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Short Bio

I recently graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering. I’m from Hillsboro, Oregon, and I’m currently an Embedded Systems Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Interests

  • Embedded Systems
    • Embedded Linux
    • Embedded Python
  • Operating Systems
    • Caching
    • Semaphores
    • Scheduling
    • Real-time
  • Linux
  • User Interface Usability
  • Ham Radio
  • Hiking
  • Cooking and grilling

Areas of Research and Work

  • Web accessibility
    • Accessibility for those with color deficient vision
  • Dynamic SVG rendering
    • SVG creation from PHP to create dynamic SVG images
    • Inkscape
  • BYU Mosaic Templates
    • I was the official maintainer of the BYU Mosaic (version 3) templates until a whole new branch of templates was released.
  • AJAX
    • Javascript
    • XML and XSLT
  • WAP/Mobile websites
  • Content management systems
    • Plone programming
    • I’m also developed a content management system for the Chemistry Department.
  • XML

Skills

  • PHP
  • Apache administration
    • mod_rewrite, mod_php and mod_proxy are my favorites
  • Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, some Oracle)
  • Embedded system implementation and design
  • XML, XSL, and XSLT
  • Graphic Design
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript (including AJAX and DHTML)
  • Information architecture
  • AJAX

Computer Languages

  • C
  • C++
  • Java
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Javascript
  • HTML, XML and similar markup languages
  • SQL

Honors, Activities and Experience

  • Ham Radio License (Amateur Extra Class)
  • Contributor to RoundCube webmail open source project
  • Eagle scout
  • Designed a website for Glencoe High School that won $1500 in an Oregon Public Education Network website content
  • OASSA Honor Team For Computer Science
  • Oregon Honor Roll
  • Captain of 1999 Glencoe High School Science Bowl Team that took 4th place in the region
  • Mission for the LDS Church in Romania for two years (May 2000-2002)
  • President, BYU Amateur Radio Club (September 2004-2005)
  • Interested in weather forecasting
  • Trained as part of the Hillsboro, Oregon Community Emergency Response Team
  • Interested in astronomy