Bill Merrow works in computers
Boring info about Bill Merrow's work (LinkedIn has limits and I wanted to reduce size of About page information)
SVP R&D / Distinguished Engineer
Author of 3 Ranade IBM Series books
Focus areas: Computer software architecture, design, programming, project management - create/mature profitable product lines and design/deliver client usable solutions (content, integrations combined with client proof "best practices"). Not "solutions" requiring gurus but Business "Solutions" compatible with the skills and process maturity of real clients, that can be installed/configured/customized by partners and field services, are secure/scalable/supportable by client staff and easily migrated to future versions.
Has more than 25 years experience managing large projects, has built profitable product lines, created web based systems, built customer/field best practices library and field architect training program.
Architect and lead UI programmer for Asset Intelligence: data organizer/unknown relationship discovery tool, ad hoc query and reporting system.
Designed and lead effort for technical Best Practices library growing it to thousands of documents spanning solution architecture, multi-product integrations, content creation and software management disciplines (including Change Management, OS Hardening/Security Lockdown, High Availability, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Scalability/Tuning, Diagnosis, Automated Use Case Testing and QA) .
Created architect training, mentoring/certification program and lead field teams implementing Unicenter products at hundreds of client sites.
Designed and taught classes in architecting solutions, problem diagnosis, security, performance analysis, tuning/scalability, virtualization and high availability.
Skills include php, javascript, python, c/c++, java, perl, bash, several machine languages. Worked extensively with Windows, Linux and various Unix flavors. Have written compilers/interpreters and cross assemblers, loader/linkage editors, schedulers, librarian tools, unstructured text parsers, web tools/browser extensions, operating system components/drivers, embedded systems, spooling system, typesetting software and data entry systems.
Tech hobbies include custom Server/Desktop building, compiler writing, OS drivers/mods, machine language programming and vulnerability testing/securing networks/systems. Other hobbies include Hiking, Biking, Photography.
Specialties
Managing complex projects, developing training/certification programs, best practices - focused on client satisfaction, usability/quality and profitable product portfolio.
- outside work I am an avid River Runner, Hiker and amateur photographer: this is my hobby blog - see Flickr for more info on Southwest/Grand Canyon geology/river running/hiking.
Much of the blog content is Grand Canyon and Northwest and Southwest Hiking/Geology oriented.
Some Seattle plus New York City area related blog entries are also included here.