Derek D Owens

Derek D Owens

Software Developer

South Bend, Indiana Area

Current
Past
  • Systems Engineer at City of Bloomington, Indiana
  • System Administrator at Richmond Community Schools
  • Lead Systems Technician at Indianapolis Micro Systems
Education
  • Ball State University
Connections
40 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Derek D Owens’s Summary

Experienced system administrator, software developer and system architect, focused on Directory Services and web development on Unix/Linux platforms using Open Source tools. Interests in web services, infrastructure tools, cross-platform integration, and designing simple, loosely-coupled architectures.

Derek D Owens’s Specialties:

Platforms: UNIX/Linux, Windows/Win32

Computer Languages: Python, Jython, Ruby, JRuby, Perl, C#.NET, Java, C++, C, shell script, vbscript, javascript

Technologies: HTML, CSS, reStructured Text, XML (DTDs, RDF, XSchema, XPath), YAML, JSON, AJAX, SOAP, REST, LDAP

Applications: OpenLDAP, Sun Directory, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Active Directory, Apache HTTPD, Apache Tomcat, MIT Kerberos, FreeRADIUS, Tripwire


Derek D Owens’s Experience

  • Senior Developer

    University of Notre Dame

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    September 2000Present (8 years 11 months)

  • Systems Engineer

    City of Bloomington, Indiana

    (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)

    October 1998September 2000 (2 years)

    Test, evaluation, applications development and implementation of systems.

  • System Administrator

    Richmond Community Schools

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

    June 1993October 1998 (5 years 5 months)

  • Lead Systems Technician

    Indianapolis Micro Systems

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    June 1992June 1993 (1 year 1 month)


Derek D Owens’s Education

  • Ball State University

    Computer Science


Additional Information

Derek D Owens’s Websites:

Derek D Owens’s Groups:

Python Individuals

  •    The League of Professional System Administrators
  •    Python Community
  •    The Linux Foundation
  •    SAGE: The USENIX SIG for Sysadmins
  •    PyCon 2008
  •    jQuery
  •    The IT Architect Network
  •    The IT Developer Network
  •    EDUCAUSE

Derek D Owens’s Honors:

IT Infrastructure Leadership Award - ITS, City of Bloomington, Indiana, 2000


Derek D Owens’s Contact Settings

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