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John Benito
Blue Pilot Consulting, Inc.
P. O. Box 2998
Santa Cruz, CA 95063-2998
Voice: +1.831-427-0528
Mobile: +1.831-600-5547
benito@bluepilot.com


SUMMARY

Over 30 years of software development, compiler and library testing, project management and international standardization experience.

SOFTWARE

Languages: C, C++, Java, awk, javascript, UNIX sh/ksh/bash, C, HTML, LaTeX
Operating Systems: OS X, UNIX (Sun OS, Solaris, BSD), Linux (Red Hat, SuSE), Windows, QNX,


RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG14 Convener - Convener of the ISO C programming working group
August 1996 to present

Role of convener for the C programming language working group requires leadership, setting priorities, motivation, and organization. Duties include acting as Editor for the Rationale, Defect Reports, and Technical Corrigendum, and delegating assignments to ensure all objectives are successfully completed.

ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG14 liaison to WG21(C++) - Liaison for the C programming language to the C++ programming language.
August 1996 to 2002

Role of liaison for the C programming language working group to the C++ programming language working group requires excellent communication skills as well as extensive knowledge of both C and C++ languages. Duties include reporting to WG21 on the work taking place in WG14.

ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 I18N Rapporteur Group - Lead Rapporteur

The lead rapporteur is responsible for making sure the goals set for the rapporteur group are accomplished, and that all the participating national member bodies of SC22 have an opportunity to actively participate. The lead rapporteur must make sure that consensus is reached between those concerned if at all possible.

Software Development - President and Principal Engineer
Blue Pilot Consulting, Inc.
January 2002 to Present

Offering consulting services for software development, testing and software support. Also offering consulting services for International standardization.

Software Development - Principal Engineer and Project Leader
Perennial Inc.
July 1990 to December 2001

Principal design engineer for all the current Perennial products, and some products that are no longer offered. Represented Perennial at ISO meetings. Supervised all the engineers. Responsible for all product releases, updates, user's guides, release notes and support. Developed and maintained the support software for the Perennial products.

Software Engineering Consultant - Technical Writer
Perennial Inc.
November 1989 to July 1990

Proposed a design and implementation plan for an ANSI C validation suite. Writing a complete description and User's guide for this product. The description document was used to answer a solicitation from the NIST for an ANSI C Validation program. Perennial was awarded the 5 year contract, to furnish the validation suite used by the US Government.

Software Development - Principal Engineer and Project Leader
Speech Plus Inc.
June 1988 to October 1989

Team leader of a small group that developed tools and applications for the company's Text to Speech technology. All work was QNX based.

Software Development - Independent Contractor
Speech Plus Inc.
June 1987 to June 1988

Developed a QNX based tool set that allowed an application development team to develop applications for the company's Text to Speech technology.

Software Development - Independent Contractor
AZCORP Inc.
February 1986 to June 1987

Team leader of a small group that developed a UNIX based database and front-end that worked with an electronic lock box for the reality business.

Software Development - Independent Contractor
Viewpoint Engineering
July 1985 to January 1986

Developed a design and supervised the development of a bug tracking system.

Software Development - Individual Contributor
The Systems Group
February 1983 to July 1985

A member of a small group of engineers that developed a system to automate the programming of machines, such as surface grinders, milling machines, and lathes. This project was done on site in Tokyo, Japan.

Software Development - Project Leader
Intel
May 1978 to February 1983

Product Engineer for the Magnetics division.

Software Development - Project Leader
Office Communications Corp.
July 1975 to May 1978

Test development engineer.

Software maintenance and development - Co-founder
Cirvis, Inc.
August 1972 to June 1975

A small company that maintained SCC 660 machines, developed software that executed on the SCC 660s.

More professional experience upon request.
References upon request.