Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc.
Greater Boston Area
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- Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc.
- Security Officer of Fedora Infrastructure at Fedora Project
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- Software Engineering Intern at Red Hat, Inc.
- Software Engineering Co-op at Goodrich Corporation
- Gentoo Linux Security Advisory Coordinator at Gentoo Linux Foundation
- Senior Desktop Support Representative at RIT Information & Technology Services
- Education
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- Rochester Institute of Technology
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Luke Macken’s Summary
Software developer experienced in a vast plethora of programming languages, open and proprietary tools, and community-driven software development.
Luke Macken’s Specialties:
Experienced in the fields of operating system implementation and sustainment, security auditing, forensics, penetration testing, as well as creating highly-scalable realtime web applications. Well versed in Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby, Perl, Bash, x86/mips assembley, HTML/XML, Javascript
Luke Macken’s Experience
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Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Developing and maintaining infrastructure, tools, and packages for the Fedora Project, while keeping a strong involvement with the open source community.
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Security Officer of Fedora Infrastructure
Fedora Project
(Computer Networking industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Working on the improvement and sustainment of the security of Fedora's Infrastructure, while helping to facilitate community involvement.
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Software Engineering Intern
Red Hat, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 4 months)
Developing and maintaining infrastructure, tools, and packages for the Fedora Project, while keeping a strong involvement with the open source community.
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Software Engineering Co-op
Goodrich Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GR; Defense & Space industry)
November 2004 — May 2005 (7 months)
Designed and developed software for the ground station of the SYERS-2 optical sensor on the U-2 spy plane. Worked with Image Scientists and Image Analysts to develop software to aid in the producing, screening, and exploitation of imagery from the sensor.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory Coordinator
Gentoo Linux Foundation
(Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)
February 2004 — May 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Was tasked with providing timely information about security vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux. Worked directly with vendors, end users and other OSS projects to ensure all security incidents are responded to quickly and professionally. Helped draft security advisories for resolved vulnerabilities and distributed them to major security mailing lists.
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Senior Desktop Support Representative
RIT Information & Technology Services
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2002 — October 2004 (2 years )
Worked with a highly coupled team to troubleshoot faculty and staff computer problems. Troubleshooted various computer issues over the phone and in person.
Developed procedures and documentation for emerging technologies.
Luke Macken’s Education
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Rochester Institute of Technology
BS , Computer Science BS, Philosophy Minor , 2002 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of Computer Science House
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Luke Macken’s Interests:
open source, linux, programming, technology, music, zazen, philosophy
Luke Macken’s Groups:
Current involvement with the Fedora Project and the Computer Science House at RIT. Past involvement with the Gentoo Project and KernelTrap.org.
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Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Luke Macken’s Honors:
First Place in the CSH/Red Bull Programming Competition - Member of Team Perl, April 2004
Second Place in the Crowe/SPARSA Information Security Talent Search - Rochester Institute of Technology, October 2003
Participation in the 18th Annual High School Programming Contest - Western New England College School of Arts and Sciences, March 2002
Lous Beeh Scholarship/Engineering and Applied Science Award - East Longmeadow High School, June 2002
Luke Macken’s Contact Settings
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