Larry Brief
1980-1984 USMC, E-5 educated in avionics and radar electronic counter measures.
1984-2000 IBM:
DASD TECH, assemble and test 3380 DASD
System 390 Software tester for ADSM Function test,
Program lead for Automated FVT, Developed automated testing environment
Developer OS/2 LPD for distributed S/390 to OS/2 printing solution
Designer and manager of Distributed Software Development labs
Network Architect for SSD manufacturing site deployment
SAP Support - Network Management Team Lead
Manager, SW development support for Enterprise storage solutions, responsible for managing MVS system 390 facility including 3 systems, 300+ DASD and Automated TAPE systems, LAN gateways, LAN/WAN, development schedule requirements and support personnel.
2000-2001 Remedy Corp – CRM Software company
Senior Manager responsible for managing IT requirements of the Remedy Support Call Center. Defined and supported IT environment for 10+ module managers and support technicians. Personally programmed and managed Apropo Phone system allowing customers to access Remedy trouble ticket system.
2002-2002 FutureSmart, Software Engineer responsible for design and deployment of HomeServer Linux Embedded OS environment. Worked closely with hardware engineers during test and acceptance phase to insure proper functionality of hardware. Developed design, functional specifications and test plans for firewall and configuration GUI.
2002-2003 Carmichael Security, lead software developer for CATA server project. Manager of operations/IT environment in support of 20+ distributed (home based) software developers. Responsible for stability and availability of all primary systems related to development including: CVS servers, customer support servers, global production servers, development and function test servers. Responsible for development and support of in house CRM applications. Developed customized multi-level marketing solution allowing MLM’s common function and data access while providing individual identity through style sheets.
2003-2006 Independent Contracting. Developed digital recording software using latest directx and media center SDK platforms, developed online gaming statistical recording and display environment utilizing .Net, PHP, MySql and C#. Developed J2ME applications utilizing Ebay SDK and OSCommerce shoping cart platform.