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Kim Everette Lumbard |
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OBJECTIVE |
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To provide value through entrepreneurial and humanistic ventures |
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EDUCATION |
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Bachelor of Science with Honors,
Applied Mathematics California Institute of Technology |
June 1994 |
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ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE |
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| Chief Technical Officer |
Jun '07 to Sep '07 |
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| Biscuits and Bath, with John Ziegler and Scott Smith | |||
| Helped B+B solidify their operations technology during a crucial expansion phase of the company. In particular, hired key technical personnel, created standards for central management, and negotiated discounted equipment deals. | |||
| Chief Technical Officer |
Apr '00 to Dec '00 |
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| QIXO.com, with Daniel Ko | |||
| Created the first comprehensive price comparison site for travel. Responsibilities included but were not limited to: complete software architecture design and implementation, continuous uptime of LVS server farm, direct management of all technical personnel, and coordination with business units. Also wore many other hats: strategist, negotiator, purchaser, recruiter, etc. | |||
| Director Of Technology |
Aug '99 to Dec '99 |
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| StreetPrices.com, with Stephen Heise | |||
| Implemented an extensible product categorizer for free text descriptions. This allows make model pairs to be associated with pieces of free text, with increasing confidence the larger the categorizer grows. Also architected a multiple inheritance product hierachy system. Continuous duties included: site redesign, server maintenance, vendor relations, user requests. | |||
| Senior Developer |
Sep '98 to Apr '99 |
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| LaunchPad Technologies, Inc., with Duane Maxwell | |||
| Helped design and implement eWallet, a client-side e-commerce enabler. When a user drags eWallet to a web page the program populates it with user data, reducing hassle on checkout forms leading to greater sales conversion. Wrote the control windows matching and DDE interface layer for Netscape. Also created an in-house template editor for the easy production of page scripts. | |||
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PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE |
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| Development Consultant |
many projects Jun '02 to May '07 |
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| Biscuits and Bath, with John Ziegler and Scott Smith | |||
| Wrote PetShop 2, a multi-user networked VB application that handles reservations tracking and service fulfillment. The back-end employs MySQL databases n-way replicated between locations in real-time, multi-mastered across cities. PetShop 2 is accounting extensible, automatically incorporating the addition of new services and pricing structures. PS2 enables B+B to offer a complex range of services, differentiating it from its competitors. | |||
| Programming Consultant |
Nov '06 to Dec '06 |
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| University of Houston, with William Kudrle | |||
| Advised on a web scraping project, collating biotechnology opportunities in greater Houston into one central portal, for ease of use by UH graduates. | |||
| Programming Consultant |
Jan '02 to Mar '02 |
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| VioSense Corporation, with Darius Modaress | |||
| Wrote an extensible script management program in VC++ that integrated existing image processing scripts. The application has an easy to use GUI and employed XML. The image processing was for the VioSense 3D Camera, which extracts 3D spatial information of free space objects from just one snapshot. | |||
| Programming Consultant |
Feb '01 to Mar '01 |
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| Graniterock, with Ken Wiberg | |||
| Wrote a Loader Notification System for the GRC Monterey quarry. This VB application displayed current truck information to the ground loading vehicles (via a wireless connection) enabling them to more effectively meet product demand. | |||
| Programming Consultant |
Jul '99 to Sep '99 |
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| EntryPoint, with Michael Hannah | |||
| Implemented a bookmarker for the new EntryPoint client, that integrates with both Internet Explorer's Favorites and Netscape Navigator's Bookmarks. | |||
| Staff Programmer |
Jun '97 to Sep '97 |
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| MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Advanced Techniques Group 44 | |||
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Rewrote a program which performed High Definition Vector Imaging (HDVI), a super-resolution technique which employs adaptive linear combining to suppress side-lobe clutter in complex radar images. Sped up the algorithm by a factor of 12, the execution by two orders of magnitude, and decreased resource usage by 20. Also wrote an nDArray memory and disk resource manager. | |||
| Programmer |
Dec '97 |
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| Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with Greg Bearman |
Jan '96 to Mar '96 |
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| Wrote a Windows 3.1 imaging program for JPL that fetched images from a customized camera and Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter (LCTF) array. The JPL Image program does basic spectral cube processing as well as image manipulation and histogramming. Later ported to Windows 95 and added a memory manager. | |||
| Programming Consultant |
Oct '95 to Jan '96 |
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| Douglas Energy, with Don Cerini | |||
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Wrote a monitor program for Royalty Carpet Mills. Its primary purpose is to poll fuel gauges, calculate noxious emissions, and modem this to the SCAQMD. In addition it determines carpet production and costs in real-time, and regularly prints reports and archives data. |
