Resume of Shane Harper

Development was done primarily on Mac OS X. Cross platform libraries were used.

• Software design and implementation in C++, Python and Java of the AMS (Authority Management Server).
  The AMS manages authorities that allow trains to move along specified routes. It is a safety critical interlocking preventing unsafe requests being sent to trains and trackside equipment.

March 2010 - December 2011

• Responsible for the requirements specification document of the AMS component.
  I used UML2 for requirements capture. I used DOORS for maintaining the requirements trace. I followed CENELEC standards for developing safety critical rail systems.

October 2010 - March 2011

• I lead a team of two software developers to develop a parallel implementation of the Authority Management Server in C++.
  The software could be deployed to run in parallel with another implementation: The outputs of both systems could be cross checked to increase confidence in system safety.

  My implementation cost one fifth that of an implementation by another team while satisfying the same set of requirements. I used TDD (Test Driven Development) and I believe the use of TDD significantly helped in dramatically minimising the time to develop a high quality implementation.

  I developed the embedded software to run continuously without human intervention to ensure the safety of the rail network. I followed the MISRA (Motor Industry Software Reliability Association) 2008 guidelines for the use of C++ in critical systems. I wrote automated test scripts in Python. The target platform ran the VxWorks real time operating system.

  I implemented communications protocols on top of TCP/IP to enable the AMS to communicate with the other systems components.

October 2011 - December 2011

• Development of automated test scripts using Robot Framework for testing the AMS.

I worked on-site in Barcelona, Spain for UFIS Airport Innovation which is a daughter company of UFIS Airport Solutions, a company that I was previously employed by. The project had very tight deadlines: I had to quickly get up to speed and then consistently work long hours.

I worked with C++, Perl, Python and Oracle PL/SQL as the application and automated tests had already used a mixture of these languages.

At the end of my contract I was offered another three month contract to do further work: I had to decline as I was unable to get my visa extended at short notice.

My son was born after I finished this job. I took time off work to be with my wife and son.

I audited their core video capture application and their hardware drivers. I developed a strategy to improve quality by setting up automated tests to ensure quality.

For a large airport to operate efficiently, the operations of several departments must be coordinated and typically IT systems from several different suppliers must be integrated.

In my work at the airports in Bangkok and Delhi, I first sought to get a clear definition of requirements through direct interaction with the clients and then developed an architecture that met the requirements. Much of this work involved integrating systems from different suppliers.

I left UFIS as I wanted to return to Australia after having lived away from Australia for six years.

The customer had had preconceived ideas about how the application should function based on their experience with a competitor's product. After carefully analysing the customer's requirements I was able to propose a solution that better met their needs: In particular the final design was easy to extend.

I developed a multimedia casino jackpot display using C++ and the SDL (Simple Direct-media Library) that would display jackpot values and play video files and animations.

I developed tools for generating reports from usage data from gaming machines as well as for tracking coin collections. I used C++, Java, the PostgreSQL database, wxWidgets GUI library, SDL (Simple Direct-media Library), and the Subversion revision control system.

I extended the GUI for specifying the geometry of bridges. The GUI was written using wxWidgets. I also interfaced the main application with the TCL scripting language enabling bridge geometries to be defined in TCL.

The development environment was Microsoft Visual Studio.

I worked in a team of eleven people re-implementing existing software: Our goal was to make a new system which was easier to maintain than the old system. The software was mostly written in C, but was object oriented.

ArgoUML was used to create some designs in UML. Rational ClearCase was used for revision control.

The target platform ran the Micro-C RTOS on a Z180 CPU.

My first role involved writing Unix shell scripts to set-up and install software for an air-traffic control system used by the RAAF (Royal Australian Air-Force). I had to be on-site for part of the time and interact with the customer.

My second role was adding new functionality to the flight plan database management code. This was done in Ada.

My final role was working on the user interface for an air-traffic control system to be used in China. Some of my work was fixing bugs in existing C code. Most of my work was in a re-write of the "Air Situation Display" function in C++. Our new design was developed using Rhapsody by Ilogix. Rhapsody is a UML model editor which can generate code from state diagrams.

Development was done on Linux PCs. The target platform was Ultrix.

Thales ATM used the CMM (Capability Maturity Model) to assess their software development procedures and was focused on improving the quality of its products by improving the procedures used.

I left Thales ATM to do some international travel and to have time to work on some Open Source projects.

The project was behind schedule when I started. I believe I made a significant contribution to getting the customer to sign-off the project as being completed as early as possible.

Development and some testing were done on Linux PCs. The target platform ran SCO-Unix.

I gained experience in using GNU tools (including the gcc compiler), writing makefiles and shell scripts, and revision control with CVS.

I left AES Prodata to return to full-time University studies for a year.

(family company)

1990-1993 Melbourne High School

Final year subjects: Maths: Change and Approximation - Extensions, Maths: Reasoning and Data, Physics, Chemistry, Information Systems, English.

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) score: 158 out of 168.

1994 - University of Melbourne

Course: BSc / BE (Elec).

I was enrolled in the BSc/BE course for four and a half years. The computer science component (only) of this course was completed by mid 1997.

300-level computer science subjects and results: