Benjamin R. Blank
4509 Margery Drive
Fremont, CA 94538
dark.ryder+jobs@gmail.com
510-229-9944
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 acquire 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.
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.
| 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 |
Sabbatical / skills development. All work listed below is on a volunteer basis.
Hell Has Found Me (<link>http://www.scottv.com/</link> — 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 (<link>http://www.wowwiki.com/</link> — 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
Contract to direct hire at Lawrence Livermore Labs, Senior Systems & Networks Technician.
- development using PHP, JavaScript / jQuery, MySQL, and Python
- design using HTML / XHTML, CSS, and XML / XSD / XSLT
- database design and administration using MySQL
- 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
- debugging, bug/behavior analysis
- interfacing with developers
- troubleshooting unfamiliar applications (i.e. fixing problems in software I had never used or been trained in)
- interfacing with clients
- Linux administration
- Apache administration
- MySQL administration
- Bourne shell script, PHP, and Python
- design using HTML / XHTML CSS, and Apache SSI
- development using JavaScript
- technical writing
Maintained a Top Security Clearance.
Direct hire at NetHelp International. Tier 1 phone support. Eureka, California.
Part time consulting business doing office support, network design, systems administration (desktop and server). Concurrent with high school and some college.