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Summary
- Designer, programmer and administrator of systems for the web (using Perl, Apache, MySQL, JavaScript, et al.) since 1997
- Unix (FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, etc.) sysadmin and C programmer since 1989
- Substantial experience in databases, source code debugging and optimization, open source software, search engine optimization, website traffic analysis, security, and more
- B.Sc. degree (Advanced) in Computational Science, and a Solaris Certified System Administrator
Experience
| Technical Consultant | Nesbitt & Associates |
| May 2001 -- present | Vancouver, BC |
Through my Vancouver-based company, Nesbitt & Associates,
I provide my clients with expert skills in the following technologies:
- Programming Languages: Perl, C, Erlang, JavaScript, Bourne Shell, PHP
- Operating Systems: FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, MS Windows, OpenBSD
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
- Cpan: DBI, DBIx::Class, Class::DBI, Template::Toolkit, HTML::Template, CGI::Application
- Other: Apache, mod_perl, qmail, Postfix, Catalyst, Interchange, pfSense, Zenoss, DRBD, Subversion
I use the technologies listed above to accomplish these types of tasks:
- Development and streamlining of small business and e-commerce systems and processes
- Development of customized browser-based database reporting/updating tools
- Analysis and optimization of MySQL installations, applications, schemas and queries
- Unix/Linux system administration, and the optimization and debugging of Unix/Linux software
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and placement, website traffic analysis and data mining
| Senior Software Developer | Simply Marketing, Inc. |
| January 2003 -- April 2004 | Vancouver, BC |
At Simply Marketing, I was responsible for the development and continuous enhancement of all in-house software, including:
- website shopping carts (CGI interfacing with databases and payment processors)
- customized interfaces to databases for internal company use, such as order and inventory management, sales reports, and automated UPS shipping
- search engine optimization, web traffic analysis, correlation of search keywords to sales, site rollout and security, and spam control
Key technologies: Perl, FreeBSD, Linux, MySQL, DBI, CGI, Apache
| Technical Lead/Senior Developer | ActiveState Corporation |
| December 1997 -- April 2001 | Vancouver, BC |
I was one of ActiveState's first employees. My duties included:
- Development of the Perl Package Manager (PPM), a system for distributing binary versions of CPAN extensions and modules for Microsoft Windows and multiple Unix variants
- Technical Lead for quarterly releases of PerlDirect--a Quality-Assured CD-ROM containing binaries of Perl and popular CPAN modules and extensions for MS Windows and Unix platforms
- Technical Lead for PerlEx, a multi-threaded Windows IIS Web server plug-in for accelerating Perl CGI scripts (similar to mod_perl's Apache::Registry)
- Technical Lead for an Intel-sponsored effort to port and optimize Perl for the Itanium 64-bit CPU
- System administration of all Unix (Solaris, AIX, Linux, HP-UX) systems
- Contributions to numerous CPAN modules and extensions (including Storable, SOAP-Lite, DBI, XML-Parser and GD)
- Presented talks at the 2000 Usenix Technical Conference and the 1999 Perl Conference
Key technologies: Perl, C, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, MS Windows, mod_perl
| Senior Development Analyst | IBM Canada, Toronto Software Laboratory |
| March 1996 -- July 1997 | Toronto, Ontario |
At IBM, I worked on the VisualAge Debugger, a multi-platform, multi-language debugger (receiving an Invention Achievement Award for my work on a "Remote Debugger for Client/Server Applications", a technology for which IBM submitted a patent application), and added debugger support for Intel MMX CPUs.
Key technologies: C, C++, assembly language, AIX, MS Windows, TCP/IP network programming
| Software Developer | SCO Canada, Inc. |
| April 1993 -- February 1996 | Toronto, Ontario |
At SCO, I modified the C compiler and libraries to ensure ANSI C Standard and NIST conformance. I was also responsible for enhancements and bug-fixes to the SCO Development System debuggers (dbx, dbxtra, adb and sdb), and to the C compiler and libraries. I added support for ELF object files, DWARF debugging information and DLLs to the debugger suite and other software development tools for SCO OpenServer 5.0. I served as the Development System team's "escalation" support person, responsible for resolving critical problems for high-priority customers.
Key technologies: C, assembly language, SCO Unix, Unix kernel internals
| Software Programmer | Spectra Securities Software Inc. |
| February 1992 -- March 1993 | Toronto, Ontario |
Wrote client/server financial applications (Mutual Fund order-entry systems) for various Unix platforms.
Key technologies: C, SCO Unix, TCP/IP network programming and SQL
Education/Certification
- Sun Certified System Administrator (CSA) for Solaris 8, 2002
- B.Sc. (Advanced) in Computational Science from the University of Saskatchewan, 1991
Other
- Received an IBM Invention Achievement Award for my work on a "Remote Debugger for Client/Server Applications"
- Instructed two Solaris Certified System Administrator college-level courses in 2002
- Have operated UnixPorting.com, a consulting portal for Unix software support, since 2001
- Presented at the 2000 Usenix Technical Conference and the 1999 Perl Conference