Edward Brannin's Resume (Last updated July 24th 2007)

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Edward S. Brannin
Rochester, NY 14617 USA

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OBJECTIVE

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To make solid software that people want to use.

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SKILLS

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Languages: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Java, ActionScript, SQL, PHP, C, C++, Lisp

Software: Ruby on Rails, Subversion, CVS, JUnit, rspec, Photoshop, Illustrator

Operating Systems: Unix (Gentoo & Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD), Mac OS X, Windows

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EDUCATION
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2001 - 2006	Rochester Institute of Tech.	Rochester, NY
BS in Computer Science; Japanese Language minor -

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WORK EXPERIENCE
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March 2007 - September 2007 ICE Lab Manager	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY
Set up several venues for many-way video conferencing Choosing hardware, coordinating vendors and installers on a budget of $86,000. Wrote a wxPython program for an NSF grant on classroom captioning: sent text from Dragon NaturallySpeaking to several remote viewers; distributed with py2exe and the Nullsoft installer. -
June 2006 - February 2007 Web Developer	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY
Cleanup of TwoWayWeb: a real-time Wiki written in Python and JavaScript. Uses AJAX to transmit updates to all visitors of a page as they occur. Ported TwoWayWeb to Jython (Java+Python) and packaged it in a Firefox extension. Setup and maintenance of a Trac, SVN and demo server. -
2004 PHP Developer	Ruby Bay Development (Startup)	Rocheter, NY
Developed a database-driven website with PHP and MySQL, from the ground up. Senior developer; worked on a team of 2-7 people. -

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COURSE WORK

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Data Communications 2: Simulated the RIP Routing Protocol in Java 1.5.

Game AI: Wrote a team of Unreal Tournament bots in Ruby.

Interface Design: Evaluated several rapid collaboration systems, made and tested usability of a real-time wiki.

Interactive Digital MM: Wrote a Hangman game in Flash and Actionscript.

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PERSONAL

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Board of Directors, St. Irenaeus Ministries

Empty Sky Go club (Strength: ~7 Kyu)

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