Mark Klein Bio

DIS International
Mark Klein Bio

27 years of experience in software development and management.

Extensive IT experience on both the applications and systems side of software.

Developed Configuration Management, Development and Q/A environments for multiple client firms that relied upon automated build and testing cycles.

Developed and implemented Process Documentation.

Managed and participated in development teams and projects from concept, to product release, through the full product lifecycle.

Estimated and bid projects that came in on time and on budget.

System architectures include PA-RISC, HP CISC, Intel 80x86, and Zilog Z280.

Operating Systems include MPE/iX, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD, Linux, Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 2000.

Development Frameworks include JAVA J2EE, Enhydra, VisualCafe, Visual Studio.

Professional Experience

ORBiT Group International/ORBiT Software, Inc, Danville,
CA. October 1989 to present (Consultant October 1989 -
May 1991 and February 2002 –).
VP Technology

Increased R&D team 10 fold; average employee retention of seven years.
Achieved consistent annual releases of multiple, new-version mission-critical software products, with multiple components and significantly increased functionality, to worldwide customer base.
Responsible for fostering long-term relationship as a key technology partner of Hewlett-Packard.
Took product line from conceptualization to market, generating multi-million-dollar sales and service revenues.
Responsible for R&D, key architectural decisions and corporate software engineering practices.
Managed over one million lines of source code.
Staff relationship to international support team - provided offline support and training.
Senior project management, from design through release.
Developed and managed software for multiple platforms

DIS International Information Systems, Ltd. Novato, CA.
October 1983 - present.
President

Architected and implemented real-time OS on Z280 µP.
Developed database transaction rollback and recovery system for the Oakland A’s Baseball Club Ticketing System.
Developed a pension management system for Robert Haber, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
Developed and implemented Configuration Management for MB Foster Associates, Ontario, Canada. Provided staff consulting and assisted in the development of client/server modules for MBF’s Data Express.
Architected and implemented a virtual workspace manager for Bradmark Technologies, Inc. that allows workspaces of greater than 4 gigabytes.
Architected and implemented a Unix Performance analysis API for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and Linux on behalf of Bradmark Technologies, Inc. that interacted with kernel resources at a low level.
Worked with ORBiT Group (see above) to develop and implement online backup technologies for the HPe3000 and HP9000. This position became a full time position in 1991 and lasted through January 2002.
Provided Technical Revue services to Prentice Hall for an upcoming manual on J2EE.
Obtained a multi-year, multi-person contract with Hewlett-Packard Company. This and other contracts with Hewlett-Packard have spanned 20 years. Under this contract:
- Worked on initial development of software for PA-RISC in HP’s Distributed DataBase Lab. This included developing a migration cookbook to help the other team members migrate software from the CISC to RISC architecture.
- Developed DBCHANGE, a database restructuring tool marketed by HP.
- Developed IQUERY, a database query tool.
- Worked on GNU/G++ port to PA-RISC.
- Participated in JAVA port to HPe3000.
- Participated in the TurboIMAGE migration to PA-RISC. Responsible for translating and porting critical code sections from assembly on the CISC machine to PA-RISC.
- Developed script driven testing tool DBCSHELL to exercise DBCORE, HP’s relation database manager.
- Participated in the Warm Standby database project.
- Ported HP-UX Floating Point Emulator, written in PA-RISC assembler to the HPe3000.
- Investigated improvements to HP’s Pascal variant in order to produce higher performance output.

abacus systems, inc. San Francisco, CA. September 1979 to
October 1983
Vice President, Consulting Services

Led a development group that did custom application software for various industries, including Real Estate, Container Shipping and Leasing, and Medical and Dental offices

AFG Financial Systems (acquired by Standard & Poor’s Fixed
Income Systems 1978). San Francisco, CA. September 1975
to September 1979
Manager, R&D

Participated on a team to develop a municipal bond portfolio managers system. This system was the ultimate reason that AFG Financial was acquired by Standard & Poor’s.

Publications
Various technical publications appearing in Interex Magazine, a
publication for users of HP equipment.
Co-authored and co-taught a class on data base technology sponsored by
the Interex Association.

Awards
Outstanding Contributor HPe3000 – Presented by Harry Sterling, General
Manager, CSY, Hewlett-Packard Company, 1999.
Special Recognition – Presented by the Board of Directors, Interex
Association at the 1998 HPWorld Conference.

Miscellaneous
Former Member, Board of Directors, Diversified Insurance Services, Flint,
Michigan.
Former Member, Board of Directors, ORBiT Software.
Member, Board of Directors, DIS International, Ltd.
Member, Board of Directors, Klein Realty Company, Amelia Island, FL.
Member, Board of Directors, OpenMPE, Inc., Hagerstown, MD.
Former Member, Board of Directors, Jazz Jam Playoff, A Charitable Organization, San Rafael, CA

Education
University of Michigan
School of Business Administration
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(Graduated BBA with a
concentration in finance)
1971 - 1975
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
(Majored in Systems Analysis)
1970 - 1971

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DIS International Mark Klein Bio

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