CLIFFORD A. FARMER
farmerc@wndmll.com • http://wndmll.com/
OBJECTIVE To
engineer technical solutions and manage the development of new business
systems.
EXPERTISE C#/.Net, Visual C++, Oracle, SQLServer,
OCX, Web design: ASP/.Net, HTML, CSS, IIS, JavaScript.
EXPERIENCE
–
Susquehanna International Group,
6/00–pres.:
Senior Programmer, Electronic Options Trading
SOQRATES—.Net/C#
replacement of option quoting/trading tool, QuoteMaster, below.
QuoteMaster—extended an
existing stock option specialists quoting tool for a new electronic trading
protocol just opened by the CBOE called Hybrid that allows specialists and
market makers to automatically step up to competing quotes and orders based on
configurable delta, edge/opportunity, size, and timing parameters.
Prototyped ‘next generation’ system
in C# with VC8 and evaluated several data caching and transferrance products, including
Gigaspaces, ZeroC ICE,
AvgeImpliedVols—designed and
developed server-side components and client and configuration front-ends to
compute and display the “average implied volatilities” of stock indexes based
on the “at-the-forward” volatilities of their members, which are the basis for
index options valuations.
MOSES—developed a
real-time stock options valuation, opportunity estimator, and trading tool.
Note: all
components above utilized Visual C++ V8, MFC, TIBCO Rendezvous v.7.2,
RogueWave SourcePro cross-platform components, Stingray Objective Grid, Oracle 10
on Solaris, Linux, Windows NT/XP.
Trdweb—designed a
suite of web based query tools to mine the new trading, instrument, account
management, and statistical data being gathered in new corporate Oracle
database, using C++, ASP, HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, Java, VB, and Oracle 10.
Independent Consulting through my own company: Windmill
Software, 1990 - Present
9/99–pres.: Sales Tax
Clearinghouse: Designed and implemented website and service to
calculate, collect, file, and remit sales taxes over the Internet, using C++,
ASP, DCOM, HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, SQL Server.
8/97–1/00: NovaCare:
Supported the processing of clinic/payer transactions, using VisualC++, SQLServer, on NT. Streamlined processing to triple throughput
and ultimately the number of clinics they can handle.
5/96–pres.: Windmill
Software: Designed and run several commercial web services: http://ISTest.com Online Technical Applicant
Testing Service, the
7/95–7/97: Commonwealth
Land Title Insurance Co.: Designed and developed the Delta Title
Production System, using VisualC++/MFC,
SQLServer, Office/VBA, HTML/J++ on Win95. Analyzed operating requirements, designed an
extensible order tracking and document preparation system to be used in over
200 branch offices, and managed a team of 15 developers, testers, and
documenters. The system includes a
configurable data dictionary, a forms designer, forms data entry, document
preparation, universal data interchange, and imaging.
7/94–6/95: CLT\National Residential Title Services:
Designed and implemented Title Order Manager, incorporating document imaging
(retrieval and manipulation), OCR, email, EDI, and work flow technologies,
using SQL\Windows 5.0, Visual C++, Sybase on Win3.1 and Win NT.
6/94–9/94: Day One:
Designed and implemented Windows-based forms entry software, similar to
TurboTax, using Visual C++ 1.5.
9/93–9/94: CLT\Appraisal Services: Designed and
implemented an appraisal order management system using SQL\Windows 4.1, Visual
C++, Sybase, and Wang Open\image
on Win3.1.
1/93–7/93: StarNet: Developed software for the
production, delivery and display of multimedia
passive and interactive cable TV
channels: regional news, TV Guide listings, and PPV 'barker', all now on
Suburban Cable systems. (C/SDK/DLL/Targa/VB).
1/93–5/93: Aldus Corp: Implemented the
"Printer Styles addition" for PageMaker V5. (C/SDK/DLL).
5/92–12/92: Feith
Systems & Software: Developed a workflow system for their document
imaging database system, and wrote OLE
1.0 client & server code for mailing/viewing documents. (Win 3.1
SDK/DDE/OLE/Informix SQL).
6/92–8/92: Windmill Software: Published the Win32 API Pocket Guide.
3/92–9/92: Betz Equipment Systems: Developed a
water treatment process control front-end. (Borland C++ and Application Frameworks on Windows 3.1)
1/91–12/91: Sadtler Research Labs: Developed
Windows-based chemical analysis applications with served databases over Novell
and DECnet.
7/90–11/90: Weitzel & Co.; Developed
MS-Windows-based real-estate MLS system, DOS & TSX.
Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson MA,
Semiconductor Engineering Group/CAD-Logic Simulation.
1986-1990 Principal Engineer
- System architect for the
corporate Logic Simulation system, DECSIM-II; defined group standards for
portability, code review, and documentation; prototyped DECSIM-II in C/C++ on
VMS and Ultrix.
1983-1986 Senior Software Engineer
- Developed
system interfaces for DECSIM's debugger and other system-level operations.
- Designed
CAD's Generic WireList format and access routines.
Self-Regulation
Systems (SRS),
1978-1982 System Architect
- Designed and
implemented an interactive, graphics, real-time, multi-display and session
recording biofeedback system, using 6502 machine code on an Apple ][.
EDUCATION
1978-1982 Union College in