Aaron Sims

Product Architect/Engineer/Software Developer

Autonomous Pulse Induction Deep Metal Detecting Drone Project•  March 2018 - Present

Unpaid Hobby project: https://sites.google.com/view/aaronschiffman/home Software Platform developed in Java, and Python, on Ubuntu Linux, Windows, Mavlink2, MAVROS (ROS), and ArduPIlot.

Software Developer

Costco Wholesale•  March 2009 - December 2019

Developing and maintaining Intranet/Extranet (web & services) business applications at Costco. Included Accounting, & Financial applications. Worked on multiple RDBMS platforms, including MS SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2, and many other data platforms, including Pub/Sub JMS Queue based platforms on Rabbit, IBM MQ messaging platforms.

Software Architect/Software Engineer

RoboCore, LLC•  April 2012 - August 2018

Participated in DARPA Robotics Challenge between 2012 and 2015, RoboCore, LLC 2015 to 2018. Developed RoboCore Technologies for connecting autonomous, semi-autonomous, and teleoperators to robotics technologies on the fly.

Director of Engineering

Confidential Employer•  April 2008 - October 2008

Internet advertising startup company - Design, Development, and architecting of a new technology platform from a prototype into a massively scalable transaction processing system infrastructure, search engine, and APIs on J2EE 5 (Java, SOA, Web Services, SOAP, ESB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML) Enterprise Applications on SQL Server 2005

Senior Software Engineer

UNDISCLOSED CONTRACT EMPLOYER•  December 2007 - March 2008

Developed Java web based animation, using a Java based Flash replacement, developed a centralized/P2P based Applet web distribution system for a Bellevue based Educational software company, extensive work with audio, Java2D, and other multimedia technologies (game development), backend development included PHP, JavaScript, Java based Sleep scripting, proprietary database technology, web based network development.

Senior Software Engineer

Parker Technical Services at The Reality Works Company•  June 2007 - November 2007

Developed Java web based animation, using a Java based Flash replacement, developed a centralized/P2P based Applet web distribution system for a Bellevue based Educational software company, extensive work with audio, Java2D, and other multimedia technologies (game development), backend development included PHP, JavaScript, Java based Sleep scripting, proprietary database technology, web based network development.

Founding Owner/Partner Software Engineer

TRINITY SOFTWARE, LLC•  April 2003 - May 2007

Founded Trinity Software in the summer of 2003. Trinity Software, LLC was formed on January 9, 2004. Trinity Software was formed to design, build, and deploy the most powerful Multi-platform software evaluation solutions anywhere. Architected, designed, and developed EvaluateAnywhere Community, and Standard Editions (http://www.evaluateanywhere.com), extensive Swing, and AWT user interface implementation.

Senior Software Engineer

Trinity Software, LLC subcontractor at Coastal Environmental Systems•  June 2006 - January 2007

Developed Aviation Weather Observation System Middleware.

Websphere Software Architect

Trinity Software, LLC subcontractor at USPS•  December 2005 - January 2006

Websphere Software Architect subcontractor at USPS.

Software Architect/Development Lead

Kazaam Software Partnership•  November 2002 - April 2003

Kazaam Software Partnership - Software Architect/Development Lead Late November 2002 to April 2003 Integrated, and enhanced Java based Open Source technologies to develop, market, distribute, and sell Kazaam 1.0 P2P File Sharing program via the internet. Developed KAV (Kazaam Anti-Virus), and TAV (Trinity Anti-Virus) components, based on OAV (Open Anti-Virus), the Trinity Media System, a JMF (Java Media Framework) Swing based Audio/Video Player component, and designed/implemented Trinity Software component bridge API's into the Kazaam File Sharing program.

Senior Software Engineer

Attachmate Corporation•  July 1996 - November 2002

July 1996 to November 2002 (contracted at Attachmate via General Employment July 1996 -January 1997) Both participated in, and lead test efforts in many new product, and technology projects. Prototyped and developed web service technologies, client/server test automation, and software testing tools. Specialized in new technologies in Distributed Operating Environments. Worked on Java based EAI (Enterprise Access Integration), and EPI (Enterprise Presentation Integration) legacy connectivity (3270, 5250, XTerm, CICS, IMS) to internet environments using Java Connector Architectures, and web based Management & Control infrastructure. Extensive experience developing AWT, SWT, Swing, JSP, Servlets, JNDI, JDBC, and XML technologies (XML, XML Schema) standalone, and on multiple Java/J2EE application server platforms.

University of Washington, Washington

Software Engineering, Certificate Progam in Software Engineering•  September 1995 - June 1996

Certificate Program in Software Engineering endorsed by the University of Washington Engineering Department