Anthony Nicholas Malczanek

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FullSwingGolf o/b/o Lab651 – Sr. Embedded Engineer (remote) – Aug '23- Oct ‘23

Languages: C++, C#

Protocols: MQTT

Frameworks: protobuf, .NET

Servers: Amazon AWS, GitHub Actions

OSes: petalinux, Yocto, Linux, Ubuntu, KDE Neon

Process: Extreme Agile

• Hired to implement a state machine which coordinated the execution of highly-parallel version of radar application code and publish results

• Primary application consisted of taking a radar shot and controlling a powered motorized spot-light to point to realized coordinates

• Assisted with the containerization of both applications and provided building versions of these applications to client

• Additionally provided client with a simulator used to build parts of the application in absence of hardware.

FuturePath Trading, LLC (Chicago) - Programmer (remote) – Mar ‘23 - Jul '23, Dec ‘19 - Apr’20, Apr ‘19, Sep ‘16, Jul ‘18, Jun '12 – Jul '12, Oct' 09, Oct '06 – Oct '07, Jan'05 – Dec '05

Industry: Futures Brokerage for Hedge, Retail, Automated Trading

Languages: C#, C++

Protocols: FIX protocol, Rithmic, GL

Frameworks: COM, Windows Forms

Storage: SQL Server, MySQL, SVN

Servers: Amazon AWS, private colo

OSes: Windows Server 2019, 2008 RS

Process: Agile

• Migrated to AWS and Windows Server 2019 and managed production server environment and created a new dev environment on AWS and upgraded to VS2022

• Assisted with programming integration between in-house trading application and 3rd party market data/trade execution service

• Designed and programmed software to interface client's trading strategies to trade execution via in-house API

• Designed and programmed a proprietary trading strategy, and vetted the implementation closely with the client

• Programmed example applications for in-house API for clients' implementation reference

• Worked on Commodity Futures, Equity Futures, Bond Futures and many other futures contracts

Microsoft Consulting to Zeiss via Persistent - (Remote) - Software Architect (Linux) - Jun ‘21 – Dec ’22

Industry: Software as Medical Device

Languages: C#, Bash, PowerShell

Frameworks: .NET Core, Azure IoT Edge, DICOM, SWUpdate, Docker/moby, Azure Device Update, Advanced Installer (AIP), dialog/whiptail

Storage: Azure Cloud, git

OSes: Ubuntu Linux, Alpine Linux, CBL/Mariner Linux, Azure Linux

Servers: Squid Proxy, Apache

Process: SAFe Scaled Agile, Security, FOSS Licensing

• Worked on a Connectivity Module under a larger cloud connectivity initiative for medical imaging devices and supported the development, deployment, connectivity, compatibility, and security efforts related to operating containerized .NET software in an Ubuntu Linux environment

• Advised on, investigated, and developed software on Linux devices on the edge and in the cloud

• Explored and implemneted proxy support investigation to execution, testing, and delivery stages with exploration of numerous options and primarily contributed to as well as paired up with senior engineers and guided juniors in contributing

• On the software updates and operating system upgrades, I worked with the Azure Device Update team, regularly updated our software’s base image with the latest security fixes

• Investigated and helped teammates deliver automation of the base image creation

• Recommended options for operating system upgrades for both containers (Ubuntu to Alpine) as well as the host (Ubuntu bionic to Ubuntu focal)

• Created an A/B update system with SWUpdate, GRUB, OverlayFS, and ADU

• Created SWU file with rootfs image and root partition switching in the boot loader, and added a script for ADU’s “swupdate” handler to transfer, crypto validate, and deliver the update

• Confgured an Apache instance as a proxy, verifying the compatibility of the software stack with proxy servers, coordinating with the ADU team to add proxy support, creating configuration menus for the proxy settings, configuring Squid proxy for SSL connectivity and retrieve authentication information from cloud storage

• High-value contributions for the proxy effort including modification of IoT Edge module layered deployment configuration settings to include container “create options” which inject a small shell script into each container to set the proxy setting environment variables without delivering their values offsite

• Automated creation and management of a “socat” tunnel between an HTTPS proxy endpoint and a locally bound port which creates a plain text interface to an encrypted tunnel for software that doesn’t support HTTPS proxies

• Hot swapping a standalone container for an IoT Edge module and back using SO_REUSEPORT Automation of VHDX creation with Hyper-V PowerShell commands and Azure CLI

SureScan - (New York) - Senior Software Engineer - Mar ‘21 – May ’21

Industry: Transportation Security

Languages: C++

Frameworks: Qt5 Widgets, OpenGL

Storage: MySQL, QSql

OSes: OpenSUSE Linux

Process: Security, multi-thread safety

• Worked on the GUI part of a Computed-Tomography based threat detection system

• Improved security based on recommendations resulting from a security review executed by an external vendor Details under strict NDAA due to the work subject.

