Brian Geisel
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~geisel/resume.html
geisel@csh.rit.edu
As a Software Consultant, Brian has a very successful record delivering software
consistently and on time. His extensive engineering background and his ability
to see the larger picture make him a strong leader who excels at developing
technology, managing people, and delivering solutions.
Buzz-Word Compliance
Capable Personality
Instructor, Lead Developer,
Company Public Representative
Valuable Experience
UNIX & Linux Kernel,
Capable Windows Developer
Storage Industry Expert
SAN Topology, Cloud Storage
SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Object Oriented Developer
C++, Java, JavaScript, Obj-C
Hard Core Low Level/Embedded Work
C, Device Driver, Assembly Language
Innovative Solution Finder
Dynamic Designer / Architect
History
May ’07 – Present – Entrepreneur, Principle Software Engineer
– FideSoftware, DVDCorral –
http://appiphoney.com, http://www.DVDCorral.com
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Built DVDCorral.com – Developed 95% of software, Managed 2 countries’ development of remainder
Completed design, development, marketing, and release of iPhone apps. (More detail on web-resume.)
December ’07 – March ‘09 – Manager, Clarity Software and Services –
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TwinStrata, Inc. –
http://www.TwinStrata.com
Bootstrap Startup – Managed Engineering and Developed Software
Responsible for the Development, QA, and Release Teams for Clarity AP Software.
Developed storage assessment program called Clarity AP
o Co-Developed Clarity AP and brought product to market (written in Adobe Flex/AIR/ActionScript).
o Released 3 major product versions within the first year.
o Fully integrated product with online web portal.
Directed offshore team, saving the company 60% in development costs and delivering timely releases of web
and desktop software.
Technologies: C, C++, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, ActionScript 3.0 (Flex); Cloud Storage, iSCSI, Virtual Machines
(VMWare, Virtualbox); JSON, XML, AJAX
June ’07 – March ‘08 –
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Software Consultant –
iRobot –
http://www.iRobot.com
Wrote Wolfson Micro 8750 Audio Driver for Arm9 platform (Linux 2.4 Kernel).
Software Engineering (Development) and Team Integration of ConnectR, iRobot’s Virtual Visiting Robot
Managed relationship with Software Development and QA teams across 4 countries and 3 continents
Implemented a complete "touchless" Robot Configuration via various Web Technologies (see below)
Developed complete Robot Wireless Networking (802.11G) configuration including driver fixes
Wrote Robot Manufacturing Built-in Test, a complete test suite for Chinese manufacturing site
Designed and Implemented fully-automated recoverable boot process, handlig automatic downloads and
performing self-correcting updates
Integrated entire SIP stack into robot operation in coordination with multiple backend servers handling both
STUN and TURN traffic
Technologies: Embedded, Robotics, Linux, Device Drivers (Audio/Video, 802.11, GPIO, etc.), UNIX; C, Python,
JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS, Shell (bash), awk; Arm9, Freescale; SIP, STUN, TURN, IP, UDP, TCP/IP, RTP
January ’04 – April ‘07 – OEM Engineering Manager –
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Incipient –
http://www.incipient.com
25-50% Travel, building partner relationships and architecting solutions together.
Incipient representative to T11.5 meetings (Fibre Channel Standards Organization).
Management of resources, internally and externally, to complete high-profile projects.
Balanced partner development / liaison role with a device driver / embedded real-time technical role.
Develop and Architect solutions for Engineering Partners.
Managed entire product life-cycle including extensive Beta program with Fortune 500 Companies.
Technologies: Embedded, Linux (Device Driver / User Space), UNIX; C, Bourne Shell; SAN Virtualization, Fibre
Channel (hardware and protocol), SCSI (hardware and protocol), RAID, Various FC Arrays & Switches
March ’00 – January ‘04 – Lead Developer, Secure Path UNIX –
HP, Formerly Compaq –
http://www.compaq.com/storageworks
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Project leader of ~25 engineers for Secure Path UNIX.
Coordinated cross-functional engineering teams between the US and India.
Worked extensively with large RAID storage systems from vendors such as Compaq, HP, EMC, and IBM.
Lead Developer for “Must Win” project with corporate-wide recognition for porting a RAID Array device
driver to Solaris; received a special recognition award for a timely completion of this high priority project.
Represented Compaq/HP at Fortune 500 customer sites.
Taught Compaq storage classes at ENSA @Work Storage Conference.
Gave several group-wide (~40 developers) seminars on C++, CVS, et al.
Designed and Coded the multi-threaded daemon used for user interface to Secure Path.
Group expert on the Fibre Channel analyzer, analyzing data in both SCSI and Fibre Channel protocols.
Worked on driver interface and on enhancing the driver or adding support for arrays.
Organized and coordinated source code using CVS and documenting the process.
