Chief Philosopher and Software Linguist
Greater Chicago Area
Chief Philosopher and Software Linguist
Greater Chicago Area
I am:
- a systems and application developer with more than a decade of experience.
- passionate about software quality and craftsmanship.
- fanatical about languages and multi-lingual programming.
- committed to staying current with trends and technologies.
- agile and test-infected.
- completely self-taught.
- Enterprise systems in C, C++, Java, Ruby, and Python
- Web interfaces with Dynamic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Object-oriented analysis and design
- Dynamic languages and functional programming
- Open source tools
- GNU/Linux
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Develop and maintain enterprise Java, Ruby/Rails, Perl, PHP, and Python applications for various clients, employing Agile/XP practices. Develop Web interfaces using Dynamic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern JavaScript libraries (Prototype, Script.aculo.us, jQuery). Present regularly on various topics related to Web 2.0 and polyglot programming.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SHLD; Retail industry)
July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 3 months)
Delivered in-house middleware tools and business applications using Java, Servlet/JSP, Struts, Jakarta Commons libraries, and Python.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Capital Markets industry)
July 2004 — April 2005 (10 months)
Implemented and supported high-availability intranet service and client libraries in C++. Delivered a variety of model-driven strategies in Python, focused on code-generation of APIs and language bindings.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1997 — October 2003 (6 years 5 months)
Designed and implemented high-performance web and database applications in C, C++, HTML, JavaScript, and SQL.
BA, Philosophy, 1991 — 1995
Technology, Philosophy, Music, Green, Family
Polyglot Programmers of Chicago
Chicago Java Users Group