Aseprite, GIMP,
Godot (open source game
engine),
Procreate (iPadOS version),
Visual Studio
Other:
Scrum (Agile Methodology)
Experience - Computer Science
Fairwind Corp. / RGNext / RTS Operations Center - Senior Software Developer - May 2022 to
Present
Work as a member of a waterfall development team.
Support missions.
Maintain, support, and troubleshoot software related to optics sites.
Analyze, improve, and modernize documentation and manuals.
Primarily use
C
and
C++
for coding, with
Java
and
Python
in some components and systems.
Subcontractor (Fairwind Corp.) to prime contractor (RGNext) for the RTS Operations
Center in Huntsville, AL. Supports Reagan Test Site - Kwajalein, RMI
Worked as a member of an agile development team (used Scrum).
Designed, implemented, enhanced, and maintained functionality for SmartPlant 3D
products.
Performed and wrote production code, unit tests, automated tests, and code reviews.
Collaborated with other scrum teams to promote cohesive code integration.
Worked in multiple environments including co-located on-site and fully remote,
depending on environmental
factors.
Contributed to planning Hexagon PPM’s first global hackathon.
Primarily used
C#
and
C++
for coding.
Used TFS in Visual Studio for version control and check-out, code reviews, and check-in
of files.
SmartPlant 3D products worked with Oracle and Microsoft Server SQL databases
(only one at a time), so sometimes debugging involved interrogating the database.
Research Publications
Trent N. Ford, Eric Gamess and Christopher Ogden. 2022. Performance Evaluation of
Different Raspberry Pi Models as
MQTT servers and Clients.
In
International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications, Vol. 14, No. 2, March
2022.
18 pages.
https://doi.org/10.5121/ijcnc.2022.14201
Eric Gamess, Trent N. Ford, and Monica Trifas. 2021. Performance Evaluation of a Widely
Used Implementation of the MQTT Protocol with Large Payloads in Normal Operation and
under a DoS Attack. In
2021 ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2021), April 15-17, 2021, Virtual Event, USA.
ACM, New York, NY, USA, 9 pages.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3409334.3452067
Benchmarking Performance - Used
Mosquitto and Paho libraries to test build
different versions of the benchmark using
C. Development primarily on Linux.
Embedded and Real-Time Software Development
Wireless Networking & Security
Human-Computer Interaction
Distributed Computing Systems
Applied Software Engineering II
Advanced Computer Security
Applied Software Engineering I
Database Management Systems
Undergraduate Coursework (2012-2016, 2018)
At Jacksonville State University, the undergraduate computer science classes primarily used
Java.
I received a minor in computer
science. At JSU, the computer science minor is most core classes required for computer science
majors. The one core difference
was Computer Networking, which I took in 2018 prior to starting my graduate coursework. My
undergraduate level courses are:
Computer Networking
Database Systems
Software Engineering I
Fundamentals of Computer Operating Systems
Honors Computer Organization and Architecture
Computer Programming II
Computer Programming I
Fundamentals of Computing
Additional History
I am familiar with
Git
and use
GitHub
personally (some projects are set to private) and
GitLab
with RTS Operations Center. Here is my GitHub link:
https://github.com/DrFretNot
During my undergraduate degree (2012-2016), I was part of the
Student Government Association Senate.
To do this job effectively (and to be elected), I communicated with other JSU
Senators and the student body to advocate to the administration on behalf of the students. I
also helped run events for students. In addition, I was an
Elite Honors Scholar
with the JSU
Honors program which required a certain GPA as well as work on
various service projects.
I have experience working on a
software development team
at Hexagon PPM and RTS Operations
Center and
performing solo work
through my graduate research. I can work in either
environment equally well. Before Covid, I worked in an office bay with my team at the
Hexagon PPM Headquarters. After Covid (around March 2020), I worked at home and did
everything remotely. At RTS Operations Center, I share an office with
a coworker and generally
work in-person.
I have used multiple
IDEs, with the most experience with
Visual Studio. I have also used
NetBeans
and
Eclipse.
As noted in the Hexagon PPM section, the software used a relational database to store
information, so I am
familiar with
them and how to use
SQL
to investigate databases.
Exposure to Azure DevOps through Hexagon PPM.
Additional exposure in graduate school and/or personal projects: AMQP, ASP.NET Core,
ASP.NET, Angular,
AngularJS,
CoAP, Conceptual Framework, DDS, Entity Framework, FTP, jQuery, IP, IoT 5-layer
Architecture, IoT 3-layer
architecture,
Lua, Model-View-Controller Framework, Node.js, Open Data Protocol, React, REST APIs, Single
Page Apps, TCP,
Typescript, UDP, VS Code, Web Forms.
Experience - Other
Ford Service Company – Technician – 2012 to 2018
Performed a variety of jobs including website building, bookkeeping, construction,
remodeling, maintenance, employee management, and manual labor.
Responsibilities have ranged from being an assistant to crew leader to technical
support.
Research – Research Assistant to Dr. Donna Perygin – Jan. 2015 to April 2016
We modeled ortho-phthalate esters in PPAR-gamma. This model was then used for the study
of ortho-phthalate plasticizers in order to develop a screening tool for the discovery
of new, potentially non-toxic plasticizers.
Banned ortho-phthalates were tested for toxicity and we found that increasing alkyl
chain length increases toxicity of the plasticizer from di-ethyl through di-n-propyl
phthalate.
We developed a new laboratory experiment which allowed students to develop a
pharmacophore from known neurotransmitters. Students then use their newly developed
pharmacophore to perform a search for new potential candidates in the NCI database.
