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  • Resume

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     1= Resume =
     2Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience, primarily Linux kernel and distribution work
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     4Computer Engineering, B.S. and Mathematics, B.A. from Southern Methodist University, 1999, GPA: 3.8, Magna Cum Laude, with honors in the liberal arts.
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     7== Preferred Languages ==
     8Python, sh/bash, C/C++, and ARM/XScale assembly
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     11== Technical Experience ==
     12Added workflow capabilities to Trac, and gained /trunk commit privileges in 2007.[[BR]]
     13Brought source control (Subversion), bug tracking (Trac), build processes (BuildBot) and automated tools to a chaotic development environment.[[BR]]
     14Ported the iop321 XScale sub-architecture support from Linux 2.4 to Linux 2.5, merged into Russell King's tree (2.5.65-rmk1, 2.5.70-rmk1), and Linus's tree (2.5.62, 2.5.64, 2.5.68, 2.5.69).[[BR]]
     15Worked on four x86-based boards and seven ARM/XScale-based boards, from initial bring-up through deployment, including an upgrade to a new generation platform.[[BR]]
     16Linux kernel experience includes initial bring-up on new ARM/XScale boards; implementing a network driver, file-system, flash block device driver, numerous character device drivers; and modifying existing drivers.[[BR]]
     17Designed and implemented the build systems for the Linux distribution running on those boards, documented build and release procedures for the Software Configuration Management (SCM) group.[[BR]]
     18Analyzed NTP performance in a distributed Linux architecture and designed a system to augment NTP.
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     21== Philosophy (Or "How I Work") ==
     22 * Write code that is concise and clear.
     23 * Select a minimal set of modular tools and languages with maximum combined scope; learn them extensively; apply them appropriately; and continually reevaluate the possibilities.
     24 * Automate and augment as much as possible to reduce errors and speed up development.
     25 * Use source control to its fullest to capture forward progress, improve confidence in changes, improve teamwork, and increase manageability of development.
     26 * Watch the world around you; discern what is worth knowing; learn from other's successes and failures.
     27 * Use Free and Open Source Software everywhere you can; know "why" when you can't, and work to change that.
     28 * The path to performance is: fastest to implement first, then algorithmic improvements, then profiling guided improvements, then progressively lower languages with greater optimization. Tread no further down this path than you must.
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     31== Employment History ==
     32HEB Technologies (2008)[[BR]]
     33Software Engineer
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     35!CommProve Inc. (2006 - 2007)[[BR]]
     36Software Tools Engineer[[BR]]
     37Trac, Subversion, !BuildBot and integration thereof to improve reproducibility and automation.
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     39Tektronix Texas / Inet Technologies (1999 - 2006)[[BR]]
     40Software Engineer (Platforms)[[BR]]
     41Linux kernel and distribution work.
     42Software development process improvements, primarily improving the reproducibility of the product.
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     44"Ancient History" (pre-1999)[[BR]]
     45Freelance computer consulting since highschool, and a couple other computer related jobs.