Resume

LEE T. AYRES
<ayres@acm.org>
Mailing address and phone number available upon request.

OBJECTIVE Computer Analyst with broad experience including forensic computing, information security, software development, cryptography, and artificial intelligence. Skilled in managing and drawing scientifically defensible conclusions from very large data sets. Experienced in working with attorneys in support of adjudication from the pre-discovery identification of data relevant to a case through preparation for cross-examination of opposing experts.

EXPERIENCE
INTERHACK CORP. Columbus, OH
Chicago, IL

Jan 2007--Present
Consult with clients on issues of data security, risk assessment, and electronic discovery. Custom software development for analysis of very large sets of data in litigation.
MERCURY MARKETS Chicago, IL

Lead Developer Oct 2003--Dec 2006
Researched the application of game theory, fuzzy logic and supervised and unsupervised learning techniques to trading and market behavior prediction. Created an automated trading engine applying proprietary trading models. Developed tools for simulating equities and futures market activity and a set of tools for the exploration and comparison of very large sets of simulated trading results.

ONSHORE DEVELOPMENT INC. Chicago, IL

Senior Programmer May 2000--June 2001
  July 2002--Oct 2003
Developed scheduling utilities applying Artificial Intelligence techniques. Led the development of a streaming media application. Designed and implemented an on-line registry service.

I-DEP LLC. Chicago, IL

Senior Programmer/Security Administrator June 2001--July 2002
Design and implement cryptographically secure applications for real time transcript streaming to remote participants in pretrial legal depositions. Established policy, performed periodic security audits, installed network equipment, and counseled staff and clients on cryptography and security.

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, OH

Systems Developer/Engineer
Dept of Computer and Information Science
Mar 2000--Sep 2000
Led the development of a cryptographicaly secure paper-less time-keeping and employee management system.

Programmer/Consultant Supervisor
Dept of Computer and Information Science
Sep 1998--Mar 2000
Developed user administration and employee management applications for use by the department. Created operations and consulting policies and procedures. Supervised consulting staff and assisted Computer Science students with the departmental computing environments.

Public Sight Supervisor
University Technology Services
Feb 1998--Sep 1998
Assisting non-technical users with the use of University computing resources. Trained and supervised lab staff.

Research Assistant
Dept of Horticulture and Crop Science
Feb 1997--Sep 1997
Maintained sensor arrays and research computers and developed data acquisition software for research in automated greenhouse management.

EDUCATION
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, OH
B.S. in Computer and Information Science March 2000.

KEY SKILLS
Operating Systems:  Gnu Linux, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Win2000, WinXP
Applications: Postgres, Sybase, Apache Web Server, MS Visual Studio
Languages: Lisp, C#, Haskell, Java, Perl, Tk, SQL, C/C++