Quinn Weaver                quinn@fairpath.com           510-520-5217 (M)

                            Selected Work Experience

        * mod_perl and Databases *

April 2008 - September 2008:  eBay, Inc.:  StubHub division (contract)

  o Set up an Apache instance with mod_perl and Catalyst::Engine::Apache.
    Wrote VirtualHost directives to make the master Apache instance redirect to
    the two different apps depending on hostname.

  o Using Catalyst, TT, and simple DOM scripting, wrote an internal web
    interface for creating a branch in Perforce and granting user and group
    permissions on the branch.

  o Using Catalyst, TT, and jQuery (for UI animations and AJAX), wrote an
    internal web interface for an in-house Ant build system.  The purpose of
    the system was to let developers browse what versions of various EARs
    were installed on different development blades.

April 2007 - August 2007:  Yahoo! Inc. (part-time contract)

  o Using Apache::DProf, performance-tuned the mod_perl server for an internal
    web service.  Hacked Object::InsideOut to remove thread safety for a
    significant time savings (we were using the Apache 1.3, which uses a
    prefork model, so thread-safety was irrelevant).

February 2007 - July 2007:  iParadigms, LLC (part-time contract)

  o Performed the company's evaluation of Catalyst.  Wrote a prototype app:
    first wrote the database (PostgreSQL DDL), then chose libraries for
    templating, object-relational mapping, form-processing, and logging.

  o Then, with two other consultants, rewrote a legacy-but-profitable
    web site in Catalyst:  http://ithenticate.com/
  
January 2001 - April 2005 (time includes other projects):  Barclays Global
Investors
  
  o Using custom mod_perl handlers, designed and documented a web service to
    expose data from legacy databases in a consistent REST format.

  o Conducted the company's evaluation of Perl Web templating systems:
    Template Toolkit, HTML::Mason, and the ASP CPAN module.  Recommended
    Mason, which was adopted as the company standard.

  o Rewrote a legacy stock-trading system as a SOAP service, using Apache,
    mod_perl, SOAP::Lite.  Created a regression test framework to ensure
    identical results with legacy system.

  o Developed a web-based stock data visualization tool for portfolio managers
    as a RESTful XML web service with an XSLT front end (please don't try this).

October 1999 - January 2001:  Vovida Networks, Inc. / Cisco Systems, Inc.
systems administrator/programmer/tester (Cisco Acquired Vovida in November
of 2000)

  o Wrote a Perl CGI to display VoIP test results.

        * MySQL *

January 2008:  the Human Creativity Project (contract)

  o Wrote a database test harness for MySQL, plus some proprietary code that
    used it.  The Project later gave me permission to open-source the test
    harness; see code samples.

        * System Administration *

October 1999 - January 2001:  Vovida Networks, Inc. / Cisco Systems, Inc.
systems administrator/programmer/tester (Cisco Acquired Vovida in November
of 2000)

  o Built the company network and (Red Hat) desktops from 15 users to 70.
    Purchased and provisioned rack-mounted servers.  Administered LAN, DHCP
    service, Apache server.  Packaged in-house software as RPMs for installation
    on new machines.

June 1998 - October 1999 (time includes other projects):  Indiana University

o Acted as a consulting/troubleshooting sysadmin for a university of
  30,000 students.  My team of five handled all departments and labs;
  I was the Linux and Solaris specialist.

o Co-administered the Apache server for the group.

o Helped plan the curriculum and wrote some web pages for USAIL, a
  first-of-its-kind online course for training Unix systems administrators.
  The course is offline now ( see http://www.ussg.iu.edu/ ), but mirrored
  elsewhere ( see http://www.bga.org/~lessem/psyc5112/usail/ ).

        * Professional Activities *

President, San Francisco Perl Mongers, 2001-2008.  Booked and coordinated
presentations; gave talks; ran mailing list.

        * References *

Available upon request.