Jobba the Hunt

[Romana Machado]

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 at 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.