Oliver Gros
19 Beach Street
Westborough MA 01581
Tel: +1 781-866-9595
Email: oliver@grosonline.net
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-gros-b956281/
US-Permanent Resident (Greencard holder)
Education
University of Applied Science Worms (Fachhochschule Worms)
Degree: Bachelor of Science 1996 (Dipl. Informatiker FH)
Major: Computer Science (Informatik)
Minor: Electrical Engineering (Nebenfach: Elektrotechnik)
Experience
May 2006 – August 2017
Sr. Solution Architect | OATSystems /Checkpoint Systems | Waltham MA
As Solution Architect in the Professional Services team I focused on the delivery of a customer
project defined by the Statement of Work (SoW). This includes the definition of the Requirements
using the SoW as a starting point and the refinement of the Requirements, the definition of a
Solution Architecture and the Design of the solution. All these steps included the customer to
ensure their intended business processes are met and can be appropriately mapped to the OAT
product either by core product functions or through customizations. Customizations were
implemented by a small team of Engineers using the developed Design.
Customers included: Polo/Ralph Lauren, BAE Systems, Cessna, Bell Helicopters, US-Veterans
Administration (VA), Airbus (Toulouse, France), Eurocopter (Marignane, France & Donauwörth,
Germany), Urban Outfitters, Perry Ellis, Target
Projects covered Industrial Asset Tracking (Airbus, BAE Systems, VA and others), Retail
Applications (Target, Urban Outfitters, Perry Ellis and others) as well as Logistics projects for
Walmart suppliers (e.g. Gillette/Procter & Gamble, Lasko and others)
Most Industrial and Logistics projects had unique hardware requirements and processes that
required a high degree of customization. Some included the selection of RFID Tags that could
withstand the temperatures of an Autoclave or outside weather conditions as well as the selection
of other hardware (RFID Readers, Optical and acoustical feedback devices, Barcode-scanner
(USB or networked), PLC program changes)
Beside my role as Solution Architect I supported:
Presales to acquire new business as a technical resource for Hardware and Software
configurations. Worked with the lead Presales person to define the scope of the project
and provided initial estimates.
Core Product Development by proposing, defining and providing enhancements.
Technologies used: Java platform, Eclipse IDE, Webservices (SOAP), SQL (oracle, MS SQL
Server), cvs & svn, ant & maven, JIRA, confluence, MS-SharePoint
OS Platforms: Windows, Linux
May 2005 – May 2006
Consultant | Trelliswerk | Medford MA
Worked for OAT Systems in Waltham MA to support their expansion of the RFID platform OAT
Foundation Suite (OFS). I was involved in a project for Prescription tracking for Hoffmann-La
Roche. This engagement ended when OATsystems offered me a permanent position.
Technologies used: Java platform, Eclipse IDE, Webservices (SOAP), cvs, ant
OS Platforms: Windows, Linux
June 2004 – May 2005
Part owner / Software Engineer | Trelliswerk LLC | Medford MA
Trelliswerk LLC focused on the creation of a Complex Event Processing Engine (CEP Engine) to
analyze and react to multiple connected data streams, and to derive actionable decisions. The
initial vertical selected was the financial marked to provide a configurable, algorithm based
trading facility.
Technologies used: MS .NET, Visual Studio, VSS
OS Platforms: Windows
October 1997 – June 2004
Software Engineer | Camelot-IS2 (d.b.a Skyva)| Medford MA
Designed and implemented a configurable way to integrate the skyva solution with SAP R3 (v4.0-
4.3) using Java native libraries and SAP native RFC libraries. This showed that the Java memory
handling was not sufficiently fast and therefore I created a pool based memory management
component to allow efficient, thread safe memory handling.
Technologies used: Java, C/C++, Eclipse, Visual Studio, cvs
OS Platforms: Windows (development & runtime), Solaris (runtime)
June 1996 – June 1997
Software Engineer | Unternehmensberatung Mutschall | Mannheim Germany
Development of a CORBA compliant broker in C++ based on the CORBA specification.
Worked as a consultant at AEG in Böblingen, Germany, to support the implementation of the
production automation system for the Mercedes A-Class.
Technologies used: C/C++, Visual Studio, cvs
OS Platforms: HP-UX, Digital Unix, Windows
Awards & Acknowledgements
Certificate of Appreciation from HP (as the main contractor) in the project with the Veterans
Administration