Mark Rainbow
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Email:	mrainbow at mum.edu
Work Phone:	(641) 472-7000 x4327
Home Phone:	(641) 469-3184

Summary

• More than 20 years programming and software development experience
• Several years of experience teaching computer languages, operating systems and object-oriented programming

Education

• M.S.E.E. Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin
• B.S. Microbiology, University of Iowa
• B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, Maharishi International University

Computer Skills

Languages:

Proficient in C++. Experience with: C#, Forth, Lisp, Ada, Fortran, Basic

Tools:

Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse IDE, Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, FlexLM, Unified Modeling Language, WinRunner

Packages:

Qt, OpenGL, Ace, Boost, Inventor, RogueWave

Operating Systems

MS Windows XP, Linux, Macintosh, Irix

Experience

Vital Images, Inc., Fairfield, Iowa and Minneapolis, Minnesota

Senior Principal Software Engineer

1990-2005

• Technical lead in new product design/development for world-class medical imaging software for radiology and cardiology
• Provided strategic planning for the executive team
• Managed software configuration management (SCM) system
• Coordinated system administration for engineering department
• Skills: C++ programming, user interface design, medical applications

Director of Product Engineering

1996-1998

• Managed all phases of product development, including hiring, training, coaching, designing and developing a state-of-the-art 3D CT/MR medical imaging workstation for radiology
• Provided technical leadership in adopting new technologies: object-oriented programming, C++, Inventor, OpenGL, Motif, HTML, Postscript,, video, configuration management, defect tracking and development tools
• Skills: Object-oriented design and development, software patterns, team building

Principal Engineer/Chief Engineer/Senior Software Engineer

1990-1994 Glazier Electronics Fairfield, Iowa

• Designed/developed/maintained 3D visualization software for researchers in medicine, biological sciences, and oil & gas markets
• Managed network and system administrations for 30+ users in all departments
• Skills: Unix (SGI Irix) and Macintosh operating systems, C/C++ languages, networks, graphic programming (OpenGL)

Software Engineer

1987-1989 Micro Dynamics, Ltd. Silver Springs, Maryland

• Wrote software tests for embedded avionics systems for flight control and collision avoidance
• Skills: Ada language, Vax computers, real-time operating systems, embedded systems

Software Engineer

1984-1987 Texas Instruments Austin, Texas

• Designed and developed new software features in a multi-user document archiving and retrieval system for legal services and office markets
• Skills: Macintosh programming, Forth language, Postscript, device drivers

Software Engineer / Technical Trainer

• Designed and developed operating system extensions and features for Lisp workstation
• Trained software analysts, programmers, and field service in software languages and hardware maintenance
• Skills: Lisp language, C language, SCSI language, Unix, Dos, course development, teaching

Other experience

• Biochemistry Research Asst. (1980-1981)
• Data Analyst (1977)
• Teacher of Transcendental Meditation (1975-1979)

Patents

United States Patent No. 5,986,662 entitled "Advanced Diagnostic Viewer Employing Automated Protocol Selection for Volume-Rendered Imaging"Nov. 1999