Fernando Koch

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I am a consultant for wireless, messaging and mobile services with over 14 years of experience in computer sciences and information systems. I have been working with software development, product support, system administration, and training delivery. In addition, I am a PhD candidate in the Institute of Computer Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. I hold the MSc (1997) and Bachelor (1993) degrees in Computer Sciences. My contact email is fkoch AT acm DOT org.

Industry Experience
Academic Experience
Publications

My wiki is here.

Industry Experience

Openwave Systems  

Principal System Engineer
Jan-2008/current, Melbourne, Australia

• define and communicate product strategy and vision to client’s senior level technical and management;
• drive, own, and give technical presentations and product demonstration on all aspects of technical products;
• build strong relationships with Openwave product managers and engineering teams;
• take accountability and lead creation of technical sections of large proposals.

Principal Technical Product Support
Jan-2000/Dec-2005
Americas Division (2005), APAC Division (2003-2004), EMEA Division (2000-2003)

• Second-level support of Openwave applications for worldwide customer base; 
• Extensive experience of operations and maintenance of large system deployments with Email Mx and MMSC solutions; 
• Specialized in the Web service applications – WebEdge, Java Servlets, JSP, HTML, HTTP, HTTPS; 
• Developed several support processes, knowledge base articles and scripts in OS shell, Java, PERL and C++; 
• UNIX system administration and configuration (Sun, AIX and HP-UX) including system installation, kernel tuning and administration tasks; 
• Operation of Oracle 8i and 9i databases. 

FK Consultoria em Informatica S.S.

Consultant/Owner
Training delivery in Openwave's Email Mx, MMSC, Edge Gx and EMS:

• MMSC 3.x Operations: Telus, CA, Nov/2007;
• Email Mx 5.3 to Mx7.5 Differences: CTE, USA, Apr/2007;
• Email Mx Bootcamp: Opwv Internal, USA, Jan/2007;
• Email Mx Basics and Adv: Time Warner Channel, USA, Jan/2007;
• Edge Gx: Opwv Internal, USA, Sep/2006;
• EMS: Opwv Internal, USA, Sep/2006;
• Email Mx Basic and Adv: Opwv Internal, USA, Sep/2006;
• Email Mx Basic: Cox Communications, USA, Aug/2006;
• Edge Gx: Telstra, Australia, Jul/2006;
• Email Mx Adv: Several, UK, Mar/2006;
• Email Mx Basic and Adv: Telstra, Australia, Jul-Aug/2004;
• Email Mx Basic and Adv: TNZ, New Zealand, Jul/2004;
• Email Mx Ops Workshop: Vivo, Brasil, Dec/2003;
• Email Mx Ops Workshop: Vodafone, Italy, Nov/2003.

Professional services for Openwave's products:

• WebEdge customization, Vivo (through Openwave), Brasil, May-Jun/2006;
• Principal TPS for Messaging: USA, May-Nov/2005;
• On-site support for Email Mx: Telstra, Australia, Dec/2004-Jan/2005.

Humana Inc 

Software Engineer
May-1998/Jan-2000
Louisville/KY and Jacksonville/FL, USA
(Contractor through Mastech Corp.)

• Design and development of WEB-based application for imaging system; 
• Development using HTML, PERL, CGI and SQL; 
• Operation of Sybase database; 
• IBM AIX and Windows NT 4.0 system administration. 

Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Santa Catarina

System Analyst and Network Administrator – Mar-1996/May-1998
Florianópolis/SC – Brazil

• UNIX HP-UX and Network administration;
• Design and development of integrated solution using HTML, PERL, CGI, C++ and SQL in Web-based application.

Tribunal Regional do Trabalho de Santa Catarina

System Analyst and Application Development – Sep-1992/Mar-1996
Florianópolis/SC – Brazil

• system design of HR Corporative Solution;
• administration and deployment of the local area network system.

Academic Experience

University of Utrecht

PhD Candidate Computer Sciences -- Jan-2001/present -- Utrecht, The Netherlands

University of Melbourne

Research and Development -- Jan-2004/ Apr-2005 -- Melbourne, Australia

• Research on infrastructure for intelligent mobile service applications;
• Agent-oriented software development and analysis;
• Development with in Java J2SE and J2ME;
• Research and development: 3APL-M Platform for Lightweight Deliberative Agents; platform for autonomous agents on mobile computing devices; developed in Java J2ME and Java J2SE;
• Research and development: mProlog: Lightweight Prolog Engine for Mobile Computing; Prolog engine for mobile computing devices; developed in Java J2ME and Java J2SE;

Federal University of Santa Catarina

Master's Degree Computer Sciences -- Mar-1996/Sep-1997
Bachelor's Degree Computer Sciences -- Mar-1989/Dec-1993
Researcher -- Jan-1992/Oct-1992
Florianópolis/SC, Brazil

• Research on infrastructure for network management using agents; 
• Agent-oriented software development and analysis; development with in C/C++ and Intel microprocessor's assembler language; 
• Development of reduced Unix and DOS operating systems.

