Friends, extropians, cypherpunks: The year is new, I hope to find a new job, too. If you are involved in, or know about, forward-looking projects that would interest me, I'm looking forward to hearing from you. IUve achieved quite a few personal goals recently: I've launched and publicized Stego, the first steganography tool for the Macintosh, developed a part time job as a print model, worked on various extropian essays, traveled and vacationed. Once again, it's time to find work, so I am posting my resume. Romana Machado 19672 Stevens Creek Blvd. #127 Cupertino, CA 95014 EMail: romana@apple.com Phone: (408)446-9486 Objective I am looking for an intellectually challenging opportunity as a Macintosh developer, or a combined software development/quality assurance position. I am available on a contract, consulting, or project- by-project basis. I am willing to telecommute, but not to relocate. Skills Software development, quality assurance, electronic mail systems, networking, database interfaces, device interfaces, object-oriented software design, Macintosh QA tools, PowerShare, Symantec C++, Think Class Library, MPW, C, Hypercard, Turbo Pascal, DOS. Experience Macintosh Software Developer, Paradigm Shift Research, Sep '93 - Present. Developer of Stego, the first shareware steganography tool for the Macintosh. Stego 1.0 is a data security tool that embeds data in Macintosh PICT files without changing their size or appearance. Stego was developed using Symantec C++ and the Think Class Library. Source code and software are available for review on request. Macintosh Quality Assurance Lead Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc. Nov '91 - Sep '93. Member of Macintosh Technology Group in Information Systems & Technology division. Lead QA engineer for a mail server gateway bridging AppleLink and PowerShare/PowerTalk. Authored comprehensive test plans based on IEEE specs for several products. Implemented automated and manual testing, maintained regular reporting. Provided general support to development engineer: installed PowerShare networks and gateways, created icons and graphic art for products, etc. Reviewed and corrected documentation. Tested gateway functions of PowerShare messaging and mail for PowerShare QA team. Also provided quality assurance engineering and testing for several database front-end products, including DAL Terminal 1.1, Data Browser 1.1, Software Asset Librarian, and Pablo 1.3. Macintosh Quality Assurance Engineer, Intuit, Menlo Park, CA. Dec '90 - May '91. QA engineering for Macintosh Quicken 3.0. Implemented structured test plan and tested user interface, report generation. Macintosh ROM Toolbox Test Engineer, Apple Computer Inc., July '89 - March '90. Test engineering and test tool development using MacApp. Tested File Manager, Sound Manager, Device Manager. Maintained regular reports with Radar. Database Programmer, Afghan Refugee Fund, Los Altos, CA. June '87 - May '90. Extensive programming of a large mail address database for a charity, using DBase III+ compiled using Clipper. Software Developer, Strategic Decision Group, Palo Alto, CA. March '89 - July '89. Developed a printing and graphics interface for SuperTree, a financial decision analysis system. Staff Engineer, Stanford University Department of Communication. Mar '88 - Nov '88. Designed and developed LiVE, a communications research tool that constructs video sequences using a laserdisk video player driven by an IBM AT computer. Developed graphics tools for data analysis for psychophysiology research. Developed Hypercard XCMDs that provide a direct interface to the Macintosh's four-voice synthesizer. Staff Engineer, Stanford University Psychophysiology Lab, June '86 - Mar '88. Developed custom software for psychophysiology research. Created graphics tools for visual analysis of data. Wrote applications that used a variety of low-level hardware device interfaces for multichannel analog-to-digital devices. Software Engineer, Greenleaf Science Software, Palo Alto, CA. Dec '85 - June '86. Member of startup team. Assisted in the development of a Apple II GS based physiological data recording system. Extensive structured programming in Apple Pascal. Education Bachelor of Arts in English, minor in Mathematics/Computer Science, San Jose State University, 1986. MPW, C++ classes at Apple Developer University, 1990.