DARRYL G. CHAMPAGNE

11 Whidden Lane

Litchfield NH 03052

(603) 440-3621

dgc@acm.org http://dchampagne.com

Key Experience

  • Extensive experience defining architecture, designing and developing C++ and Java software infrastructure and applications, data synchronization, Web Services, software developer toolkits and mobile device software.
  • Team Lead, designed, developed and documented the Intellisync data synchronization Software Developer's Kit (SDK).
  • Extensive experience developing and implementing technical standards.
  • Designed and developed SyncML/OMA-DS/OMA-DM web servers and mobile device clients.
  • Vice-Chair, Co-Chair, Member, SyncML/OMA-DS standards committee.

Software Engineering Highlights

LANGUAGES:

Java, C++, C, PHP, Perl, Assembly

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

Windows, UNIX/Linux/Solaris, custom embedded systems

SKILLS:

Technical team leadership, data synchronization, SyncML, OMA-DS, OMA-DM, Web Services, Mobile Device Development, Standards Development, XML, XSLT, DocBook, SOAP, ID-FF, SAML, ID-WSF, WS-*, producing developer tools

Professional Experience

Consulting Engineer, Samsung, Richardson, TX, Bridgewater, NJ
July 2009 to Present

  • Mobile software architecture.
  • Android (Java) software development.
  • Social networking services.

Technology Evangelist, Funambol ("The Mobile Open Source Software Company"), Remote
January 2007 to October 2008

  • Research technologies, develop prototypes, and analyze implementation alternatives.
  • Develop C++ and Java Prototypes related to IMAP, ActiveSync and Data Synchronization.
  • Enhance Wireshark/Ethereal TCP/IP Protocol analyzer WBXML support for ActiveSync and OMA-DS / OMA-DM / SyncML 1.2, 2.0
  • Benchmark and detailed protocol analysis between Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync to various mobile devices versus SyncML / OMA-DS.
  • Continue all activities previously done as an independent contractor.

Contract Software Engineer, Funambol, Various others, Part-time, Remote
January 2004 to present

  • Provide technical expertise in OMA-DS / OMA-DM / SyncML, including client design, specification clarification, and testing assistance.
  • Represent company interests; assist in specification development with the Open Mobile Alliance (primarily of Data Synchronization group), IETF (vCard/vCardDAV, IMAP / SMTP / Lemonade), CalConnect, etc.
  • Patent search and review services.

Vice-Chair OMA-DS, Open Mobile Alliance ("The Center of Mobile Application Standardization")
March 2007 to March 2009

  • Develop OMA-DS / SyncML 2.0.
  • Assist Chair in running group, tracking and achieving release schedules, coordinating with, and presenting to other technical committees.

Contract Coordinating Editor, Liberty Alliance Project ("Building open standard-based specifications for federated identity and identity-based Web services ") via IEEE-ISTO, Remote
Full-time January 2004 to December 2006, Part-time January 2007 to September 2007

  • Coordinate editors of Liberty Alliance Project technical specifications, including schema validation, consistency revisions, and generation of official release documents.
  • Assist in development of technical specifications, and updating for Web Services (e.g. WS-Addressing).
  • Develop tools for DocBook and other support tasks, assist in website development.

Principal Software Engineer, Openwave Systems Inc. ("software applications and infrastructure for mobile and broadband operators"), Burlington MA, March 2002 to December 2003

  • Continued development of a multi-threaded web server for high performance Web Services implementations. Refactored to achieve 40 percent performance increase. Integrated SSL support.
  • Continued SyncML activities, including co-chairing Datasync committee.
  • Developed a SyncML compliant web-based data synchronization engine.

Software Architect, Pumatech/Intellisync (PIM Data Synchronization), Nashua NH
July 1997 to March 2002

  • Representative to SyncML Committee. Editor and Reviewer of several specifications.
  • Developed a SyncML compliant interface to a web-based data synchronization engine, including vCard / vCal / iCal parsers.
  • Designed, developed, documented, and provided initial support for a software developers kit (SDK) to allow access to a desktop data synchronization engine (See SDK Brochures). Led team through several successful updates.

Education

Patent

  • United States Patent 6,925,477: Transferring records between two databases. Awarded Aug 2, 2005