Brendan Adkins
Address and phone
available upon request
xorph@xorph.com
Related Work Experience
June 2006 - Present:
Consulting Web Developer,
iNDELIBLE.tv
Analyzed existing code and implemented changes for simplest solutions to redesign issues under strict time constraints
Utilized prior experience and education in reviewing both raw code and rendered pages to create a seamless user experience
Delivered timely results for clients including Citi Futures, AOL, Rich & Skinny Jeans, and Cook's Illustrated Magazine
July 2005 - July 2006:
Systems Analyst, Trover Solutions Inc.
Continued enterprise administrative duties from previous position and took charge of multiple lines of data
Scripted and maintained screen-scraping programs to circumvent data feed problems
Established requirements, then designed, developed and deployed system enhancements for multiple clients
Made use of Oracle Forms Builder 9i, Allround Automations PL/SQL Developer 7, and QVCS version control
March 2005 - March 2008:
Web Designer, Arts Commission of Danville and Boyle County
(
dbc-arts.org
)
Accommodated requirements and resources of a small nonprofit organization
Designed standards-compliant tabular and CSS layout
Developed user-friendly MySQL / PHP backend, including news system, file archive, calendar, member profiles
January 2005 - May 2005:
Co-author, "Graph Building as a Mining Activity: Finding Links in the Small"
Primary author: Dr. Mehmed Kantardzic, University of Louisville
Designed and scripted MySQL parser for large text data set, then wrote module for node-link similarity mining
Paper presented at the Eleventh ACM SIGKDD International Conference, August 2005
June 2003 - July 2005:
Software Intern, Trover Solutions Inc.
Self-taught to understand and investigate four-year-old Oracle and Java software system with hundreds of thousands of lines of code
Performed quality assurance from both developer and user perspectives
Developed SQL-based bridge between independent issue-tracking and timekeeping systems
Administered enterprise-level timekeeping system
Technical Specialties
Cross-browser, standards-compliant, bloat-free HTML/CSS implementation
Low-overhead Javascript and Ajax development (Prototype and Scriptaculous included)
LAMP / PHP development (equally comfortable with object-oriented and procedural code)
Fluent in Java, Python, C#, XML, MySQL, Oracle PL/SQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server
Experienced in use of MS Office and OpenOffice, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Visual Studio 2005, Audacity and Subversion
Education
BS in Computer Science and Dramatic Arts, Centre College (2003)
MS in Computer Science, Speed School of Engineering at University of Louisville (2005)
Other
Write a new 101-word story daily, Monday through Friday, at
ommatidia.org
Play hand percussion (cymbals, bongos, congas)
Performed long-form improv comedy with local troupe Street Legal
Built the computer on which this was typed