MATTHEW LEE DOMSCH

Round Rock, Texas
mdomsch@alum.mit.edu or matt@domsch.com
http://domsch.com
(Please do not call me at home. I respond to interesting inquiries by email. I am not currently actively looking for new employment. I am not interested in system administration positions.)

OBJECTIVE:

A challenging full-time career in Computer Science, Software Engineering and related fields. Strong interests in operating systems, computer networking, and clustered computing. I enjoy living in Austin, and do not take on outside contract work.

EDUCATION:

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
M.S. Computer Science. May 1999

Thesis topic: Software Maintenance. Dr. Stephen R. Schach, advisor.
Teaching Assistant, Spring 1999.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering. May 1994

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:

Especially strong in writing device drivers. Expert in C/C++, proficient in Python, Java, Perl, LISP, HTML/XML, on a variety of platforms, including Linux, various UNIX, PC, and Cray.

EXPERIENCE:

Dell, Austin, TX May 1994-Present

Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer, Architect, Linux Solutions, May 1999 to present.
This team has made Dell the #1 US Linux Server provider for 2001-2006, and the #2 Worldwide Linux Server provider (IDC).
Responsible for majority of software engineering work implementing Dell's Linux strategy. Lead engineer, instrumental in the release of Red Hat Linux 6.1 through 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 through 5, and Novell/SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 on all PowerEdge Servers and select Precision Workstations, directing a global team of engineers and technicians. As Dell's Lead IA-64 Linux engineer, participated in development and testing of Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 for the Itanium processor, and developed several key open source software pieces, including GUID Partition Table support in GNU Parted and the Linux kernel, the EFI Variables facility in the kernel, and the EFI Boot Manager application. Developed x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Support for the kernel. Assisted with the development of many device drivers, including the Adaptec aacraid and LSI (formerly AMI) MegaRAID SCSI RAID controllers and IPMI drivers. Assisted high availability and high performance (Beowulf) cluster teams and server virtualization teams in product development. Created and managed lists.us.dell.com, a public mailing list server to foster a community of Linux users of Dell servers. Developed all technical content for www.dell.com/linux and created linux.dell.com to support server customers running all flavors of Linux. Numerous customer and internal technical presentations on Dell's Linux offerings. Received five quarterly Excellence Awards in 2000, 2001, and 2003 for enhancing the customer experience. Patents in submission. Red Hat Certified Engineer. Authored white papers for Dell PowerSolutions magazine. Member of the Fedora Project Board.
Software Engineer, August 1997 to May 1999. Various projects while in graduate school.
Hardware/Systems Designer/Engineer for the PowerEdge 2200 and 2100 Servers, September 1996 to August 1997.
Principal Engineer for the PowerEdge Web Server, sold December 1995 to September 1996.
Wrote end-user software for configuration and management of a SCSI RAID disk controller for Intel x86-based servers. Designed both text-mode and graphical user interface software.
Systems designer and administrator for Windows NT and Linux servers used internally for Enterprise Systems Group. Operating systems beta tester, Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows NT versions 3.5 through Windows 2000, Sun Solaris, and Linux.

MIT 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition
Organizer at MIT - January 1992, 1993, 1994 Cambridge, MA
Organizer at 1993 National Conference for Artificial Intelligence Washington, D.C.
Organizer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic Institute - June 1992 Singapore
Responsible for all facets of teaching the class, such as curriculum, budget, contest rules, and sponsor contacts. Wrote chapters for the course notes. Taught recitations and gave lectures on C programming for beginners. Constructed the playing surface. Redesigned the hardware.

MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Cambridge, MA Summer 1992, Fall 1992.

Network administrator for the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Member, ACM, 8/98 - present

Member, IEEE and Computer Society, 8/98 - present

PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS (peer review):

2003-2006 Ottawa Linux Symposium

2003, 2005 LinuxWorld Expo San Francisco

1999 International Conference on Software Maintenance

1998 ACM Conference