Todd Chronis
E-mail todd@chronis.com
Phone (716) 218-6244     Fax (716) 218-2061
21 Hardwood Hill Road     Pittsford, New York 14534-4545
 

Objective
  Chief Architect of a research and development organization


Experience
 

DecoGen

2002         Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. New Haven, CT
Consultant, Software Architect
• Created artifacts that document the company's Business and Market architectures.
• Architected J2EE/EJB Bioinformatics solution to replace existing client-server application.
• Architected XML-based data-mart to complement the company's genetic data warehouse.
• Created conceptual architecture artifacts, including mock-ups, high-level UML models and XML data formats.

 

Plan Web

2001         Xelus, Inc. Fairport, NY
Consultant, Software Architect
• Architected J2EE application-server based application framework.
• Architected Plan/Web, a logistics application for service parts.
• Architected Sales Order Management system.

 

DR-LINK

1997 — 2000 Manning & Napier Information Systems Rochester, NY
Consultant
• Architected WAP/WML prototype text compression application suite.
• Designed e-commerce comparison-shopping prototype.
• Architected, designed and coded Patent research application.
• Created XML/XSL e-commerce prototype for auto parts web site.
• Rearchitected, designed and coded and application tiers for DR-LINK.
• Co-invented, architected, designed and coded two information visualizers.
• Received U.S. patents 6,041,331 and 6,275,229.

 

thestar.com

1996         Toronto Star and Harlequin Books Toronto, ON
Consultant
• Designed and implemented Web prototype for www.thestar.com.
• Designed and implemented Web prototype for www.romance.net.
• Evaluated vendors for hardware, software and Internet connectivity.

 

News in Motion

1993 — 1995 WalkSoft Corporation Rochester, NY
President, Editor and Publisher
• Founder of ten-person company that pioneered electronic publishing.
• Published News In Motion ®, a daily international multimedia newspaper that combined articles, pictures, audio and animation.
• Licensed content from NY Times, LA Times—Washington Post, Reuters, Agence—France Presse and others. Created original multimedia content.
• Architected publishing system, delivery platform and user application based on Windows 3.1 and QuickTime.
• Distributed newspaper daily to MCI customers 1994—1995.
• Licensed software system to Financial Times, Boston Herald, and others.
• Architected and designed and implemented web-based multimedia chat system based on Diner metaphor

 

SalesBook

1990 — 1992 Pendragon Technology, Inc Rochester, NY
President
• Co-founder of company that pioneered Sales Force Automation software.
• Architected SalesBook®, a Windows-based application that combined calendar, to-do list, sales planning functions with automated mainframe connectivity for sales prospecting and contract management.
• Sold company in 1992.

 

Xerox 2520

1985 — 1990         ERO SkunkWorks East Rochester, NY
Consultant
• Created software laboratory notebook.
• Created intelligent filing system prototype with software agents.
• Architected and implemented windowing system running on top of DOS.
• Architected and implemented an embedded real-time micro-controller based operating system written in assembler that became basis for many Xerox products, including Cutter 1, 2520 and 8836.
• Created application software for Xerox Cutter 1.

 

Xerox 5065

1980 — 1984 Xerox Corporation Henrietta, NY
Engineer
• Implemented user interface for Xerox 1065/5065 copiers.
• Performed finite-element analysis of the electrical field of an ink-jet deflection
    system for a high-speed printer.
• Assisted in mechanical design of ink-jet electrical deflection system.

 
 

Education
1976 — 1980 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
• Bachelor of Science, Physics.