ryan@freebern.org, (802) 825-5810; Richmond, VT
I want to work with talented, thoughtful, creative, and kind people using the web to make the world better.
Union Street Media, March 2012 – Present; Burlington, VT
Technology strategy; engineering program management; engineering team management; technical writing; systems analysis; PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML; Linux, Apache, lighttpd, MySQL, memcached, Elasticsearch
As the working manager of the company's Engineering team, I am responsible for driving the company's technical strategy, turning that strategy into ambitious yet achievable projects, supporting, managing, and working with the distributed team of both domestic and overseas engineers who effect that strategy, and making sure the planning, communication, risk analysis, and constant feedback required are occurring. As a key part of the company's growth phase, I have tripled the size of the engineering team, modernized and improved our processes, tools, and abilities, built a robust and evolving workflow leading to high productivity as well as engineer engagement and fulfillment, formalized our hiring processes, improved communication and documentation throughout the company, and in general created an Engineering team that can effectively and consistently meet goals and deadlines to support the company's aggressive and ambitious growth plans.
Union Street Media, June 2008 – March 2012; Burlington, VT
PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML; Linux, Apache, lighttpd, MySQL, memcached; cloud computing; project management; team management; technical writing
My duties as lead developer were split between maintaining and enhancing USM's in-house CMS and its underlying infrastructure which powered websites for over 250 clients (at the time), managing and coordinating a team of four developers, and guiding the direction of the company's web technology strategy as a whole.
U.S. Army Game Project, March 2004 – May 2008; Remote
PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Perl, C, ActionScript; Linux, Apache, MySQL, UnrealIRCd; Flash
I helped build and maintain websites for the Army Game Project (America's Army), including an event scheduling and logistics web app, an intellectual property database web app, and I also modified and managed the America's Army IRC server and nick/channel services.
U.S. Coast Guard, September 2002 – September 2004; Groton, CT
ActionScript, HTML, Javascript, Visual Basic; Flash; writing
I developed three crewmember performance management training applications which were deployed to thousands of Coast Guard and commercial ships worldwide, and wrote documentation for each.
Syracuse University, 2002; Syracuse, NY
While focusing on learning the fundamentals of software engineering and development, I sought experience in a broad range of research areas. My studies included x86 assembly, C, C++, Java, LISP, Scheme, Haskell, Perl, cryptography, fractals, P2P networking, and AI.
Sunday, January 10, 2016