Paul Hummer

Current

• Software Engineer at Canonical Ltd.
• Owner at Iron Lion Software & Consulting

Past

• Software Engineer at Mocapay
• Software Engineer at Precision Technologies
• Network Engineer at CompuTEK Dental Systems

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Landing Page
• My Resume

Paul Hummer’s Summary

Technology changes. One day, after working the same job for 10 years, many people find they have no current skills in the today's technology field, or the skills they do have became a commodity long ago. I will not be one of those people. If my professional career becomes dull, I use my personal time to remain sharp, to stay at the bleeding edge, and to understand my craft well.

I am an open source enthusiast, a tinkerer, and a problem solver. I often find myself writing the glue to two different pieces of software that would make a very good fit. I pride myself on being dynamic, quick to absorb new technologies, quick to propose new ideas (even if they are hair-brained much of the time).

Paul Hummer’s Specialties:

Python, Perl, PHP, Javascript, C/C++, Java, Linux, embedded development (robotics, FPGAs), Ruby
Web development - Zope, Django, jQuery, YUI, ExtJS, Rails, Ajax

Paul Hummer’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Canonical Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Canonical's Launchpad product aims to be the "be all end all" of open source development. As a member of the Launchpad Code, I help to integrate the Bazaar version control system with Launchpad and its features.

• Owner

  Iron Lion Software & Consulting

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years)

  Iron Lion aims to help plan and implement technical solutions for companies who require a low time-to-market, but with a stable and maintainable infrastructure.
  
  Being in a dynamic environment means staying ahead of competition, understanding the newest technologies and toolkits, and providing scalable, stable, and quick solutions. Languages and frameworks include python/Django, Ruby/rails, php, javascript (jQuery, Extjs...), Java (J2EE, Android...). Much of my time is spent on research of these technologies, so that my customers have the benefit of developers who have run the gamut of programming technologies.

• Software Engineer

  Mocapay

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)

  As a new startup, Mocapay provides a cell phone sms payment system. As a software engineer, my role is to provide support to existing code, add new features, and to provide documentation and use-case scenarios.
  
  The nature of a startup required many skills, many of which I already had, and many that I had to pick up quickly.

• Software Engineer

  Precision Technologies

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

  February 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 7 months)

  Precision Technologies is a startup specializing in contract software development services. As part of the Precision team, I was exposed to many different projects, and learned many things from many knowledgeable peers.
  
  The specific assignment I worked on was a social networking framework called Bakomatic. Funded by the Bakersfield Californian, Bakomatic helped to bring new demographics to the newspaper through it's social participation sites (http://people.bakersfield.com, http://www.bakotopia.com), and eventually evolved into a licensable product, used by sites such as http://www.amp.az and http://www.thejhub.com

• Network Engineer

  CompuTEK Dental Systems

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2001 — February 2006 (4 years 10 months)

  COMPUtek Dental Systems was a leader in its field when it was decided they would move away from designing CAD software systems and focus on dental office technology integration.
  
  While working for COMPUtek, I had many different positions, starting in the shipping and receiving area, moving to inventory control, then moving to field work, then to project management, and finally finishing my time there as the network engineer, assisting with the planning and implementation of the dental technology integration, ensuring that the proper software and hardware were available to field technicians and assisting in R&D

Additional Information

Paul Hummer’s Websites:

• My Landing Page
• My Resume

Paul Hummer’s Interests:

software engineering, new technology, robotics, snowboarding

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