Dr. Jack (Xiaohui) Zhang, Ph.D.

11649, Birch Spring Court , Cupertino , CA 95014

Objective: Position in Enterprise Distributed Application or Network System Architecture Design

Expert software developer and architect with in-depth experience of the latest Web-based and enterprise software applications, software integration, network infrastructure, multimedia communication, databases, components and web services.

Work Experience

 

Consultant, System Architect          Dynamic Ventures Inc., Cupertino , California

08/02 – present                                   - Specify, design & develop a TSP for MX1200 Enterprise Media Gateway (Gigabit Ethernet/T1/T3, SIP-Session Initiation Protocol, third-party call controls, embedded real-time Linux), to support CRM applications (Maximizer, Act!, Goldmine), for Zultys Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA.

- Develop a Web Stock Trading Information System with .NET platform and C# language

- Experimental Projects based on .NET, SQL Server 2000, with C#, SOAP/XML and ASP.NET

 

Sr. System Architect                          Salira Optical Networks Systems Inc., San Jose , California

10/00 – 08/02                                     - Manage IP Service Group for Ethernet Passive Optic Network Services Architecture Design

- Responsible for overall services provisioning and resources management design (C/VxWorks)

- Specifications and Design of VLAN/Transparent LAN services and Multicast services

- Technical Lead for OSMINE project with Telecordia and China Netcom (CNC) RFP

 

Project Lead/Software Architect    Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose , California

02/00 – 10/00                                     - Design/develop WDM Kernel Mode Streaming Driver for AVVID SoftPhone “toll quality” audio

- Work in Cisco end-to-end QoS solution architecture working group (for Call Manager)

- Design and Integration of Cisco Collaboration/Conference bridge MCU/MP

 

Consultant, System Architect          TDK Systems Inc., Nevada City , California

04/98 – 01/00                                     - Principal System Architect for Telemerge, TDK’s Integrated Voice/Data SOHO business solution. It features Ethernet/ISDN WAN router/voice gateway/distributed software PBX, NT/MS-SQL Server/Exchange for media exchange, and USB phones. It offers PSTN interoperability, fault-tolerant server components, with auto-attendant, ACD, voice-mail and announce server. User directory is replicated via MS SQL Server. The product is delivered on-time/in-budget,

                                                               - Lead next-generation hybrid gateway design with TAPI 3.0 and H.323 based IP phone TSP. Patent for the fault-tolerant Distributed Software PBX and LAN telephony system design.

 

Team Lead Interactive Media        Sony Electronics Ltd./Zarak Systems, San Jose , California

& Staff Engineer, 05/96 - 04/98     - Responsible for the design and third-party ISV management/coordination (Intel, Lucent, RingZero) of Sony Communication Center featuring voice/video phone, Internet/email services with MAPI and speech recognition. Delivered on time. Invention patent for Sony Communication Center .

                                                               - Design of conversational interface with speech recognition, animation agent and ActiveX.

 

Consultant/Project Manager          Alpha-Tech International/Novasys Inc., Montreal , Canada

02/91 - 05/96                                  - Design and develop a compiler for time-reactive object modeling system formal specification language, using lex, yacc & GNU C++ on Sun/Solaris systems (Nortel/Concordia).

                                                               - Design and on-time delivery of a metallurgical instrument system for real-time data acquisition, automatic data analysis, database management and reporting (McGill Metals Processing Center )

                                                               - Design and on time delivery of a digital video capture/transmission system (Wilderness Software)

                                                               - Lead System Architect of Artworks Collection Management System - Unix/INGRES (ARIIS)

- Lead Design Engineer of Computer-Based Training Projects for Kraft General Foods, Canadian National and Ion Ore Canada corp.

                                                               - Lead Design Engineer of Groupware product with application-sharing, meeting scheduling and videoconferencing (Multimedia Telecommunication Consortium, Federal Government).

- Contract researcher on multidisciplinary groupware and video conferencing system (Fed. Gov)

                                                               - System design of ALADIN+: Object-oriented visual knowledge acquisition and modeling system, featuring knowledge base management and validation.

                                                               - Porting the 16-bit TGX software (X.25) to Windows NT (Eicon Technology).

                                                               - Reengineering and extended design of the XPORT/ NOVALIB data management components.

                                                               - Restoring system software for a RF communication system for Nortel/BNR

 

R&D Engineer/Project Manager   CNAM/THOMSON/Racal-Redac Inc., Paris , France

11/84 - 02/91                                      - Design of Motif GUI and network license for an electronic circuits simulation system (CIRCEC);

                                                               - Design of FIP observer project (Factory Instrumentation Protocol, an european Industrial LAN standard), featuring spy network card and remote monitoring/control;

                                                               - Development of PCB (Printed Circuits Board) design system featuring schema capturing, components placement and routing with an embedded Raima database.

                                                               - R & D for a power microwave circuits simulator project; (THOMSON)

                                                               - R & D of transmission line modeling for Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits. (THOMSON)

                                                               - R & D of industrial process control system for Conservatoire National des Arts & Métiers

                                                               - Medical digital image processing & data communication, Paris Creteil Henri Mondor Hospital

 

Conference Papers & Patents

 

X.      Zhang, R. Descout, P. Mabilleau, "Video communication on LANs - multimedia CSCW applications", Proceedings of 1993 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sept. 14-17, Vancouver, pp. 632-635.

 

Invention Patent for Sony Communications Center .

Invention Patent for TDK Systems LAN Telephony System Design.

 

Engineering Skills/Knowledge:

 

Software Engineering:               Customer requirements analysis (RFP/RFI), Functional specification, Team, project & product lifecycle management, Risk assessment, PVCS/ClearCase, Build process, Third-party ISVs coordination

 

Software Design:                         Multi-tier distributed applications, Object-oriented design, Authentication, Auditing & security model, Unix/Linux internals (file system, process & threading models, VMM & IPC/RPC), SNMP/SMB, CIFS, SMTP/POP3/IMAP, Redundancy & server cluster failover, Storage networks, Language compiler design (lex/yacc/GNU), RTOS/embedded systems (VxWorks, QNX, Linux), Voice over IP, Digital video/multimedia, Ariel DSP-56, C/C++,Java

 

Windows Development:              COM/DCOM, SQL Server, Active Directory, .NET/SOAP/XML/Web Services, DirectX/TAPI/TSP, Kernel Mode Streaming/NT Drivers, DSP and USB Device Drivers, C#, MFC, Win32, x86 assembly

 

Networking & Telecomm:         TCP/IP, WinSock, DNS, LDAP, DHCP, End-to-End QoS (Quality of Service), IEEE 802.3, VLAN, Switching/Routing, Multicasting, SIP/SDP, RTP/RTCP, H.320/H.323/H.324, Q.921/Q.931, SS7

 

Education

 

Doctor of Sciences (Ph.D.)               University of Paris XII Val De Marne, Paris , France

(1989)                                                   Thesis: "Advanced simulation of microwave circuits"

 

Master(DEA) of Electrical              University of Paris Val De Marne, Paris , France

Engineering (1985)                           Dissertation:  "Process identification & adaptive command by using internal predictive model"

 

B.Sc. of Electrical                              Hunan University , China   

Engineering (1983)                           Dissertation: "Online system identification in the presence of noise"

 

Certification & Professional Association Membership

 

Member of IEEE, Microsoft Certified Solution Developer/Product Specialist, Member of Bay Area .NET Architecture Working Group