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| Associate Applications Engineer |
July '94 to May '95 |
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| ORACLE, Applications Technology Group, with Cliff Godwin | |||
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Implemented the Regression Tester (RT) for Forms 4.5 and the RT Suite Runner. The former enables the automatic recording and replay of Forms, while the latter tool manages the generation and comparison of suites of these tests. The RT has numerous uses ranging from technical support to automated scripting, dramatically increasing productivity. |
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
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| Graduate Researcher |
Sept '96 to June '98 |
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| Caltech, with Dr. Robert J. McEliece | |||
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Counted the number of convolutional codes, as a function of the code parameters (n, k, Forney Indices). |
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| Research Consultant |
Summer '96 |
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| Institute for Defense Analyses, Center for Communications Research - Princeton | |||
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Participated in a classified summer research program at IDA. |
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| Undergraduate Researcher |
Sept '92 to Summer '94 |
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| Caltech, with Dr. Robert J. McEliece | |||
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Counted the minimal generator matrices for any convolutional code. Presented this paper at the 1994 IEEE International Symposium in Information Theory and at the 1993 Southern California Conference in Undergraduate Research. |
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| Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow |
Summer '92 |
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| Caltech SURF Board, with Dr. Robert J. McEliece | |||
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Examined the properties of convolutional and block encoder cascades and proved that memory profiles and minimality were preserved under non-catastrophic block code cascades. Submitted a paper and presented at SURF day. |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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| Lecturer for EE / Ma 127a |
Winter Term '95 |
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| Caltech Electrical Engineering Dept., for Dr. Robert J. McEliece | |||
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Substitute lecturer for six weeks for an information theory and error-correcting codes class, taken by both graduate and undergraduate students. |
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| Teaching Assistant for Applied Math 95 |
Sep '97 to June '98 |
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| Caltech AMa Dept., with Dr. Dale I. Pullin, Dr. Herbert B. Keller |
Sep '96 to June '97 |
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| Also with Dr. Donald S. Cohen, Dr Philip G. Saffman, Dr. John E. List |
Jan '94 to June '94 |
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Led a recitation section for the core junior math class at Caltech; one of the hardest core classes offered. |
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| Teaching Assistant for Math 1 |
Four terms in Sept '90 to June '92 |
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| Caltech Math Dept., with Dr. F. Brock Fuller | |||
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Led a recitation section for the core freshman math class at Caltech. |
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| Instructor for the SSP |
Late Summer '90 |
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| Caltech Secondary Schools Relations Office, with Lee F. Browne | |||
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Taught Math and Physics to a dozen incoming Caltech pre-frosh in an intensive six week long preparatory program, using Apostol's Calculus and The Mechanical Universe. Responsible for all course aspects ranging from developing a curriculum to writing personal evaluations. |
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| Instructor and Counselor for the SSSSP |
Early Summer '90 |
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| Caltech Secondary Schools Relations Office, with Lee F. Browne | |||
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Taught Math and Physics to fifteen advanced high school juniors in an intensive seven week long program, using Anton's Calculus and Halliday & Resnick's Physics. Also was a Counselor for students living on campus, directly responsible for supervising eight dorm residents. |
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| Instructor for the SSSP |
Sep '89 to Jun '90 |
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| Caltech Secondary Schools Relations Office, with Lee F. Browne | |||
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Taught Algebra I to twenty advanced elementary school students in a year long program. |
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SKILLS |
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| Computer-Related | |||
| Programming: Fluent in C, C++, PHP, Shell Scripting, SQL, VB. Also: Ada, BASIC, Cobol, Fortran, Gawk, HTML, Java, LaTex, Lisp, Mathematica, Pascal, PCN, Perl, Smalltalk / Squeak | |||
| Development: MS Visual Studio {VB, VC++}, Oracle 7 */2000 8i, Linux / UNIX {GNU, et al.} | |||
| Platforms: PC, Mac, HP, SGI, Sun, Touchstones, Cray T3D | |||
| Personal | |||
| Traits: Highly efficient, precise, organized. Very versatile, innovative, resourceful. | |||
| Roles: Excellent author, instructor, presenter. Good consultant, negotiator, manager. | |||
| Assorted | |||
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Certified Mortgage Investor. Lab Chemist. Carpenter. Lithographer. Righteous Imaginarian. |
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