Resume of Prashant TR

Objective

To design and implement systems/strategies that make communications and networking simpler and faster than it has ever been.

Personal Information

Name:	Prashant T R
Nationality:	Indian
Mailing Address:	D-6, Kudremukh Colony II Block, Koramangala Bangalore - 560034
Phone:	+91-80-5525213 +91-80-5532160
E-Mail:	tr@midpec.com

Professional Skills

Hardware

Intel-8085, 8086, 80x86, Zilog-Z80 (1988)

I'm familiar with the high-level architectures of all 80x86 processors.

Operating Systems

DOS (1990), Windows 9x (1994), Windows NT (2000), SCO Unix (1995), Linux (1996), FreeBSD (1997), Solaris (2000)

Languages

BASIC (1988), FORTRAN (1992), C/C++ (1992), Pascal (1993), Assembler (8085, PDP-11, 8086-PentiumPro, VAX), Perl (1998), Shells - sh/bash (1997), Visual C++ (MFC) (1999), lex, yacc (1999), texinfo (1998), TeX (1999), LISP (1998), awk (2001)

I've worked extensively on C/C++ and assembler (AT&T and Intel style). I mostly use gcc on Unix and DJGPP (gcc), Turbo C/C++ on MSDOS. I'm good at Perl and Shell scripting and use them quite regularly.

I'm familiar with compiler design tools such as lex and yacc. I have a fair knowledge of LISP (EmacsLISP) and awk.

I know FORTRAN, Pascal and some basics of Visual C++.

Miscellaneous Knowledge

SGML, XML, HTML, CGI, SQL, Sybase, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Word.

I use SGML, TeX and texinfo for documentation.

Interests

Area of Interest

System Software, Operating Systems, Networking, System Administration, Network Security, Communication systems.

Programming

Written all software on http://www.midpec.com/software.html, 80386 DOS Extender, Device Drivers under DOS, Floppy Disk scanner for DOS, text and graphic editors. I maintain these tools actively during my freetime.

Some of these include:

• fformat - This attempts to recover track 0 bad floppy disks. It has successfully fixed track 0 errors on several diskettes. There are separate versions of this software for DOS and Linux.
• memtime - This utility analyzes the speed of Level 1 and Level 2 caches. Using this along with the chipset feature settings in the BIOS, it is possible to increase the performance of the system considerably.
• sysinfo - Sysinfo gives a very detailed report of the hardware components, DOS and interrupts. It also reports onboard PNP, ISAPNP devices and details about the buses present. It is possible to determine conflicts in IRQ/DMA using sysinfo.
• pdiag - pdiag is a diagnostic software that tests every individual part of the system. It is based on the lines of Norton Diagnostics, but is more advanced than most of the standard diagnostics available.
• 80386 DOS Extender - This is a very crude and basic 32-bit extender that allows you to write 32-bit protected mode programs. The programs need to be written in a specific format. It was written as a protected mode "experiment" and I no longer maintain it.
• pscan - pscan is a scanner for 1.44M diskettes. It is similar in many ways to the Norton Disk Doctor. It includes an extra step called the bad sector analysis and frees clusters that have been marked bad accidentally (mostly when formatted through the dos "format" utility).

Miscellaneous

• I'm the author of the Protected Mode guide. I currently maintain this document.
• I ported Indent and Shell Utilities (both originating from Linux) to DJGPP (DJGPP is a compiler) and I currently maintain these DJGPP ports which are used by several companies worldwide. I am a credited contributor.
• I am a Brainbench certified Master Level C programmer.
• I am a member of ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
• I contributed ideas on accurate physical memory size detection in Linux 2.2.x kernels and also CWSDPMI v5 (DPMI host).
• I have a book on Compiler Design that is half-way through.

Work Experience

• CHESS Adapter - I was involved in the development of the CHESS Adapter, which would communicate with the Australian Clearing Body, a part of the Australian Stock Exchange. All transactions (financial) would take place through this CHESS Adapter in the form of messages.

  Responsibilities:

  1. Produced the technical specifications for the messaging system.
  2. Wrote test plans and scripts to simplify the testing process.
  3. Tested the individual flow of messages and confirmations.
  4. Integrated them into a new developement evironment. This included integration testing as well.
  
  
• Swift Adapter - I was the chief analyst for the development of the Swift Adapter. Support for the new ISO15022 standard was added. This standard is followed by all the Swift Messages (Swift is a widely used communication standard by financial bodies).

  Responsibilities:

  1. Studied the design of the existing Swift Adapter.
  2. Produced functional specifications for ACK/NACKs (confirmation after network validations) from Swift.
  3. Wrote technical specifications for the splitting of transactions.
  4. Wrote the COMMS specific formatting module for various third-party tools used.
  5. Setup the development environment on Unix machines.
  6. Integrated the existing adapter into the new one.
  7. Tested the integrated setup.

Educational Background

• Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Engg.)
  
  Studied at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore (June 1996 - September 2000)
  
  Passed Bachelor of Engineering with first class honours. This is a four-year course. The course included project work - one related to Database Systems and another of any choice. My final project was to build a fully functional search engine. An old version of this is available on http://www.midpec.com/search/.
  
  
• Pre-University (11th and 12th) (Electronics)
  Studied at Christ College, Bangalore (1995-1996).
  Passed with first class honours.
  
  
• Standard X
  Studied at Bethany High School, Bangalore (1994).
  Passed with first class honours.
  
  

Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Prashant TR