Fredric J. Raab - Career Resume

Career Objective Utilize my technical, creative and project management skills to create innovative wireless applications. Summary: Seasoned hands-on analyst and programmer who practices user-centric, requirements-driven modular design. Possess in-depth technical knowledge in the areas of wireless / mobile platforms, Internet technologies, computer networking. multimedia, user interface and object-oriented design. Experienced project manager, covering initial sales concept and proposal through final customer acceptance. A versatile, cost-effective, and self-directed leader of project teams, both real and virtual, on $1M+ projects delivered within 3 to 18 months - on-time, on-budget. Worked within multi-disciplinary teams of designers, programmers, and product managers. Coordinated development activities across multiple departments: Marketing, Development, QA, Documentation and Support. Strong troubleshooting skills; excellent communication skills; free to travel; has completed projects throughout the US and Europe. Employment Experience: 2002 - Present Wireless Solutions Architect PACE Research Group, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, CA Researching and evaluating the effectiveness of mobile phone applications in the areas of obesity and nutrition. Designing and programming J2ME applications enabling teenagers in NIH-funded clinical trials on diabetes prevention to monitor their physical activity and dietary habits. Developing a hardware/software smartphone platform to support health monitoring and active-living research that incorporates wireless sensors such as Bluetooth accelerometers / pedometers, GPS receivers, heart-rate monitors, etc. Ported applications across all popular phones and the 5 national wireless carriers. Lead developer for all handset applications; serves as technical advisor to principal investigators, residents and graduate students; negotiates with carriers on deployment issues. Conducting focus groups with representative users. Writing SBIRs, contract and grant proposals to National Institutes for Health and National Cancer Institute; Exploring commercialization possibilities in conjunction with Center for Health Interventions and Technology. Concurrently teaching the Qualcomm BREW software development classes within the Extension School's CDMA and Embedded Engineering program and mentoring ECE/CSE student projects. Also funded by the Von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism to commercialize a family of location-based services for mobile phones and other wireless devices. Provided business development and consulting services to wireless solution providers. Projects include a wireless shopping assistant for phones / PDAs and feasibility studies and prototypes of SMS applications, advertising and mobile coupons. 2000 - 2002 Wireless Solutions Architect LiveSky Solutions, Boston, MA As the principal developer of mobile solutions for all LiveSky projects, I collaborated with clients to establish their business goal, define their functional requirements, developed the detailed design, the system architecture specification, and wrote the working code (Visual Basic, C, ASP, JSP). Projects included mobile CRM / SFA applications (Palm, PocketPC, WAP phones); wireless-enablement of existing webserver applications such as a web-based appointment and facility scheduling system (Palm, RIM Blackberry); and a retail store locator (WAP, Palm, AvantGo). In a sales engineering role, I developed functional prototypes, proofs-of-concept and marketing demos. Evaluated wireless technologies and partnership opportunities from business, marketing and technical perspectives, and developed Represented company in technical presentations at CEO/CTO/CIO levels. Viridien Technologies, Westford, MA Solutions Architect / Web Designer 2000 Designed a XML database-driven, web-based forms-processing / content management system for multiple devices (PC's, Palms, PocketPCs, WAP phones). Defined the functional requirements in close consultation with client; developed budget, project plan, implementation proposal and legal contract. Created the prototypes of website and administration pages. Supervised the product development, and customer acceptance testing; prioritized and scheduled customer change requests and bug fixes. Served as the customer's primary technical contact. . Jack Morton Worldwide, Boston, MA Web Developer / Technical Manager 1999 - 2000 Designed, developed and programmed streaming-media webcasting systems for international tradeshows and events. Orchestrated all technical aspects, including IT infrastructure and telecom procurement, installation and on-site operations. Projects included Hughes Network System's web kiosks at Geneva Telecom'99, PTC's webcam system at CeBIT 2000 (Germany), and John Hancock Financial's network of 70 real-time news and information stations. Omega Performance, Cambridge, MA Software Engineering Manager 1998 - 1999 Led a team of 5 programmers; developed the specifications and supervised the implementation of CD-Rom and Web-based customer service / agent training for Delta, Hyatt, AT&T and State Farm Insurance. Developed QA test plans and resolved discrepancies / change requests during customer acceptance testing. Responsible for integration with client's IT departments. Advised clients, account managers and project managers on all technical issues. Provided in-house technical support. Chedd-Angier Production Company, Watertown, MA Rare Media Well Done, Boston, MA Technical Director, Interactive Designer, Systems Designer 1991 - 1998 Conceptualized, designed, specified, programmed and installed large scale, large budget ($1M+) interactive multimedia exhibits at museums and visitor centers, e.g. Smithsonian, Boston Museum of Science, California Science Center, SciTrek, JFK Healthworld, SportsLab, TVA, Army Corps of Engineers, ArtExperienCenter. Specialized in developing the user interaction with multiple handheld devices, touch screens, keypads, pushbutton arrays, sensors, etc.  Defined the technology issues, prepared technical responses to RFPs and RFIs, developed budgets and schedules, and conducted client meetings with client's IT team. Projects were often awarded on fixed price, competitive bid. Developed detailed system design documents and technical specifications. Built and field-tested prototypes (look-and-feel and functional) as well as final production code.  Oversaw development efforts; advising developers, upper management and clients on issues of project status, risks and problem resolutions. Ordered equipment and facilities; coordinating with multiple vendors. Provided on-site installation, testing, documentation and training. 1987 - 1991 Vice President for Production Interactive Media Communications, Waltham, MA Responsible for all aspects of the design, development and production of computer-based multimedia and interactive videodisc training programs on the topics of health and safety. Managed IMC staff and outside contractors, established budgets and schedules, carried out account management activities, such as proposal writing, contract negotiation, meetings with Fortune 100 clients, including Shell, Mobil, Ford, DuPont, IBM, and Weyerhaeuser. 1980 - 1987 Founder and President Telematic Systems, Cambridge, MA While in last year of college, founded a pioneering award-wining multimedia design and programming firm commercializing technologies developed at MIT's precursor to the Media Lab. Clients included AT&T, Digital Equipment Corporation, Ford, General Motors, MetLife and the United States Government. Technical Skills Summary: Wireless: BREW, J2ME, MIDP, WAP, SMS, MMS, Openwave, AvantGo, OmniSky, CMDA, Wi-Fi (802.11), Bluetooth Systems: Windows XP/2000/NT/9x, PocketPC, PalmOS, MacOS Databases: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Access Programming: Java, J2ME, Visual C/C++, PocketPC embedded toolkit, Visual Basic, Macromedia  Director/Lingo Internet / Web: Apache, PHP, IIS, Active Server Pages (ASP), Java Server Pages (JSP), JavaScript, VBscript, HTML, XML, XSL SOAP / web services, Shockwave, numerous multimedia and web development tools

Fredric J. Raab
7316 Monte Vista Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
US
858.220.0369

fjr@FredRaab.com

Sept 2006

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