and evolve.

Academic qualifications - BS and MS degrees in Computer Science (University of Michigan, UCLA)
Professional Societies - long-time member of both ACM and the IEEE Computer Society
Technical Conferences - JavaOne, Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference), OOPSLA, ICSE (International Conference on Software Engineering), Open Source Conference
books, professional journals, technical periodicals - you have to keep reading to keep up with technology