Vapotherm - (Exeter) - Principal Software Engineer - Aug ’20 – Feb ’21

Industry: Medical Devices

Languages: C++, QML

Device(s): Custom iMX.6-based Embedded, PIC16 and Cortex-M controlled ventillators, Massimo and Nellcor pulse-ox

Frameworks: Qt5, Yocto Linux, BitBake, U-Boot, Google Breakpad, valgrind

Storage: SD, SPI EEPROM, flash

OSes: Yocot Linux poky

Process: ISO 62304, IEC 60601-1-6/8/10, ISO 13485, FDA / CE / HIPAA / GDPR, Agile, CI/CD, TDD

• Worked on Embedded Linux medical device using C++, QML, and Qt framework 5.12

• System was implemented as a QML application with a C++ back-end on a Yocto Linux BSP running on an iMX.6 and connecting to Microchip PIC16's for the ventillator

• Engaged to implement and extend features on a system that connected pulse oximetry sensors to a ventilator

• Used Masimo or Nellcor pulse ox sensors and coordinated the consolidation of driver code between this project and other devices using the same hardware

• Connected to various hardware devices using RS232 and GPIO

• Automatically controled the oxygen blending using a PID controller, designed and produced a threading model which allowed decoupling of the application modules and ensured near real-time response to control inputs and sensor outputs

• Programming the user-mode software and doing low-level debugging and resolving several hardware-related issues

• Discovered and addressed several core deviations from spec related to the evident defficiency in the initial implementation by external vendor and resoruces, coordinated effort to document, reproduce, report, and rectify instances where the core device logic operated outside of design parameters

• Updated SOUP listing, Software Design Document, Software Development Plan, and Software Requirements Specification documents as necessary

• Worked on building the Yocto poky BSP image and mechanism for flashing over Ethernet port, configuring U-Boot to switch between primary SD-card stored BSP, SPI-connected EEPROM-backup, and controlling the A/B-parition boot for swupdates

• Built updated versions of BSP with updated metaqt, kernel, and added valgrind, netcat, breakpad, ALSA, and other software to the updated BSP, and documented the Yocto / BitBake process for client

• Automated localization and internationalization process for dozens of additional lanauges, and provided automatic translation using Google Translate to allow internationalization changes to the software to happen prior to translation completion

• Created and upgraded several key GUI areas and implemented complex QML GUI components with reactive updates and modal dialogs Updated entire UI to scale for screen size and dynamically re-position components for locale-related (right-to-left, date and number

• format) and screen-related positioning

• Updated Qt signal-slot connectivity to use function-pointer style connectivity which ensured compile-time validation of function signature compatibility and signal-slot connectivity

• Built Google Breakpad and Valgrind for the iMX6 target, and used to debug various issues with the existing system

• Resolved slow memory leaks and sporadic crashes in the user-space application caused by concurrency conditions which were not correctly handled by the original authors

• Enabled and implemented sound multipelxing using ALSA over the OSS default, resolved alarm condition concurrency-related deviation from design

• Created test system for Alarms functionality based on ISO 13485 and IEC 60601-1-8

• Assisted in consolidation of alarms, sound, pulse-ox driver, and UI components betweeen device and other client projects to minimize development effort and benefit all teams

• Created Windows and Mac builds of the application for demonstration purposes. Created code-generated approach to adding languages for translation and internationalization

• Created tools to accelerate and simplify the device update process which helped make lab-testing easier and collaborated with interns to delegate the update process

• Worked on multiple investigations of Microchip PIC16-based devices where the communication with iMX.6 device deviated from spec, narrowed down root cause, implemented workarounds

Torstone Technologies (New York) - Software Engineer - Jun ‘19 – Oct ‘19

Industry: Back-office Trade Settlement

Languages: C++, C#

Protocols: Kerberos, SSO, FedLine / FedWire, SWIFT, PL/SQL, SOAP, XML, REST

Frameworks: Boost, Windows Forms

Storage: Oracle 11

Virtualization: VirtualBox, Docker containers

OSes: Oracle Linux, Windows Server 2019

Process: Agile, Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration / Development (CI/CD)

