Areas of expertise/specialization

Technical

• Software development
  • Languages, from most experience to least:
    • Python
      • I authored a semi-popular python library for multilingual verb conjugation (verbecc)
        • It is referenced in academic publications
        • 97 stars on GitHub
        • 719 downloads per month
        • Six languages supported (all of the major Romance languages)
        • Includes ML prediction
    • Java
    • Bash
    • C#
    • C++
    • C
    • Go
    • Misc (Groovy, Lua, Ruby, Tcl, …)
• Linux
  • NGINX (proxy config, rewrite rules, etc.)
  • Docker
  • Bash scripting
  • sysadmin
  • Libvirt, KVM/QEMU
  • ffmpeg
  • you name it
• Security/Encryption
  • selinux
  • OpenSSL
  • SSH
  • LUKS
  • FIPS
  • DevSecOps
• Web applications development (full stack), React + Flask
• Microservices development, Docker + FastAPI
• Mobile applications development, Android
• Backend development (all the way down to LED drivers)
• Embedded development
  • Developed (in C++) the embedded SIP-aware packet capture utility used in Adtran devices (analogous to Cisco Embedded Packet Capture (EPC) feature)
• Networking
  • Cisco/Adtran
  • SSH expert (used SSH to collect data from radar and C-UAS systems)
  • Rsync expert (ditto)
  • VoIP, SIP, SDP, RTP, SRTP, RTSP, RTSPS
    • Developed protocol simulators for SIP, RTP, etc.
  • Custom network protocol development
    • Developed servers and clients for custom protocols
• Custom binary file parser/writer development
• Parser development e.g. WAV audio file parser
• Artificial intelligence
  • Machine learning
    • K-Nearest Neighbors
    • K-means clustering
• Graph traversal and pathfinding algorithms
  • A* search
• Data science
  • Pandas, numpy, matplotlib
• Video recording and streaming
  • VLC expert (e.g. RTSP re-streaming)
• A/V processing, ffmpeg, transcoding
• Parsers (familiar with EBNF and ANTLR)
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Mathematics
  • numpy, matplotlib
  • Discrete math, logic
  • Graph theory
  • Linear algebra
• Documentation, publishing
  • LaTeX, Mathtex, Mathjax, pdfpages, pylatex, Jekyll

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Non-Technical

• Skilled communicator
  • Experience explaining technical matters to non-technical stakeholders
• Experienced business traveler (domestic only, regrettably)
• French language (professional working proficiency)
  • Studied French in high school and in college (earned just a few credits shy of a minor)
  • Founder of Huntsville French Club
  • I took the TCF in 2015 and scored 484 points, level B2 of the CECR. I would certainly score higher today.
  • Fan of Bob Morane book series (I’ve read 8+ Bob Morane books in the French language)