Resume

• 2009

  Private

  Xerox

  Rochester Institute of Technology

  Responsible for several projects

  including client-facing web portals

  specialist technology tools

  and team collaboration software

  such as SharePoint. Worked to determine and implement vertical and horizontal integration strategies within current projects with the goal of increasing user efficiency

  enhancing reporting systems

  and lowering overall costs. Lead trainer in product use and skill development.

  Xerox

• 2008

  M&T Bank

  Responsible for systems integration project management. Five separate systems

  one new vendor system

  and associated decisions

  testing

  training

  and support. Heavy emphasis on vendor and stakeholder relationships.

  M&T Bank

  Owner

  Private

  Rochester Institute of Technology

  Software Process and Project Management\nSoftware Process and Product Quality\n\nClass size between 15 and 35. Focused on real-world application of principles.

  Adjunct Professor

  Rochester

  New York Area

  Rochester

  New York Area

  Introduction to Software Engineering\nSoftware Process and Project Management\nSoftware Process and Product Quality\nTrends in Software Process\nSenior Project Capstone\n\nClass size between 15 and 35. Focused on student leadership development and real-world application of principles.

  Senior Lecturer

  Rochester Institute of Technology

• 2007

  RR Donnelley

  Manged large web-based projects (revenue over $2 million) with monthly printing production.

  RR Donnelley

• 2006

  Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

  Frontiers in Education (FIE)

  Session Chair

  Project Management International (PMI)

  Project Management Professional (PMP)

  English

  MBA

  Management

• 2005

  Choice One Online

  Choice One Online

  Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

  American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

  Reviewer

• 2001

  X-Wireless Inc.

  New Project Manager related to company expansion... IT

  Logistics

  Internet

  etc.

  X-Wireless Inc.

• 1999

  BS

  Management

  Software Engineering Project I/II

  Trends in Software Development Processes (Agile/Scrum)

  Software Engineering Freshman Seminar

  Introduction to Software Engineering

  Project Management (PMP) Test Prep

  Software Process and Product Quality

  Software Process and Project Management

  PMP

  PMI

• Account Management

  Training

  Business Process Improvement

  Strategy

  CRM

  Analysis

  SEO

  Stakeholder Management

  Team Leadership

  Project Management

  Product Development

  Team Management

  Cross-functional Team Leadership

  Team Building

  Business Analysis

  SharePoint

  Leadership

  PMP

  Web Development

  Budgets

  Project Team Leadership and Communication

  A business application/textbook designed for students and business professionals who are entering into their first project leadership role. Chapters cover the basics of leadership

  team dynamics

  project fundamentals/management

  project communication

  some common pitfalls to avoid

  and a practical discussion of up-and-coming Agile methods.

  Project Team Leadership and Communication

  Jared Smith

  Andrew Filipski

  Jacob Peterson

  Andres Ruiz

  Mehdi Mirakhorli

  Android has grown to be the world's most popular mobile platform with apps that are capable of doing everything from checking sports scores to purchasing stocks. In order to assist researchers and developers in better understanding the development process as well as the current state of the apps themselves

  we present a large dataset of analyzed open-source Android applications and provide a brief analysis of the data

  demonstrating potential usefulness. This dataset contains 1

  179 applications

  including 4

  416 different versions of these apps and 435

  680 total commits. Furthermore

  for each app we include the analytical results obtained from several static analysis tools including Androguard

  Sonar

  and Stowaway. \n\n In order to better support the community in conducting research on the security characteristics of the apps

  our large analytical dataset comes with the detailed information including various versions of AndroidManifest.xml files and synthesized information such as permissions

  intents

  and minimum SDK. We collected 13

  036 commits of the manifest files and recorded over 69

  707 total permissions used. The results and a brief set of analytics are presented on our website: http://androsec.rit.edu.

  A Dataset of Open-Source Android Applications

  S. Jones

  J. Kaplan

  Software engineering is largely a communication-driven

  team-oriented discipline. There are numerous hurdles for ensuring proper communication and interaction between all project stakeholders

  including physical

  technological

  and cultural barriers. These obstructions not only affect software engineering in industry

  but in academia as well. One possible issue that is often overlooked in software engineering education is how to best educate Deaf and hard-of-hearing (Deaf/HoH) students

  and how to fully engage them in the classroom. \n\nIn this paper

  we present our experiences in teaching software engineering to Deaf/HoH students. In the classroom

  these students work very closely in activities and on project teams with their hearing peers. We also present recommendations for creating a more robust software engineering educational experience for not only Deaf/HoH students

  but for hearing students as well. \n\nWe encourage instructors not only in software engineering programs

  but in other computing disciplines to consider our recommendations and observations in order to enhance the educational experience for all students in the classroom

  whether Deaf/HoH or hearing.

  Enhancing the Educational Experience for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Software Engineering

  shihab

  emad

  During the initial construction and subsequent maintenance of an application

  duplication of functionality is common

  whether intentional or otherwise. This replicated functionality

  known as a code clone

  has a diverse set of causes and can have moderate to severe adverse effects on a software project in a variety of ways. A code clone is defined as multiple code fragments that produce similar results when provided the same input. While there is an array of powerful clone detection tools

  most suffer from a variety of drawbacks including

  most importantly

  the inability to accurately and reliably detect the more difficult clone types. This paper presents a new technique for detecting code clones based on concolic analysis

  which uses a mixture of concrete and symbolic values to traverse a large and diverse portion of the source code. By performing concolic analysis on the targeted source code and then examining the holistic output for similarities

  code clone candidates can be consistently identified. We found that concolic analysis was able to accurately and reliably discover all four types of code clones with an average precision of .8

  recall of .91

  F-score of .85 and an accuracy of .99.

