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Short Bio

I graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering in 2007. I’m originally from Hillsboro, Oregon, but now I’m a Firmware Engineer for Hewlett Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado.

So far this year in 2009, I’ve purchased my first home and got married to Sandy Carter, who is now Sandy Brunson.

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++
  • HTML, XML and similar markup languages
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Python
  • 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, 1999
  • 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 and reporting
  • Trained as part of the Hillsboro, Oregon Community Emergency Response Team
  • Interested in astronomy