People at Gna!: Silas Brill Resume & Skills

Follows Resume & Skills of Silas Brill <brilliand>.

Resume

Education

• B.S. in Computer Science (05/2010)
• Minor in Mathematics
• LeTourneau University, Longview, TX
• GPA: 3.27

Work Experience

Hyperthrive

(Fall 2011-present)

All of these projects were websites using PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript, made by a single programmer (me), but with other people supplying content, graphics, feature requests, etc. All of these projects used Mercurial for source control.

• Heavily customized and provided technical support (within the company) for the open-source CMS "Joomla!"
• Created a simple integration layer between Joomla! and the open-source shopping cart "Magento", and provided support and maintenance for that website as well
• Rewrote an ASP.NET application in PHP (based on observed output and the owner's description of necessary features)
• Wrote a web application to aid real estate investors in choosing reliable investments. This involved scraping the websites of several U.S. counties for detailed information on properties, and providing tools to efficiently filter and organize the resulting data. In this project, I was able to practice writing a reasonably complex framework, prioritizing tasks based on known business needs, and keeping large amounts of non-homogeneous data organized. I also obtained some experience with parallel processing, as a result of my choices when designing the framework.

Various companies owned by Brent Hauver

(Summers 2006-2010)

• Created database tools in Microsoft Access and performed SQL queries affecting thousands of records for Sage Health, a local health food store.
• Improved and maintained an ASP Classic-based E-commerce website for NatuRAW, as in the internship.
• Set up and maintained an E-commerce and marketing website for Sun Warrior, a manufacturer of protein supplements.
• Executed the shift from one platform ("Volusion," a closed-source E-commerce system) to another ("Magento," an open-source system written in PHP).

Computer Science Internship (NatuRAW)

(Spring/summer ‘09)

• Developed and maintained company website for a health food E-commerce business.
• Gained firsthand experience in XHTML and CSS with an ASP-based, database-driven backend using a Microsoft SQL Server database.
• Maintained and added features to the company website. Fixed corruption issues and debugged software flaws.
• Gained experience in Java and PHP programming.
• Gained experience in interfacing with closed-source software and interfacing with other software over the Internet.

Open Source Experience

The Battle for Wesnoth

(March 2012-present)

• Various small features and bugfixes in C++

Educational Experience

Project Experience

• Testing:
  • Gained experience in Java and C++ applications while serving on a five-person team responsible for testing a software-based student clicker application.
• Programming:
  • Experience with programming in Java, C, C++, VHDL, Prolog, Haskell and MIPS assembly language.
• Scripting:
  • Experience with JavaScript and various scripting languages used for creating game content.
• Design:
  • Experienced with designing object-oriented programs in Java and C++.

Educational Highlights

• National Merit Scholar
• Dean’s List
• Participated in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
  • 2007 regional competition
    • Placed 6th out of 28 among Division II teams
  • 2009 regional competition
    • Placed 2nd out of 32 among Division II teams
• Participated in school-sponsored community service projects
• Participated in campus intramural sports

Skills

Skill	Level	Experience
Prolog	Base Knowledge	< 6 Months
Lisp	Base Knowledge	< 6 Months
Subversion	Base Knowledge	< 6 Months
VPN	Base Knowledge	< 6 Months
C++	Good Knowledge	6 Mo - 2 yr
Java	Good Knowledge	6 Mo - 2 yr
JavaScript	Good Knowledge	6 Mo - 2 yr
XML	Good Knowledge	6 Mo - 2 yr
HTML	Good Knowledge	2 yr - 5 yr
MySQL	Good Knowledge	2 yr - 5 yr
PHP	Good Knowledge	2 yr - 5 yr
SQL	Good Knowledge	2 yr - 5 yr
The Gimp	Good Knowledge	2 yr - 5 yr