C-Level Software Development Professional
Greater San Diego Area
- Current
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- Chief Technology Officer at Total Training, Inc.
- Past
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- Development Consultant at Boeing
- Independent Software Engineer (Self-employed)
- Senior Software Engineer at Cable & Wireless
- Senior Software Engineer at Digital Island
- Senior Software Engineer at Datron Transco
- Lead Software Engineer at Software Technology, Inc.
- Lead Software Engineer at Exigent
- Education
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Stephen Cerruti’s Summary
Software engineer and system architect with experience in highly available distributed solutions for system control and content distribution. I produce unique and inventive products making use of new technologies by integrating third party solutions with custom work from in house talent as well as contractors.
Stephen Cerruti’s Specialties:
web applications, distributed computing, high availability systems, satellite ground stations, software design, online video distribution
Stephen Cerruti’s Experience
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Chief Technology Officer
Total Training, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Produced Total Training Online. A unique video delivery portal that provides access to Total Training's library of high quality video assets. The portal provides features not yet found in most video training sites, including a continuous viewing experience for Total Training tutorials that tracks user progress and provides enhancements such as bookmarking and searching.
The launch of Total Training Online was a milestone for the company and has become the dominant portion of the company's new sales. -
Development Consultant
Boeing
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA; Defense & Space industry)
January 2006 — November 2006 (11 months)
As an contract employee for Boeing I was initially hired to provide expertise to a research and development project seeking to apply the latest commercial software development practices to satellite ground system development. These tasks primarily focused on middleware including messaging and web service evaluations.
Additionally I took responsibility for creating a complete environment for testing and prototype development for the group.
As funding for the research and development project became scarce I was transitioned into a role of development consultant. Currently I am providing technical assistance to a project manager and software architect for an ongoing project resolving performance and usability issues with the Iridium Mission Planning System. A significant part of my role is to perform knowlege capture and provide recommendations for software tools to improve the flexability and reliability of the current Mission Planning System. -
Independent Software Engineer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — November 2006 (3 years 11 months)
As an independent software engineer I have worked on my own or in cooperation with customer teams to create new systems, or rescue ongoing projects.
I have provided a complete web solution for a nationwide lien filing company that was an upgrade to an undocumented, out of date system, and I have provided small special purpose applications related to VoIP usage tracking.
I provide a high level of process at low cost by using web based project management tools. My customers are able to tailor my services to provide the level of documentation and training so that their own staff can maintain and extend projects that have been delivered.
I have extensive domain knowlege in the satellite ground station domain that lends itself to application in high availability, distributed systems. Of late I have focused on web services as a way to provide modular and extensible solutions for distributed problems. -
Senior Software Engineer
Cable & Wireless
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
December 2002 — December 2002 (1 month)
Cable & Wireless acquired Digital Island during 2001. Please see position at Digital Island for details.
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Senior Software Engineer
Digital Island
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
June 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 7 months)
Specified, integrated and deployed a traffic collection system for a global network monitoring several hundred network interface points via seven data centers eliminating a $100,000/month contract and cutting two on-call personnel.
Monitored and maintained systems that processed traffic events exceeding five terabytes per day from which all network traffic revenue was computed.
Led requirements gathering project to develop a system to rate usage events for production of customer invoices intended to replace the manual efforts of 12 billing specialists. -
Senior Software Engineer
Datron Transco
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Defense & Space industry)
August 1997 — May 2000 (2 years 10 months)
Developed and supported four remote sensing satellite ground stations that received and processed the imagery obtained from multiple satellites facilitating multi million dollar antenna system sales.
Managed five software developers.
Designed and presented software subsystems for satellite planning and product management used to secure a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. -
Lead Software Engineer
Software Technology, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)
May 1989 — July 1997 (8 years 3 months)
Developed and maintained software for worldwide satellite control centers that monitored 10 orbiting satellites with a value of $2.2 billion.
Managed six software engineers and functioned as project manager with up to $1.5 million budget responsibility.
Consolidated fragmented programs into 'libraries' and standardized the development of user interfaces that produced significant cost savings and cut software development time from days to hours.
Developed and demonstrated complex satellite control features during trade shows.
Participated in proposal processes for successful bids on $10 million software projects. -
Lead Software Engineer
Exigent
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)
May 1989 — July 1997 (8 years 3 months)
Software Technology became Exigent, a publicly traded company, while I was an employee. Exigent was later acquired by Harris. Please see my entry under Software Technology for more information.
Stephen Cerruti’s Education
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B.S. , Computer Science , 1984 — 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- Co-op Student at Virginia Power
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Stephen Cerruti’s Interests:
VoIP, Vonage, Firefox, Thunderbird
Stephen Cerruti’s Groups:
IEEE, Computer Society
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