• Worked on various parts of a back office post-trade processing system for settlement, accounting, reporting, and notification of stock (equities) trades

• Implemented various new functionality as well as fixing existing functionality both on the back-end via FedLine / FedWire, SWIFT, and Oracle

• Front-end implementation of various UI changes including new controls, internationalization, authentication and communication with back-end services via SOAP/XML and RESTful web services

• Implemented various functionality with respect to settling trades by executing and confirming wired cash over FedWire / FedLine using a SWIFT to FedLine adapter

• All code implemented with thorough unit testing using Boost framework based tests

• Helped with hardware acquisition and network debugging as well in a situation where low-level analysis of network traffic was necessary and worked with server and switch network assets in the company’s co-location space.

BrightonTEC (New Jeresey) - Web Developer (remote) - Mar 19 – Apr 19

Industry: Consulting on Inport/Export Reporting Application

Languages: C#, JavaScript

Protocols: JQuery

Frameworks: .NET Core 2.1, ASP.NET MVC

Storage: SQL Server 2016

OSes: Windows Server 2019

Process: Agile, TDD, CI/CD

• Added and improved features to the web interface for an application that handled tax calculations and submissions to DHS for import/export business in ASP.NET Razor MVC in C#

XRITE Pantone (Massachusetts) - Software Integrator (remote) - Nov ‘18 – Feb 19

Industry: Colorimetry

Languages: C++

Frameworks: Qt5, Windows / Mac Driver interface

Storage: Git, TFS

Servers: TeamCity

OSes: Windows 10, Mac OS X 10.14

Process: Agile, CI/CD, TDD

• Integrated new customer USB peripheral and driver with the software packages used to calibrate and perform colorimetry

• Device is a color calibration unit which is used to calibrate displays, projectors, and printers to reproduce color accuracy for various applications including medical imaging, marketing and branding, and high end photography

• Primary responsibilities were to extend the customer's existing application software to support and interact with the device via USB driver and complete the process of color calibration and colorimetry

Acting Figures (Massachusetts) - Principal Software Engineer (remote) - Aug '18 – Nov’18

Industry: 3D Animation Rendering

Languages: C++

Frameworks: Qt4, Qt5, Boost, Ogre3D, CMake, OpenGL, OpenCV, Qt Widgets, zlib, paintlib, cppunit, DirectX 9.0 (June 2010 SDK), Nvidia Cg, ffmpeg/libav, Froglogic Squish, Annosoft Lipsync SDK

Storage: Git

OSes: Windows 10

Process: Agile

• Upgraded code-base built on Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) Win32 C++ with Qt 4.4.3 and Ogre 3D to Visual Studio 2017 (15.0) Win64 C++ with Qt 5.10.1 and Ogre3D

• Fixed multiple issues related to 32bit to 64bit code compliance for 64bit systems, including pointer math, exception handling, deprecated function and library replacement, and header and function name adjustments to match the new versions of the functions and structures needed to handle 64bit execution

• Profiled and tested application code for loading and processing input files that were previously too large for the application to handle in 32bit mode

• Solved various issues related to 64bit execution related to Windows performance system calls

• Worked on integrating Microsoft SAPI Speech Syhtensis, FMOD, and Annosoft Lipsync into 64bit code project Converted significant amount of code into C++ 17.

Hamilton Re (Bermuda) - Senior Software Engineer (remote) - Mar '18 – Jun '18

Industry: Reinsurance Disaster Analytics and Modelling

Languages: C++, Qt/QML

Protocols: XML, SOAP, HTTP

Frameworks: Qt5, Qt Widgets

Storage: SQL Server, TFS

Servers: TeamCity, Jenkins

OSes: Windows Server 2016 + 10

Process: Agile, CI/CD, TDD

• Fixed various issues and created unit tests for the engine of the client’s analytics platform

• Qt/C++ for Windows application for executing Natural Disaster Models and providing analytics and reporting Produced information relevant to the employees running the reinsurance business

• Produced documentation for streamlining new developer ramp-up, and recommendations for improving database version tracking through updates

• Verified the function of the software’s engine code through automated testing and manual testing of various reports.

