Albert Cahalan

Objective      Employment as a Linux kernel developer outside New England.
Home Phone     508-824-8937
Home Address   140 Birchwood Dr, E Taunton MA, 02718
Email Address  albert@users.sf.net

Employment

  Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.           199 Riverneck Road, Chelmsford MA
    Ported Linux to the Mercury multicomputer.          Jun 1999 to Jan 2002
      Did the initial port.
      Wrote a loader, boot code, and remote console.
      Handed the project off to Mercury's French development office.
    Re-ported Linux to the Force PowerCore 6750VME.
      Started from a Linux 2.2.xx port for a CompactPCI board.
      Created a Linux 2.4.xx port.
      Wrote assembly, code to move PCI devices, and memory setup.
    Added stack guard pages to the MC/OS kernel.
    Wrote SHARC and PowerPC assembly for FPU control.
    Debugged PowerPC trap handling for the MC/OS kernel.

  Zoom Telephonics Inc.                          207 South Street, Boston MA
    Solved problems for Windows users.                                  1995
    Found and fixed PC problems.
    Wrote the original web site.

  Engineering Computer Services           Northeastern University, Boston MA
    Responsible for opening and closing a UNIX lab.         Summer-fall 1994
    Solved problems for SunOS, Ultrix, and Windows users.
    Helped install a web server.
    Wrote the College of Engineering web page.

Education

  University of Massachusetts                                      Lowell MA
    BS Computer Science (while working at Mercury)      Jan 1996 to May 2002

  Northeastern University                                          Boston MA
                                                      Fall 1993 through 1994

  Taunton High School                                             Taunton MA
    Cum Laude                                                   1989 to 1993
    Honors Program

Other Experience

  Author of the Linux ps command.
    The only implementation to allow mixed BSD/UNIX syntax.
  Misc. Linux kernel changes for personal use, starting in 1995.
    NTFS time, FAT filenames, /proc fix, memory leak, crud removal...

Personal

  Married father of two.