Terry G Lorber II

SUMMARY

SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

Jan09-Present Consulting Software Engineer

Jan08–Jan09 Principal Software Engineer

Oct07 Astra Tech, Inc. purchases Atlantis Components, Inc.

Jan07-Dec07 Principal Software Engineer

Jun04–Jan07 Senior Software Engineer
Sep02–Jun04 Senior Engineer

Aug00–Sep02 Mechanical Engineer

Leader on development team of 6 software engineers. Directed efforts of 2 engineers to meet the needs expressed by production staff and managers.  Interfaced with all aspects of the organization to determine software requirements.  Developed 3 enterprise software applications that incorporated parameterized geometric models and expert systems to aid in the manufacture of abutments for dental implants. Installed and maintained tools for software development: source control, bug database, continuous integration dashboard, release website, and web log.  Gathered requirements, documented design, implemented code, released software, tracked bugs, and patched software.

• Specified, designed and implemented the Virtual Abutment Design software suite
• Enabled production capacity to increase from 10/day to 400/day
• Specified, designed and implemented Atlantis™ WebOrder, using the Ruby on Rails framework
• Reduced order entry time by 25%
• Reduced data entry error
• When used with remote scanning support, transferred data acquisition responsibility to the customer, saving labor costs
  

• Specified, designed, and implemented Solon, the scanner interface application
• Decreased time to scan customer orders by 20%
• Reduced order entry
  
• Implemented build and release system using bash, CMake, and NSIS
• Implemented Nautilus, a Ruby on Rails website, for reporting design and order data

• Gathered requirements for applications to support data archival and replication
• Implemented Data Access Object pattern for reusable data objects

• Designed and implemented applications to automate use of CAD models for designing dental implant abutments
  
• Implemented feature detection algorithms for determining implant analog placement within study cast scan data
• Installed and maintained development tools: Subversion and Bugzilla

Cambridge, MA
Dec07–Present Independent Consultant - Software Developer

Developer of run-time module detection functionality for Slicer3, a medical images analysis and visualization application.

• Developed run-time detection of installed shared object modules using cross-platform tools
• Integrated with a gforge.org–based website for module download

Freudenberg–NOK General Partnership

Bristol, NH

Jun96–Sep99 Product Engineer

Leader of a cross–functional team supporting custom designed oil seals for the Aerospace and Automotive industry. Managed product process from initial design and quoting to production launching and troubleshooting. Experienced in compression, transfer and injection molding processes. Created test plans for material & product development. Participated in Kaizen activity to implement lean manufacturing processes. Involved in implementation of quality systems to meet FAA and customer requirements.

• Led continued development of company's proprietary sealing solutions for aircraft gearbox and helicopter transmission systems
• Managed production launch of company's first automotive water pump seal for the domestic market

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