Tommy Stanton

Resume of Tommy Stanton:
Computer programmer, UCLA Graduate

E-Mail: tommystanton@gmail.com
City of residence: Nashville, TN

Website: http://tommystanton.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tommy-stanton/38/918/7b0
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tommystanton
GitHub: http://github.com/tommystanton

Three years of experience programming in Perl
Two years of experience writing automated testing software and library documentation
Facilitated lead-oriented sales teams via software solutions
Five years of GNU/Linux usage, including personal server administration (tommystanton.com)
Proficient in the command-line interface

Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), Nashville, TN (2011 - present)
- ICA offers a software platform used to process, display, and manage electronic medical records.

- Integration Developer
  - Wrote JavaScript-powered parsing software that is used to normalize incoming patient data.
  - Analyzed inserted data in MySQL (the Model for the client-facing web application).
  - Maintained Integration toolchain of Perl-powered getopt command-line programs, used for workflow and analysis.

ValueClick Media, Westlake Village, CA (2010 - 2011)
- ValueClick Media is an ad-serving intermediary between online advertisers and publishers.

- Software Engineer
  - Designed and coded Catalyst-powered reporting tools used by employees responsible for advertiser accounts.
  - Maintained internal administrative web applications used for optimizing ad campaign performance.
  - Led team of twelve programmers to embrace test-driven development.

TigerLead Solutions, Los Angeles, CA (2009 - 2010)
- TigerLead Solutions provides a lead generation and management system to subscribing real estate agencies.

- Developer
  - Wrote business logic in Perl, used to administer the normalization of dozens of MLS feeds.
  - Collaborated with consultant Tim Bunce (author of DBI) in writing DBIx::Class code, then testing with DBIx::Class::Fixtures against a PostgreSQL database.

Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA (2008 - 2009)
- Bel Air Presbyterian Church is a multi-million dollar non-profit organization.

- IT Support Technician
  - Maintained computer infrastructure using Windows Server.
  - Kindly assisted staff with computer issues, using SysAid Help Desk software for ticketing.

Bachelor of Arts in Ethnomusicology, University of California at Los Angeles, 2008
- Program in Computing (UCLA Mathematics department) courses:
  - PIC 10A - Introduction to Programming (C++)
  - PIC 40A - Introduction to Programming for the Internet (XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Perl)
  - PIC 10B - Intermediate Programming (C++ data structures and object-oriented programming)

Supporter of Perl Mongers organizations and the Perl community
- Organized ThousandOaks.pm, contributed to LosAngeles.pm, had re-founded AnnArbor.pm
- Attends YAPC::NA ("Yet Another Perl Conference, North America")
Bluegrass musician: banjo, guitar, fiddle
- Re-founded, directed, and instructed the UCLA Bluegrass Ensemble, in which undergraduate and graduate students enroll and perform for course credit. The ensemble is vibrant and has brought several freshmen to UCLA's Ethnomusicology department in recent years, solidifying my legacy and contribution to bluegrass music in California.
Served as President of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Fraternity at UCLA

GNU/Linux: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS
Programming: Perl, SQL, XHTML, CSS, GNU Bash, JSON, XML, PHP, JavaScript, Ext JS
Perl CPAN modules: Moose, DBI, DBIx::Class, Catalyst, DateTime, Test::More, Template, HTML::Mason
Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle ("OCDB")
HTTP server: Apache, nginx, REST, FastCGI, CGI
DNS: BIND, NSD
Documentation: POD, Mediawiki
Version control: Git, GNU patch, Perforce, Subversion (SVN)
Command-line interface (CLI): GNU Screen, Vim, ack (grep), GNU Emacs
System administration ("sysadmin"): aptitude, apt-file, dpkg-query, yum, sysv-rc-conf, chkconfig, iptables, QEMU/KVM w/ libvirt, etckeeper, perlbrew, cpanminus