I seek both full time positions and direct consulting clients interested in creating high quality software. I have the skills and expertise to design anything from integrated database applications to a web presence from the ground up. Combined with my excellent communication skills and teamwork abilities, I can integrate into any environment quickly and easily. I pay strict attention to testing to ensure stable and high performing systems.

Skills

• Fluent in Perl, Java, Visual Basic Script, ASP, C, C++, Lisp, Scheme, CLIPS, Haskell, Factor, Ruby Various Assembly Languages, PL/SQL, Prolog, Javascript, Most Microsoft Technologies including MS SQL Server, Office plugins and Qi.

• Expert user and designer for most Microsoft software with a multi-year experience due to MSDN subscription access. I have designed both native and web applications from the ground up including software installation, programming, testing, and production deployment. This includes both .Net platform experience and the older ADO/DAO technologies.

• Experienced with Unix in general and Linux in particular including setup and configuration of boxen to meet software needs

• Expert in Object Oriented Perl

  • Designing Perl programs with good Object Oriented practices

  • Knowledge of CPAN modules that deal with Packages and Objects

  • Comprehension of Perl guts that revolve around Objects

• Very strong non Object Oriented Perl skills including

  • Socket communications

  • CGI and other web modules

  • HTMLmason and other embedded perl preprocessors

  • Regular Expressions

  • Embedding perl via XS extension

• Great high, mid, and low level debugging skills

• Self motivated. I maintain and develop for several open source projects and have taught myself several languages and systems.

• Excellent knowledge of Artificial Intelligence programming techniques including Agent design, Expert System Knowledge engineering, Neural Network Programming, Natural Language Processing, and Logic Programming

• Excellent knowledge of HTML, XHTML, Javascript and Ajax based technologies including Ruby on Rails and Seaside

• Deployed several high availability web sites, both working with large teams and as an independent contractor

• Unix Administration, network and application programming.