Publications

Journal Papers

1. F. Koch. Towards a Framework for Intelligent Mobile Service Applications. INFOCOMP - Journal of Computer Science. v. 4. no. 35. pp. 1-10. Sep/2005.
2. M. Assuncao, F. Koch and C. B. Westphal. Grids of Agents for Computer and Telecommunication Network Management. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. v. 16. no. 5. pp. 413-424. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. USA. Apr/2004.
3. F. Koch and C. B. Westphal. Decentralized Network Management Using Distributed Artificial Intelligence. Journal of Network and System Management. vol. 9. no. 4. Plenum Press. USA. Dec/2001.

Papers in Workshops and Conferences (Artificial Intelligence)

1. A. Kostner, F. Koch, L. Sonenberg, F. Dignum Augmenting BDI with relevance: Supporting agent-based, pervasive applications, Pervasive Mobile Interaction Devices (PERMID 2008), Workshop at Pervasive 2008. Sydney, Australia. May/2008.
2. F. Koch, J-J. Meyer, F. Dignum, I. Rahwan. Programming Deliberative Agents for Mobile Services: the 3APL-M Platform. AAMAS'05 Workshop on Programming Multi-Agent Systems (ProMAS'2005). pp. 179-192. Utrecht, NL. Jul/2005.
3. I. Rahwan, F. Koch, C. Graham, A. Kattan, L. Sonenberg. Goal-directed Automated Negotiation for Supporting Mobile User Coordination. Fifth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT'05). Paris, FR. Jul/2005.
4. F. Koch and I. Rahwan. The Role of Agents in Mobile Services. Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 7th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2004, Auckland, New Zealand, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3371. Mar/2005.
5. F. Koch and L. Sonenberg. Using Multimedia Content in Intelligent Mobile Services. WebMedia & LA-Web 2004 Joint Conference 10th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web 2nd Latin American Web Congress (LA-Webmedia’04). Proceedings. pp. 41-43. Ribeirao Preto, BR. Oct/2004.
6. F. Koch and I. Rahwan. The Role of Agents in Mobile Services. Seventh Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents (PRIMA2004). pp. 198-205. Auckland, NZ. Aug/2004.
7. F. Koch, C. B. Westphall, M. Assuncao, E. Xavier. Distributed Artificial Intelligence for Network Management Systems - New Approaches. The First International Workshop on Service Assurance with Partial and Intermittent Resources (SAPIR 2004) held with ICT2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3126. pp. 135-145, ISSN 0302-9743. Fortaleza, BR. Aug/2004.
8. F. Koch and I. Rahwan. Classification of Agents-based Mobile Assistants. AAMAS Workshop on Agents for Ubiquitous Computing (UbiAgents). New York, USA. Jul/2004.
9. F. Koch. Platform for Intelligent Agents on Embedded Devices: Project AgentLight. The 15th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC). pp. 457-458. Nijmegen, NL. Oct/2003.
10. F. Koch and J-J. C. Meyer. Knowledge Based Autonomous Agents for Pervasive Computing using AgentLight. ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference, Middleware 2003 Work-in-progress. IEEE Distributed Systems Online. June 2003. vol. 4. no. 6. Rio de Janeiro, BR. Jun/2003.
11. F. Koch and J-J. C. Meyer. Project AgentLight: Developing Logic-based Autonomous Agents for Small Devices. I Workshop de Teses e Dissertacao em Inteligencia Artificial (WTDIA). Recife, BR. Nov/2002.
12. F. Koch. Autonomous Agents for Computer Network Management. The Practical Applications Of Intelligent Agents And Multi-Agent Technology (PAAM). vol. 1. pp. 627-628. Lancashire, UK. Mar/1998.

