DAVID TERR, Ph.D.
9004 S. Cullen Way
Inglewood, California 90305
310.971.0357
davidcterr@aol.com
SUMMARY
Mathematician specializing in software development with experience in both public and private sectors. Background includes adding content to websites and developing computer code for simulation analysis and for number theory. Technically oriented, team player, and self-motivated. Secret clearance.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: Java, C, C++, Mathematica, Fortran, HTML, Basic
Platforms: UNIX, Linux, VAX
Software: Mathematica, Matlab, Mathcad, Microsoft Visual C++, Dreamweaver, Smart FTP
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Web Content Development 2006-2007
- Identified highly searched keywords with high KEI using Wordtracker and wrote search engine optimized content using these keywords for the following websites:
- yourmoviepal.com
- presidentpolls2008.com
- usatravelpal.com
- Used Dreamweaver templates to manage the content of websites in their entirety.
- Retrieved relevant pictures from istockPhoto for use on the web.
RAYTHEON - Space and Airborne Systems 2003-2006
Designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, supports, and provides a range of technologically advanced products and services for domestic and international governments and commercial customers
Systems Engineer, Goleta, CA (2005-2006)
Performed data analysis on the visible-infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS), a weather satellite scheduled for launch in 2008.
Analyzed the band-to-band registration of the 22 imaging bands which are responsive to various wavelengths of light from visible to infrared. Used Matlab to make scatterplots of registration of different band combinations.
- Performed analysis on the pointing behavior of VIIRS by determining in what direction the satellite is pointing when one of its bands receives a light signal from a particular spot on earth.
- Analyzed the response of VIIRS to polarized light.
Sr. Multidisciplined Engineer II, El Segundo, CA (2003-2005)
Worked on various projects pertaining to radar and location of air and ground targets.
- Performed analysis on a simulated space-based radar (SBR) platform, proposed to be built around 2015. Developed and wrote Matlab code for simulation.
- Ran software simulating the detection of ground targets.
- Completed a six-sigma project on code for analyzing the SBR.
WOLFRAM RESEARCH, Champaign, IL
Inventors and Makers of Mathematica, software for performing mathematical calculations with numerous applications in both industry and education, for students, engineers, and scientists.
Kernel Developer 2000-2003
Developing and improving computer code and developing and implementing algorithms for performing various types mathematical calculations.
- Wrote code to factor large integers, developing and implementing a special factoring algorithm called the quadratic sieve.
- Implemented new algorithm for computing the greatest common divisor of two large numbers.
- Wrote code to perform polynomial arithmetic.
- Wrote number theory code.
- Wrote a cryptography add-on package which implemented several cryptosystems such as RSA, Diffie-Hellman, El Gammal, and Cayley-Purser.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mathematics (Algebraic Number Theory),
University of California, Berkeley
M.S., Physics,
University of Chicago
B.A., Physics,
University of Michigan
PUBLICATIONS
“Fibonacci Expansions and ‘F-adic’ integers,” The Fibonacci Quarterly, v. 34, 1996.
“On the Sums of Digits of Fibonacci Numbers,” The Fibonacci Quarterly, v. 35, 1996.
“A Modification of Shanks’ Baby-Step Giant-Step Algorithm,” Mathematics of Computation, v. 69, 2000.