Catherine Frantz
    13320 Wildcrest Drive
    Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
    frantz@wildcrest.com    www.wildcrest.com

     
    Summary
    Software technology R&D areas of expertise: graphical user interface programming, computer graphics and image processing,  mobile systems, biomedical systems.
    Positions Held
    Wildcrest Associates, Los Altos Hills, CA, 2005-present
    Co-Founder 
            Wildcrest Associates is a Silicon Valley software technology consultancy and software products company. My roles: research, design, development, testing, and infrastructure. Platforms: Macintosh, Windows, Unix, mobile systems; Java, C++, C, Objective-C, Javascript, HTML.
    Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, 1994-2005
    Staff Engineer
            Applied Biosystems is the industry leader in the field of DNA sequencing and genetic analysis systems. Technical Leader for DNA fragment analysis software GeneMapper, featuring interactive data analysis and visualization, workflow automation, and an Oracle database; Java. 

            Project/Technical Leader for a DNA fragment analysis/pedigree/database software suite on the Macintosh; MacApp/C++.

            DNA sequencing software; Java. Mass spectrometry software; Microsoft .NET/C#.
    Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems, San Jose, CA, 1985-1994
    Senior Software Engineer
            Member of a 4-programmer team designing and developing an interactive data analysis and visualization application for the Macintosh, supporting the entire product line of flow cytometers made by Becton Dickinson. My responsibilities: creating the earliest prototypes for this project; design and implementation of the user interface; code maintenance. MacApp/C++.
            Member of a small programming team designing and developing cytometry data analysis applications for X Window systems on Unix and VAX/VMS platforms; My responsibilities: helped implement a Macintosh-like user interface; implementing data analysis features including statistics, data subsetting, and printing. C and C++.
            Member of a small programming team designing and developing two cytometry data acquisition and analysis applications for VAX/VMS. My responsibilities: implementing user interface and computer-instrument interface code; developing standalone utility programs; hardware and software field installation; support of field personnel and customers; liason with external scientific resources. Fortran, Pascal, DCL, Mainsail.
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1983-1985
    Research Associate, Department of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
            Development and use of interactive Fourier image analysis software in a biological image processing laboratory. Research on macromolecular hemoglobin structures. Image processing and graphics software for research and teaching. Documentation and instruction for biologists in the use of software systems. Contributed to the development of two workstations for scientific image processing and data visualization. Image digitization, image archive, film recording, 2D and 3D vector and raster graphics, photogrammetry and scene analysis, statistical analysis.  Systems: DEC VAX/VMS, PDP-11/RT-11, Unix, IBM PC/MS-DOS, S-100/CP/M.  Languages: C, Pascal, Fortran, Ratfor, Basic, DCL, Unix shells.
    Consulting: Bioscan, Inc. (1984-1985), IBM PC-based laboratory image analysis system for 2D thin layer chromatography.
                          Apple Computer, Inc. (1983), beta test site for AppleGraphics III.
    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 1981-1983
    Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery
        Research in 3D image reconstruction of eardrum shape from stereo views. Development and use of software for photogrammetry, automated image matching, pattern recognition, interpolation, and interactive vector and raster graphics.  Systems: DEC VAX/VMS, PDP-11/RT-11, IBM 3090/MVS. Languages: Fortran, Ratfor, Pascal.
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1974-1981
    Research Associate, Department of Biophysics & Theoretical Biology, 1979-1981
        Research on cell motility and chemotaxis using immunofluorescence, cinemicrography, and computer-aided film analysis. Contributed to data and motion analysis software. Upgraded data collection, analysis, simulation, and graphics software for biological experiments.  System: PDP-11/RT-11. Languages: Fortran, Basic.
    Research Assistant, Department of Biology, 1974-1979
        Research on cellular slime mold development using mutant selection, cinemicrography, computer-aided film analysis, and biochemical and behavioral assays of chemoattractants.
    Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, 1972-1974
    Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences
        Research on electron transfer enzyme activity in plasma membranes.
    Education
    Ph.D. in Biology, University of Chicago, 1979. Thesis subject: Computer analysis of cell motility and chemotaxis in the development of cellular slime molds.
    M.S. in Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 1974.
    B.S. in Biology and Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1972. Magna cum Laude; Ellis Memorial Scholarship; Brumbaugh Science Prize.
    Professional and Personal
    Ten publications in image processing and photogrammetry, molecular biology and cell biology. List of publications, reprints, and references available on request.
    Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1983-present).