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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