Glenn Gerhardt

Experience

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  Xyplex

  May 1987 - Jun 1996

  QA Engineer

  Designed and implemented tools to test the stability and scaling of the Xyplex MaxServer network switches. Tested networking protocols including TCP, PPP, RIP and BGP.

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  Bay Networks

  Jun 1996 - Jan 1999

  Software Engineer

  Maintained embedded C code for the Bay Networks Remote Access Concentrator, a product that would support multiple dial-in network connections for Internet Service Providers. Worked directly with customers onsite to solve problems with the Access Concentrator's T1, DSL and PPP connectivity. Attended PPP interoperability conferences to determine the system's RFC compliance.

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  Arrowpoint Communications

  Jan 1999 - Jun 2000

  Software Engineer

  Working in a startup environment creating high quality software on a VXWorks embedded system to provide high speed Content-Smart network switching.Worked with customers onsite to deploy and configure the ArrowPoint product line.ArrowPoint Communications was acquired by Cisco Systems in June 2000.

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  Cisco Systems

  Jun 2000 - Apr 2010

  Senior Software Engineer (through Cisco's acquisition of ArrowPoint Communications)

  Developed and maintained embedded C code for the Cisco Web switching product line. Developed new features in Java for the Cisco Customer Voice Portal (CVP). Worked directly with customers onsite to resolve problems with the Cisco Web Switch and Customer Voice Portal product lines.

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  Azuki Systems

  Apr 2010 - Feb 2014

  Member of Technical Staff

  Worked in a startup environment developing and maintaining high quality software for the Azuki Media Platform video delivery system. Developing C++ based software for a CentOS linux system.Azuki Systems was acquired by Ericsson in February 2014

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  Ericsson

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2020

  Software Developer IV (through Ericsson acquisition of Azuki Systems)

  Worked on the Ericsson Media Delivery product line developing new features and supporting existing features. Worked on an Agile scrum team making architectural changes to the system from using PostgresSQL technologies to an Apache Cassandra base solution.Lead an Agile scrum team of developers that were geographically dispersed. Held daily scrums and sprint planning responsibilities.Developed and maintained C++ code for accessing Postgres database for the purpose of scheduling video transcoder resources.Maintained Jenkins test automation system for ensuring constant code quality guarding against code regressions. Show less

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  Yottaa

  Mar 2020 - now

  Senior Software Engineer