Software Engineer at Red Hat and Open Source Advocate
Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Software Engineer at Red Hat
- Past
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- Associate Software Engineer at Red Hat
- Software Developer at nCipher Inc.
- Assistant Systems Administrator at Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science
- Internet Applications Specialist at National Research Council Canada
- Education
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- Dalhousie University
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James Bowes’s Summary
Software Developer focused on the engineering aspects of software construction, planning, and team interaction. Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
James Bowes’s Specialties:
Java, Python, C
James Bowes’s Experience
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Software Engineer
Red Hat
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Python hackery on Red Hat Network's hosted offering (http://rhn.redhat.com), with occasional forays into Java and Perl.
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Associate Software Engineer
Red Hat
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 2 months)
General Python hackery on Red Hat Network, including contributions to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Software Developer
nCipher Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — February 2006 (10 months)
Enterprise application Java development. Drastically improved performance via decreasing memory usage.
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Assistant Systems Administrator
Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2002 — August 2003 (1 year)
Assited in managing a network of Solaris, Linux, and Windows computers.
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Internet Applications Specialist
National Research Council Canada
(Government Agency; Computer Software industry)
2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
Developed Java servelets with SQL backends.
James Bowes’s Education
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Dalhousie University
Bachelor, Computer Science, 1999 — 2004
Honors level student. Focused on software engineering, compilers and languages.
- Activities and Societies:
- ACM Student Chapter
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James Bowes’s Websites:
James Bowes’s Interests:
digital photography, reading novels, board games, cooking
James Bowes’s Groups:
GNOME Foundation, PackageKit, Yum
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Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCE)
James Bowes’s Contact Settings
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