AlphaPoint (New York) - Linux Integration Specialist (remote) - Dec '17 – Feb'18

Industry: Trusted Execution Environment of Crypto-Currency Assets

Languages: C++ 17

Frameworks: dotNET Core, Intel SGX SDK 1.9 / 2.0, GNU Make

OSes: Generic Linux

• Created a Linux build for their dotNET service that integrated Intel Secure Guard eXtensions (SGX) enclave hosted JavaScript engine

• Provided Linux build scripting via GNU Make for building the native part of the platform, and ported the code to be compatible with the capabilities of the Linux version of the Intel SGX SDK

• Investigated fixes for Spectre and Meltdown attacks on SGX data, and found a concrete fix using cache line clearing

• Created dotNET Core and C++ test applications for enclave loading to validate difference in issue with enclave symbol exports

• Worked on project supporting block-chain by porting Windows code to Linux

Ogilvy & Mather (New York) - Senior Full-Stack Developer - Dec '16 – Sep '17

Industry: Enterprise Software

Languages: PHP, Java

Protocols: REST, SOAP, XML

Frameworks: NodeJS, AngularJS 1.3, Angular 2 v4.0 – 6.0, PHPUnit, JUnit, Hazelcast

Storage: Percona, MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch

OSes: Microsoft Azure Cloud, Linux

Process: Agile, Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD), Test Driven Development (TDD), Jenkins, JIRA

• Worked on distributed single sign-on and ACL / role based permissions system. Developed features for NodeJS + AngularJS applications and PHP applications with CakePHP and AngularJS front-ends, and a Java middleware / back-end that federated user changes to various systems

• Implemented new functionality and upgraded existing functionality to create new interfaces and APIs for various integrations with new vendors

• Helped with data migration and/or indexing in ElasticSearch and MongoDB and re-implemented various parts of the application using new back-end

• Updated and created new Unit Tests to keep up code coverage and keep Jenkins reporting test success

• Helped with Percona distributed database migration from own data center to Azure cloud

Nemaris / Surgimap - (New York) - Director of Software Development - Apr '13 – Sep '16

Industry: Software as a Medical Device

Languages: C++, Qt/QML, Java, PHP, JavaScript, Objective-C

Protocols: DICOM, REST, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, HTTP

Frameworks: Qt5, Qt4, OpenGL, Laravel, AngularJS, Squish

Storage: SQLite, MySQL, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, Git, SVN

Servers: Amazon EC2, Apache, Jetty, Jenkins, VMWare ESX and Fusion, Windows AD, VirtualBox

OSes: Ubuntu Linux Server, Windows Server 2003 + XP/Vista/7/8/10, MacOS X 10.5 10.9, Android, iOS

Process: ISO 62304, FDA 512k, CE-mark, HIPAA, GDPR, Agile, JIRA, Confluence, CI/CD, TDD

• Started as senior engineer on DICOM image reader and Surgical Planning and Implant Templating desktop application Led migration from SVN to Git, taught teammates how to use git

• Paired up with principal software engineer to migrate from Qt4 to Qt5

• Exposed and expedited resolution to various security vulnerabilities (SQL injection, plain-text storage, plain-text communication, CBC encryption on image data, permission escalation)

• Assisted with process documentation, SOUP compliance, architecture, encryption, security, versioning, de-identification, data partnership, and other regulatory requirements for both US and EU compliance

• Led effort to design and secure API to synchronize data to the Web, implemented a REST API hosted on Ubuntu Linux on Amazon EC2, integrating with Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon SES

• Designed and implemented C++/Qt system to synchronize hierarchical directed graph data structures extracted from DICOM images with REST API as well as the images themselves, and connected the synchronization mechansim to a QObject-metadata based ORM which stored the data locally in SQLite with a sync mechanism that tracked changes and object versions

• Sync mechanism was tolerant to connectivity interruptions and concurrent utilization, used for Linux/Mac/Windows/Android applications

• Engaged with and assisted off-shore team to implement sync mechanism in iOS application, and led the development of a web-based client with feature parity in a single-page application

• Promoted to Director of Software Development reamining fully hands-on with development of desktop and API projects and assisting with QA automation, CI/CD pipeline, web and mobile feature parity and flaw resolution, and managed Desktop, Web, Mobile, and CI/CD at item level

• Engaged with executives and customers and assisted in the planning for the direction of development over two to four quarters, aligning development targets with industry conferences, and prioritizing user enhancements and partner commitments