  Examining the Effectiveness of Using Concolic Analysis to Detect Code Clones

  Project management is a discipline that spans many industries and has undeniable benefits in its application. Sometimes

  however

  it can be difficult to convey its importance and application in the classroom environment. Many process and project management classes cover the core concepts

  but fail to provide students with the opportunity to experience both the dynamics and leadership elements so core to project management as both a leader and a team member. This paper describes an innovative approach to using project managers (PMs) in the classroom that has had measured effects in several areas

  including individual student participation

  group project disposition

  and in-class presentations. Results have been encouraging

  with student feedback (from both PMs and group members) indicating positive effects on interest in the field and application of project management

  improved group dynamics

  and more individual participation in the outcome of group projects. Specifically included in the paper are examples of PM inclusion in both the class curriculum and main project from beginning to end and how they have been applied to a process and project management course in the past. Areas explored include the PM selection process

  class attendance improvement via the PM-led group dynamic

  PM-specific activities and evaluation

  and the inclusion of a final presentation as a product in a normally process and project heavy course. For context

  a description of the class curriculum

  some related work

  and relevant quantitative and qualitative student feedback are included as well. The concepts and examples have been successfully implemented as part of a software engineering curriculum

  but they could easily be applied to any classroom that wishes to expand project management instruction beyond a simple explanation of process and project management to an immersive experience with both practical and pedagogical benefits.

  Implementing Project Managers in the Software Engineering Classroom

  Andrew Meneely

  Software development teams face a critical threat to the security of their systems: insiders. A malicious insider is a person who violates an authorized level of access in a software system. Unfortunately

  when creating software

  developers do not typically account for insider threat. Students learning software development are unaware of the impacts of malicious actors and are far too often untrained in prevention methods against them. A few of the defensive mechanisms to protect against insider threats include eliminating system access once an employee leaves an organization

  enforcing principle of least privilege

  code reviews

  and constant monitoring for suspicious activity. \n\nAt the Department of Software Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology

  we require a course titled Engineering of Secure Software and have created an activity designed to prepare students for the problem of insider threats. At the beginning of this activity

  student teams are given the task of designing a moderately sized secure software system. The goal of this insider is to manipulate the team into creating a flawed system design that would allow attackers to perform malicious activities once the system has been created. When the insider is revealed at the conclusion of the project

  students discuss countermeasures regarding the malicious actions the insiders were able to plan or complete

  along with methods of prevention that may have been employed by the team to detect the malicious developer. \n\nIn this paper

  we describe the activity along with the results of a survey. We discuss the benefits and challenges of the activity with the goal of giving other instructors the tools they need to conduct this activity at their institution. While many institutions do not offer courses in computer security

  this self-contained activity may be used in any computing course to enforce the importance of protecting against insider threats.

  An Insider Threat Activity in a Software Security Course

  Although testing often accounts for 50% of the budget of a typical software project

  the subject of software testing is often overlooked in computing curriculum. Students often view testing as a boring and unnecessary task

  and education is usually focused on building software

  not ensuring its quality. Previous works have focused on either making the subject of testing more exciting for students or on a more potent lecture-based learning process. At the Department of Software Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology

  recent efforts have been focused on the project component of our Software Testing course as an area of innovation. Rather than previous methods such as a tightly controlled and repetitive testbed

  our students are allowed to choose a real-world

  open source project to test throughout the term. With the instructor as both counsel\nand client

  students are expected to deliver a test plan

  a final report

  and several class-wide presentations. This project has achieved significant student praise; qualitative and quantitative feedback demonstrates both increased satisfaction and fulfilled curricular requirements. Students\nenjoy the real-world aspect of the project and the ability to work with relevant applications and technologies. This paper outlines the project details and educational goals.

  Using a real world project in a software testing course

  Web applications are an extremely important and ubiquitous part of today's world. Students must not only know how to develop them from a technical perspective

  but in doing so need to understand how to follow the proper principles of software engineering - delivering the project on time

  on budget

  and in a high quality manner. \n\n At the Department of Software Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology

  we offer a Web Engineering course which not only introduces students to a variety of web technologies

  but more importantly it shows them how to use them in a collaborative environment while properly utilizing web engineering methodologies.The course includes a significant project component requiring students to use a variety of contemporary technologies and resources to create a robust web application. The main premise of the project is for each group to create a web portal using both custom-built and already existing components. The project takes place over the entire 15 week course term

  includes multiple releases

  and has students work in teams of 4-5. \n\n This innovative project component has received significant praise from both students and faculty members while fulfilling an emerging area of our curriculum. Students enjoy the real-world nature of the project and the ability to work with contemporary technologies in a format which closely mimics what they will see in industry. This paper outlines the educational objectives

  project details

  some sample project results of our class offering

  as well as student feedback about the project. The goal of this work is to share the project

  its importance

  and lessons learned for use at other institutions with similar educational goals.

  A Project Component in a Web Engineering Course

  Samuel

  Malachowsky