Technologies: SAN Multipathing, AIX, Solaris, and Linux (Device Driver, Administration, User Space), UNIX;
OO, C++, C, Korn Shell; SAN, Fibre Channel (hardware and protocol), SCSI (hardware and protocol), RAID
June ‘97 – March ‘00 – Software Engineer / Linux Expert 
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Microlite Corporation –
http://www.microlite.com
Full Life Cycle work on several mid-scale projects (50-80k lines ea.).
Co-created the OOD of all currently shipping products.
Responsible for all company’s Linux research and most of the Linux development.
Implemented GUI interfaces working in XWindows, win32, ncurses, and Java.
Wrote low-level SCSI interfaces and drivers on several platforms.
Architected RecoverEDGE, designing the 2.0 version for Linux from the ground up.
10% travel, spent forming business relationships and establishing a presence in our target markets.
Main Development Project, RecoverEDGE, won SCO World’s Top of the World award for 2000!
Technologies: OO, C++, C, UNIX, Java, Shell Scripting; AIX, Digital UNIX, HP-UX, Linux, SCO UnixWare,
SCO UNIX, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, Windows; Tape Drives, SCSI
September ‘96 - May ‘97 - Computer Science - Rochester Institute of Technology –
http://www.csh.rit.edu
Technologies: OO, C++, C, Java, x86/MIPS Assembly Language, Python, Eiffel; NetBSD, SunOS, IRIX, Digital
UNIX, SysV, Linux, Inferno, Ultrix (Kernel Level on several)
1990 – 1996 – Detailed Resume Online – http://www.csh.rit.edu/~geisel/resume.html
Technologies: Virtual Reality, C, x86 Assembly, Video Graphics Hardware, Low-Level system interfacing,
Database Management, PC Hardware
Technical Experience and Skills
Operating System Knowledge (Development) –
GUI Experience – Xwindows, Win95/NT/XP/.NET
Digital UNIX, DOS, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, NetBSD, SCO UNIX and OpenServer, SCO UnixWare, SGI
IRIX, Sun Solaris, Ultrix, Windows 95/NT/XP
RS/6000, 68000, Sparc), PHP, MySQL, Java, JavaScript,
shell scripting; also ActionScript, BASIC, Eiffel, Perl,
Pascal, Python, HTML, et al.
win32, Java, ncurses; designed and assisted
implementation of a multi-platform interface package
Instructor – Gave seminars in C, C++, x86 Assembly
(5 part series), Storage Virtualization (FAIS), DOS
internals, CVS, and general UNIX usage; Co-instructed a
class of Senior Citizens on basic Macintosh usage;
Taught Compaq product usage at ENSA@Work Storage
Conference
Linux Experience –SCSI drivers and patches (kernel
Architect – Designed the Secure Path daemon and User
modules); SCSI code and Qlogic Fibre Channel drivers
Interface, then helped build a team and worked with
them to develop the product; Start to finish design of
RecoverEDGE for Linux
Languages – Strong: C, C++, Assembly (x86,
Storage Hardware – HP (EVA, MSA & HSG80),
IBM (ESS, FAStT, SVC, DS/8000, DS/6000), EMC
(Symmetrix, Clariion), LSI, STK, 3Par.; Various Cloud
Storage (REST, iSCSI)
Network Experience – UNIX sockets programming;
DNS/BIND, Sendmail, httpd, ftpd, etc.; Working
knowledge of TCP, UDP, IP, STUN, TURN, RTP,
MSRP, SOAP, REST; SAN
Device Drivers – Work on several platforms including
Linux, NetBSD, Solaris, and Ultrix ranging from video
drivers to SCSI interface drivers
Low-level Work - Intel and MIPS Assembler, DOS
‘kernel’ and driver development, Embedded work on
several platforms; Many SCSI ports, working on AIX,
Linux, SCO UnixWare, HP-UX, Digital UNIX, and
several others
Summary
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Team Player – Self-disciplined/motivated with an exceptional ability to manage teams and work with people, but
also focused and able to work alone (and experienced in both).
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Experienced – Over 15 years of diverse experience, with a passion (and ability) to learn remarkably fast.
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Hard Worker – Whether the deadline is in 2012 or in an hour, product will always be consistent: clean,
documented, organized and well-coordinated. Release dates have been hit on target with consistency.
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Personable – Regularly represented Microlite Corp., Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard, and Incipient at various
Fortune 100 Customers domestically and internationally as well as teaching classes, etc. Willing to travel.
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Teachable – Able to work around problems and work in any environment (although tundras – such as Hoth - are
generally frowned upon) and always willing to learn new ideas, concepts, and solutions.
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Versatile – From a teacher and seminar instructor to a team leader or developing business relationships,
comfortable in management, business, engineering, personal, and teaching roles.
References
When necessary both technical and personal references are available; however, to protect the
privacy of my references, references will be distributed only once under reasonable consideration.
Detailed Online Resume
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~geisel/resume.html