Rob Hudson

Current

• Senior Programmer, Technical Lead at Oregon Center for Applied Science
• Web Developer at Hudson Web Consulting, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Senior Programmer, System Administrator at Internet Marketing Services
• Organic Chemist at Molecular Probes

Education

• University of Oregon
• Florida State University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Rob

Connections

106 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog

Rob Hudson’s Summary

Accomplished web application developer with excellent skills in scripting languages, databases and Linux. Interested in new web technologies and applying them appropriately leveraging toolkits and frameworks for efficiency.

Rob Hudson’s Specialties:

Research and development of flexible libraries bringing together many technologies to accomplish a given goal.

Rob Hudson’s Experience

• Senior Programmer, Technical Lead

  Oregon Center for Applied Science

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 9 months)

  Senior programmer developing multimedia health-based web applications. Design, develop and maintain key components of custom content management system (CMS), database front-ends, quality testing and installation scripts. Advise, research, and develop new technologies or tools and provide future technological vision to the company.

• Web Developer

  Hudson Web Consulting, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  Web consulting, including custom programming, system administration, and advising on current technologies.

• Senior Programmer, System Administrator

  Internet Marketing Services

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  November 1999 — January 2002 (2 years 3 months)

  Lead programmer developing dynamic data-driven websites, including inventory management systems, shopping carts, and community oriented websites. Install and maintain core technologies on the web server, including Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP, PGP, SSL, and security updates to the FreeBSD operating system.

• Organic Chemist

  Molecular Probes

  (Biotechnology industry)

  January 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 10 months)

Rob Hudson’s Education

• University of Oregon

  Computer Science 2005 — 2007

  3rd place out of 11, Local UofO Programming Contest, 2006
  Current GPA: 4.07
  Classes finished: Computer Science I,II,III; Computer Organization; Data Structures; Algorithms; Cryptography; Programming Languages.

• Florida State University

  Bachelor of Science , Biochemistry , 1992 — 1996

  Minor: Mathematics

  Activities and Societies:

  FSU Aquatics

Additional Information

Rob Hudson’s Websites:

• My Blog

Rob Hudson’s Interests:

New web technologies, Python, Django, Javascript toolkits (YUI, jQuery), AJAX, Linux, software architecture, programming challenges, homebrewing (owner/operator of Tastybrew.com).

Rob Hudson’s Groups:

Member of Lane County Chapter Software Association of Oregon (SAO)
Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux Group (EUGLUG), OSCON attendee, Django, Barcamp Attendee

•    Python Community
•    University of Oregon
•    Django
•    FSU Alumni and Students
•    UPE - Upsilon Pi Epsilon
•    Pinax
•    Eugene Beer & Blog

Rob Hudson’s Honors:

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) certified Junior Level System Administrator, August 2005
MySQL 4 Core Certification, October 2003

Paper: Bandwidth Constraints to Using Video and Other Rich Media in Behavior Change Websites
Brian G Danaher, PhD; Stephen A Jazdzewski; H Garth McKay, PhD; Clinton R Hudson
J Med Internet Res 2005;7(4):e49
<URL: http://www.jmir.org/2005/4/e49/>

Rob Hudson’s Contact Settings

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