Andrew F Broman | Web Developer

Background

Web Developer with excellent analysis and debugging skills; experience with Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, HTML, CSS; skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships with colleagues and customers; motivation to learn new technologies and constantly improve skills; consistency in meeting deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates; proficiency in maintaining quality results while streamlining processes; focused attention to detail; strengths in presentation skills, written communication, and problem solving.

Accomplishments

Architected a service-oriented system in Ruby on Rails and Sinatra for in-depth analysis of biological data, replacing a legacy PHP system.
Maintained two Apache/Nginx servers running on 64-bit Linux.
Designed, implemented, and maintained server management software in C and C++.
Redesigned and maintained testing lab consisting of a vast assortment of print and web servers.
Extensive teaching experience, training prison inmates in computer skills and instructing middle school students in music theory and math.
As a managing editor, cut manuscript turnaround rate by more than 80% through improving processes and diplomatically enforcing deadlines.

Experience

Software Engineer

University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry

2009–2010

Web Developer

Freelance

2007–2009

Managing Editor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Johns Hopkins University

2006–2007

Piano Teacher

Freelance

2001–2005

Corrections Educator

Columbia River Correctional Institution (through Portland Community College)

2002–2004

Software Engineer

Intel Corporation

1999–2001

Education

Ruby on Rails 3 Training

Pragmatic Studio

2010

Linux/Unix System Administration Certificate

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & O’Reilly School of Technology

2010

B.S., Computer Science

University of Kansas

1998

4.0 GPA

Skills

Ruby on Rails
PHP
XHTML/HTML/CSS
JavaScript/jQuery
Java
PHP
MySQL

LinkedIn	\|	afbroman
Website	\|	andrewbroman.com
Email	\|	broman@acm.org
Phone	\|	(608) 695-8360