Chad Clark                          
                                          
chad.resume@superfrink.net                (403) 619-5884

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Synopsis:

- Views computers as a tool to help meet client needs.
- Experience programming in a variety of languages.
- System administration experience with Unix based systems.


Programming:

- Proficient in C/C++, Perl, PHP.
- Database experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Used various other programming languages including bash, Java, Prolog,
  Python, Scheme, and a few assembly languages.


System Administration:

- Proficient in Linux and OpenBSD.
- Built web interfaces to simplify tasks such as configuring services to
  reduce administration time.
- Experience maintaining a variety of server software for 1800 customers:
  Apache, Asterisk, BIND, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ProFTPd, and qmail.


Education:

- B.Sc. in Computer Science at the University of Calgary.  B+ average 
  over 4 years.  Degree concentration in embedded systems.
- Graduated with first class honors from Lord Beaverbrook Sr. High.
  Three years of electronics courses included amplifier circuits and
  construction of a simple computer from 7400 series integrated circuits.


Experience:

- November 2009 - Present
  Software Architect with Shaw Communications

- August 2006 - November 2009
  System Administration and Development with Bernoulli Networks

  Activities included: Documenting procedures and system design, unix
  server administration, writing scripts, evaluating new software and
  hardware, hiring, and training.

  Software administered included: Asterisk, Apache, Bind9, MediaWiki,
  Motorola's Prizm, MySQL, Nagios, OpenBSD's pf, OpenVPN, postfix,
  PostgreSQL, qmail, Request Tracker, Subversion, VmWare.

  Wrote scripts for monitoring and graphing of servers, networks, and
  sensor data using BASH, MRTG, MySQL, Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, Python,
  RRDtool, and SNMP.

  Configured Asterisk VOIP PBX for in-house use and several clients.
  Programmed on-call and holiday schedules with Perl and AGI.

  Built a shared web hosting system using chroot to let sites customize
  their environment without conflicting with other sites.

- March 2005 - July 2006
  Engineering/Research Programmer with Codefast Inc.

  Multi-platform development in C.  Tasks related to source code
  dependency calculations using graph algorithms, source code
  directory tree analysis and, extracting information from source
  code build processes.

  Duties include supporting the front line, release testing, and
  debugging application code on nine platforms.

- May 2003 - March 2005
  Senior Programmer with Webcore Labs Inc. and Evolvs Media Inc.

  Worked on several projects with Webcore Labs including mailing list
  software in C.  Developed a Virtual Server from web servers using
  Perl and iptables to improve service uptime.

  Wrote scripts to monitor and restart a dead application and send alerts
  as well as scripts to log and graph server information.  Responsible
  for reading security alert lists.

  Also participated in back-end web development that included:

    a-channel.com
    birchdesign.com
    istockphoto.com
    littlerockdocuments.com
    pamz.org

- September 2002 - January 2003
  Acting Network Administrator for Purple Buffalo Networks

  Responsible for maintaining a small network that provided web and mail
  services.  Setup DNS and wrote a whitelist based mail filter.

- August 2001 - August 2002
  Sys Admin and Programmer with Webcore Labs Inc. (see above)

- May 2001 - July 2001
  General Labour contracted to Opus Building Corporation
  for the new BW Technologies Ltd. office building.

- May 1995 - May 2001
  Store Key-Holder with Marks Work Wearhouse

  Various duties including sales, opening and closing the store, bank
  deposits and bank change trips, staff schedules, entering payroll
  hours, stock orders, training, cleaning bathrooms, almost everything.


Personal Projects / Interests:

- Wrote a tutorial on adding system calls to i386 Linux which has been
  referenced by several operating system course's lab components.
- Wrote a tool to determine words related to a phrase using google.com.
- Wrote a tool to show ebay.com items for sale in maps.google.com.


Previous Activities:

- One year as Vice President Academic for the University of Calgary's
  Computer Science Undergraduate Society (CSUS).
- Wrote and contributed to tutorials on Account Security and, Debugging
  Strategies for CSUS.
- Co-authoring and presenting an introduction to UNIX workshop for
  students new to computer science at the University of Calgary.
- Sold programs at Calgary Stampeders games for the Variety Club of
  Southern Alberta.
- Five years of activities with the Cubs and Boy Scouts including
  three elected positions.