• Sourced, vetted, and negotiated the hiring of engineers at various levels from junior to senior engineers specialized in graphics, performance, automated testing, and other areas which led to team size growing 3x and provided ongoing performance reviews

• Led team members and assisted in the development of a Jenkins-based CI/CD pipeline which automated the building, validation, signing, and packaging of the various software projects

• Started an initiative to consolidate the implementation of various surgical measurement tools and algorithms into a centralized library that the various client applications shared

• Purchased Qt licenses and FrogLogic Squish license for CI/CD pipeline, automated testign, static builds

• initiated and paired with engineers to deliver cryptographically-signed differential updates including TLS-connectivity, package signatures, executable signing, and certificate pinning

• Designated principal security contact in engaging hospitals in partnerships

• Atteneded industry conference meetings, partner company meetings, and star customer meetings to help understand and integrate feedback, features, and flaws from same

• Executed security review of application, cloud, and office network assets and provided detialed feedback for several ways in which security could be improved including several which were implemented

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner – DNA Lab (New York) - Programmer - Jan '13 – May '13

Industry: DNA Laboratory

Languages: C#, JavaScript

Protocols: WCF, JQuery

Frameworks: ASP.NET, Windows Services

Storage: SQL Server, TFS

OSes: Windows Server 2003

Process: Agile, Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Programmed the Forensic Statistical Tool (FST), an application which receives input from DNA laboratory results, and calculates probabilities of suspects, victims, and unknown contributors to crime scene samples with empirically-determined sample degradation factors

• for use as inculpatory or exculpatory evidence

• Improved compute time by employing result caching and multi-threading- Added numerous extensiblity features to the application

Connectivity Data Systems (New York) - Senior Developer - Jul '11 – Oct '11
Industry: Financial Data Processing

Languages: C#, JavaScript

Protocols: WCF, AJAX

Frameworks: ASP.NET, LINQ

Storage: SQL Server, Git

OSes: Windows 7

Process: Agile

• Programmed tools to assist in the acquisition and processing of data that cannot be automatically sourced for the product

OCE Interactive, Inc (New York) - Lead Programmer - Dec '09 – May '11

Industry: Equities Market Multi-Factor Regressions

Languages: C#, MATLAB, T-SQL, SQL CLR Stored Procedures

Protocols: MVP pattern, AJAX, Windows Forms

Frameworks: ASP.NET, ASP, COM+, SSIS, Excel Interoperability

Storage: SQL Server, Hyper-V

OSes: Windows Server 2003 R2, Linux

Process: Windows Services, Agile

• Designed, improved, and programmed software for multi-factor regression modeling of equities markets Implemented automated testing

• Responsible for IT administration, security audits, and technology asset acquisition

• Implemented both fundamental analysis and technical analysis of equity trades

Reval, Inc (New York) - Software Engineer - Jan '08 – Jun '09

Languages: C#, C++, VB6

Protocols: XML

Frameworks: Windows Forms, Silverlight, WPF, ASP.NET, WCF, ASP, MSMQ, COM+, SSIS

Storage: SQL Server

OSes: Windows Services, VMWare

Process: TFS Administration, TFS, Agile, Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Worked on new version of top-to-bottom components of trade pricing engine

• Designed data structures that integrated with previous system for seamless transition using XSD

• Responsible for set-up and administration of development and testing environment servers including SQL, TFS, VMWare

• Responsible for correct pricing of various trading instruments including Equities / Commodity / Bond Futures

Elephant Group, Inc (New Jersey) - Developer - Dec '05 – Oct '06

Languages: C#, PHP

Protocols: XML, XSD, HTTP

Frameworks: Windows Forms, ASP.NET, ASMX Web Services

Storage: VSS

OSes: Windows Server 2003

• Responsible for the design and programming of CRM/sales management software and associated reports for DirecTV sales

Spike Trading (Chicago) - Programmer (remote) - Mar. '05 – Aug '05

Languages: C#

Protocols: XML, FIX protocol, Townsend Analytics

Frameworks: Windows Forms

OSes: Windows Server

• Responsible for programming black-box trading strategy from specification

• Implemented API from Townsend Analytics for market data, and used FIX protocol for order sending.

• Trading strategy executed stock equity trades on Merry Lynch order servers based on data from the NYSE data feed provided to Townsend Analytics