Papers in Workshops and Conferences (Distribute Computing)

1. H. Franke, F. Koch, C. O. Rolim, C. B. Westphall, D. Balen Grid-M: Middleware to Integrate Mobile Devices, Sensors and Grid Computing Proc. 3rd International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications, ICWMC '07, Guadeloupe, French Caribbean. Mar/2007.
2. C. O. Rolim, C. B. Westphall, F. Koch, M. Assuncao. Towards a Grid of Sensors for Telemedicine. 19th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS06). Salt Lake City, USA. June/2006.
3. A. Schulter, J. A. Reis, F. Koch, C. B. Westphall. A Grid-Based Intrusion Detection System. International Conference on Systems (ICONS06). IEEE Press. Maurice Islands. April/2006.
4. F. Navarro, A. Schulter, F. Koch, M. Assuncao, C. B. Westphall. Grid Middleware for Mobile Decision Support Systems. 5Th Intenational Conference on Networks (ICNS06). IEEE Press. Maurice Islands. Apr/2006.
5. F. Navarro, A. Schulter, F. Koch, M. Assuncao, C. B. Westphall. Towards a Middleware for Mobile Grids. 10th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS06). Vancouver, Canada. Apr/2006.
6. A. Schulter, F. Navarro, F. Koch, M. Assuncao, C. B. Westphall. Towards Grid-based Intrusion Detection. 10th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS06). Vancouver, Canada. Apr/2006.
7. M. Assuncao, F. Koch, C. B. Westphall, E. Xavier, T. Spindola. Innovative Technologies for the Management of Large-Scale Computer Networks. 23rd Brazilian Symposium of Computer Networks (SBRC). Fortaleza, BR. May/2005.
8. M. Assuncao, F. Koch, C. B. Westphall. Platform for building Grids of Agents for Management Systems (in Portuguese). IV Brazilian Congress on Computer Science. ISSN 1677-2822. pp. 324-329. Itajai, BR. Oct/2004.
9. F. Koch, C. B. Westphall, M. Assuncao, E. Xavier. Distributed Artificial Intelligence for Network Management Systems - New Approaches. The First International Workshop on Service Assurance with Partial and Intermittent Resources (SAPIR 2004) held with ICT2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3126. pp. 135-145, ISSN 0302-9743. Fortaleza, BR. Aug/2004.
10. T. Spindola, M. Assuncao, C. B. Westphall, F. Koch . Load Balance in Grids of Agents for Computer Network Management. (in Portuguese). SBRC-WGRS 2004 - Workshop of Management and Operations of Networks and Services in the 22nd Brazilian Symposium of Computer Networks. Gramado, BR. May/2004.
11. E. Xavier, F. Koch, C. B. Westphall. Automations in Computer Network Management Utilizing Computational Intelligence. Third IEEE Latin American Network Operations and Management Symposium (LANOMS). Foz do Iguacu, BR. Sep/2003.
12. E. Xavier, F. Koch, C. B. Westphall. Using Computational Intelligence in Choosing the Best Mobile Agents Configuration for Computer Network Management (in Portuguese). IV Encontro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial, XXIII Congresso da SBC (ENIA). Campinas, BR. Aug/2003.
13. M. Assuncao, F. Koch, C. B. Westphall. Advantages of the use of Grids of Agents on Network Management Systems (in Portuguese). III Brazilian Congress on Computer Science, Agents Days. pp. 1385-1369. Itajai, BR. Jul/2003.
14. M. Assuncao, C. B. Westphal, F. Koch. Grids of Agents for Computer and Telecommunication Network Management. ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference - 1st International Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing. pp.186-193. Rio de Janeiro, BR. Jun/2003.
15. M. Assuncao, C. B. Westphall, F. Koch. Architecture of Grids of Agents System Applied to Computer And Telecommunications Networks Management (in Portuguese). 21st Brazilian Symposium of Computer Networks (SBRC). pp. 789-804. Natal, BR. May/2003.
16. E. Xavier, F. Koch, C. B. Westphall. Evaluation of Mobile Agents System Configurations for Computer Network Management (in Portuguese). I2TS International Information Technology Symposium. Florianopolis, BR. Oct/2002.
17. F. Koch and C. B. Westphall. Distributed Artificial Intelligence for Computer Network Management - a practical approach (in Portuguese). 20th Brazilian Symposium of Computer Networks (SBRC). Rio de Janeiro, BR. Oct/1998.

Dissertations

• F. Koch. Autonomous Agents for Computer Network Management (in Portuguese). M. Sc. in Computer Sciences thesis. Federal University of Santa Catarina. 110 pages. Florianopolis, BR. Oct/1997.

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