Benjamin R. Blank 4509 Margery Drive Email dark.ryder+jobs@gmail.com Fremont, CA 94538 Cell 510-229-9944 Web http://www.535design.com/people/ben.blank/ It is my opinion that programming is not the dry discipline it is sometimes made out to be, nor is it primarily a matter of memorizing APIs — to be a truly skilled programmer requires intuition, creativity, and adaptability. It requires understanding how a computer "thinks" and writing to that, regardless of the language used. For more than a decade, my passion for programming and the challenges it presents have driven me to aquire a broad skill base which is unique to no particular language or discipline. That same passion and those same skills can be put to work for *your* company and *your* products. Contact me by email or by cell. Qualifications -------------- Bachelor-degree-equivalent work experience in web development, application development, systems administration. Quick, intelligent learner with a solid work-ethic. Eligible for previously held top-level security clearance. Skills Skill Years Exp Last used .NET Framework 4 2008 AJAX 3 2008 Assembler 4 2000 C# 4 2008 C/C++ 4 2002 CSS 10 2008 Database Admin (MySQL) 4 2008 Database Design 4 2008 DHCP 1 2004 DNS 1 2004 Firewall 1 2004 HTML >10 2008 Java 2 2000 JavaScript/DHTML 8 2008 MS Office >10 2008 MySQL 4 2008 Network planning 3 2005 Perl 1 2004 PHP 6 2008 Python 5 2008 Shell script (bash) 6 2006 SQL 4 2008 Sys Admin (Desktop - Win, Mac) >10 2008 Sys Admin (Server - Mac, Linux) 7 2008 TCP/IP 10 2008 Tech support 9 2008 Technical writing 9 2007 VB.NET 4 2008 VPN 5 2008 Web Design 10 2008 Web Development 8 2008 XML 6 2008 XSLT 4 2008 Work history ------------ April 2008 - present Sabbatical / skills development. All work listed below is on a volunteer basis. Hell Has Found Me (http://www.scottv.com/ - site design and development) * development using PHP, JavaScript / jQuery, MySQL, and Python * design using HTML, CSS, and XML / XSLT * database design and administration using MySQL WoWWiki (http://www.wowwiki.com/ - MediaWiki "bot" development for mashup) * development using PHP, Python, and the MediaWiki template engine * interfacing with the MediaWiki API and performing non-API session authentication * datasourcing schema-less XML for inclusion into wiki pages May 2000 - April 2008 Contract to direct hire at Lawrence Livermore Labs, Senior Systems & Networks Technician. Web tool developer (internal use only) * development using PHP, JavaScript / jQuery, MySQL, and Python * design using HTML / XHTML, CSS, and XML / XSD / XSLT * database design and administration using MySQL Client tool developer (internal use only) * GUI development for the .NET Framework using C# and VB.NET * CLI development using Bourne shell script, PHP, and Python * cross-platform GUI development using XUL Quality assurance (of software to be used internally) * debugging, bug/behavior analysis * interfacing with developers Customer support * troubleshooting unfamiliar applications (i.e. fixing problems in software I had never used or been trained in) * interfacing with clients Web administrator (internal site) * Linux administration * Apache administration * MySQL administration * Bourne shell script, PHP, and Python Newsletter editor * design using HTML / XHTML CSS, and Apache SSI * development using JavaScript * technical writing Maintained a Top Security Clearance. September 1999 - January 2000 Direct hire at NetHelp International. Tier 1 phone support. Eureka, California. April 1992 - January 2000 Part time consulting business doing office support, network design, systems administration (desktop and server). Concurrent with high school and some college.