Chris Adams

Current

Software Developer at InDyne Inc. - NASA

Past

Senior Technology Analyst at Yale University
System Administrator at Salk Institute
Consultant at SimpleTech

Chief Technologist at Digitaria
QA Analyst / Project Specialist at Acucorp

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Chris Adams’s Summary

Programmer and System Administrator with broad experience in web applications and standalone business and scientific applications. Areas of interest: large-scale system automation, security, high-performance computing and scalable applications.

Chris Adams’s Specialties:

Web development using the Unix/MySQL/(Python/PHP/Perl) stack, usability, clustering, large-scale system administration, security

Chris Adams’s Experience

Software Developer

InDyne Inc. - NASA

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2009 — Present (2 months)
Senior Technology Analyst

Yale University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year)

Enterprise system interfaces & web development
System Administrator

Salk Institute

(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Research industry)

July 2001 — May 2008 (6 years 11 months)

System and network administration, software and web development
Consultant

SimpleTech

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; STEC; Computer Hardware industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
Chief Technologist

Digitaria

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

February 1999 — April 2001 (2 years 3 months)

I was brought in to launch the technical side for what was then a graphic design house. In addition to working directly on client projects (web and custom software development, database management, membership program management) I brought our internal services in-house and significantly expanded our internal IT resources, established Windows and Unix web hosting services for our clients, provided significant sales and project management assistance, and established an in-house training program to provide opportunities for employee advancement and to introduce emerging technologies to our skillset.
QA Analyst / Project Specialist

Acucorp

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1996 — January 1999 (2 years 7 months)

I started in the QA department testing our software development products on a wide variety of Unix variants, Windows, VMS, etc. and transitioned into an internal support role with more active software development and larger products such as developing a QA test management & reporting application and a comprehensive benchmarking suite.