| Brian Connors 21 Captain Chase Rd. South Yarmouth, MA 02664 US connorbd@yahoo.com |
Primary Phone:508-398-4299 URL: http://www.oocities.org/connorbd |
| OBJECTIVE | I am primarily a Perl developer on Unix (Linux and MacOS X) as well as an occasional Mac developer. Right now I am looking for either contract or permanent work doing systems or application development. |
| TARGET JOB | Desired Job Type: | Employee, Contract |
| Desired Status: | Full-Time |
| Salary: | at least $35,000.00 US Per Year |
| Site Location: | On-Site |
| Description of my perfect job: My ideal job would be doing Unix or MacOS development (systems, applications, Web development, even games). |
| Career Level: | Entry Level (less than 2 years of experience) |
| Date of Availability: | Negotiable |
| TARGET COMPANY | Company Size: | Medium (25 - 1000) |
| Category: | Computers, Software |
| Description of my ideal company: I'm looking for a relaxed atmosphere (minimal dress code, etc), reasonable stability, approachable management, and most importantly the freedom to control work I do on my own time (I've done several Open Source projects and want to continue doing my part). Pre-IPO, etc. is not particularly important; I just want to know that if I'm hired on a permanent basis I will probably have a job two years from now. |
| TARGET LOCATIONS | Relocate: | Yes |
| US-CA-San Francisco | US-CA-Silicon Valley/San Jose | US-CT |
| US-MA-Boston | US-MA-Framingham/Worcester | US-NC-Raleigh/Durham-RTP |
| US-NH-Southern | US-RI | US-CA-Silicon Valley/Peninsula |
| US-MA-Boston South | US-MA-Boston North |
| WORK STATUS | US | I am authorized to work in this country for any employer. |
| EXPERIENCE | 9/2003-current | Borders Books and Music | Hyannis, MA |
| Truck to Floor Team |
| Responsible for getting inventory from the back room to the sales floor, as well as some merchandising setup. Duties include maintenance of the remainder section and occasional supervision of special needs school-to-work students from Sandwich High School. |
| 1/2002 - 2/2002 | PCs For Everyone | Cambridge, MA |
| PC Tech |
| Built and serviced Windows and Linux-based PC systems. |
| 7/2001 - 1/2002 | Borders Books and Music | Boston, MA |
| Bookseller |
| Served customers looking for books, music, and videos; duties included information desk (finding information on books for customers) and maintaining the store Computer and Business section. |
| 4/1999 - 9/1999 | Westport Group | Belmont, MA |
| Visual Basic Developer |
| Designed and implemented Visual Basic front ends to an IBM AS/400 database server in a manufacturing environment. Required interface design skills as well as back-end glue code implementation. |
| 3/1998 - 2/2001 | Starbucks Coffee Company | Belmont, MA |
| Retail Specialist |
| Responsible for educating partners and customers about Starbucks' entire retail product line, including espresso machines and whole-bean coffee; prepared and served beverages in a high-pressure team environment. |
| 5/1996 - 8/1996 | Belmont Hill School | Belmont, MA |
| Capital Inventory |
| Built inventory database for the school on FileMaker Pro/MacOS. Involved conversion from Microsoft Excel format and extensive (power-user level) familiarity with both FileMaker and the MacOS environments. |
| 5/1995 - 9/1995 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| User Assistant |
| User-level technical support by telephone and testing of on-campus broadband cable/data systems during implementation phase (worked with Continental Cablevision (now AT&T Broadband) and Nortel systems). Broadbased familiarity with MacOS and Windows systems and applications required, as well as a small amount of basic networking knowledge (10Base-T ethernet, CATV, telephone). |
| EDUCATION | 5/1998 | Boston College | US-MA-Chestnut Hill |
| Bachelor's Degree |
| I was a major in Computer Science. I am, strictly speaking, one class short of a full degree; I have not completed it primarily due to financial issues and intend to complete that class as soon as I can afford to. |
| SKILLS | Skill Name | Skill Level | Last Used | Experience |
| Perl | Intermediate | Currently used | 2 years |
| MacOS Classic | Expert | Currently used | 8 years |
| Unix (Linux) | Intermediate | Currently used | 5 years |
| Windows 9x/NT | Beginner | 2 years ago | 5 years |
| Unix (BSD/Darwin) | Intermediate | Currently used | 1 years |
| Visual Basic | Beginner | 2 years ago | 1 years |
| FileMaker Pro | Intermediate | +4 years ago | 1 years |
| C | Intermediate | Currently used | 5 years |
| C++ | Beginner | +4 years ago | 2 years |
| Java | Beginner | 3 years ago | 2 years |
| REFERENCES | Tom Sheridan | Westport Group |
| Phone Number: | 617-489-0789 |
| Reference Type: | Professional |
| Anne Kessler | Starbucks | Shift Supervisor |
| Phone Number: | 617-489-6792 |
| Reference Type: | Professional |
| Frances J. Smith | Starbucks Coffee Company | Store Manager |
| Phone Number: | Contact via Starbucks Coffee Co. (Newburyport store) |
| Reference Type: | Professional |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
I am the maintainer of several Open Source projects (information available
at my website), the largest of which is var'aq, a full-scale implementation
of a programming language designed in Klingon that was written up in the
1/19/2001 issue of Entertainment Weekly; I am also responsible for a program
called hc that is essentially a calculator for people who do low-level programming.
It must be noted that a lot of my experience is as a power user and/or student using the system in question in the course of my daily work; I also do occasional consulting work for home users and the like. |