Areas of expertise/specialization

Technical

I do a little bit of everything.

• Software development
  • Languages, from most experience to least, with some highlights:
    • Python
      • I authored a semi-popular python library for multilingual verb conjugation (verbecc)
        • It is referenced in academic publications
        • GitHub repo stats (as of August 2026):
          • 107 stars
          • 3.8k downloads per month
        • Six languages supported (French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian)
        • Rule-based conjugation of known verbs
        • ML predicted conjugation of unknown verbs
    • Java
      • Java-based Linux server software and application development experience (JavaFX GUI and Javalin web interface)
    • Bash
      • Extensive shell scripting experience
    • C#
      • Developed a parser for a custom syntax (validation rules for a milstd protocol) using ANTLR parser generator
    • C++
      • I developed Adtran’s SIP-aware embedded PCAP utility in their line of routers, switches and IP business gateways
    • C
      • Misc. drivers and embedded projects
    • Go
      • Developed a fast mp3 tag scanning library (mediascan)
    • Groovy
      • Maintained Gradle (Groovy) build scripts for a large code base
      • Maintained Jenkins CI pipeline (using Groovy declarative pipeline syntax)
    • Lua
      • Developed custom protocol dissector scripts (Wireshark plugins)
    • Tcl
      • Supported Adtran’s AOS web management interface (Tcl based)
    • PHP
      • Various web projects
• Linux
  • NGINX (proxy config, rewrite rules, etc.)
  • Docker
  • Bash scripting
  • sysadmin
  • Libvirt, KVM/QEMU
  • ffmpeg
  • logging, logrotate
  • you name it
• Web API/applications development (full stack)
  • Backend
    • Flask/FastAPI
    • Javalin
  • Frontend
    • TypeScript
    • Node/Deno
    • React
• DevOps
  • Git/GitHub Actions
  • Docker
  • Gradle (Groovy)
  • Jenkins/CI pipelines
  • automation, automated testing, static analysis (SonarQube), linting, coverage reports, quality gates, AI-assisted code review
  • Nexus/Artifactory
  • SonarQube
• Data Analysis
  • Python, Pandas, Plotly
  • Interpreted data from test events to verify functionality and/or explain technical issues to customers and stakeholders
  • Clustering algorithms (see my flags game w/ K-means clustering based on SVG flag colors)
  • Developed custom tools for log and data analysis, data visualization
• Software Documentation, knowledge management, tech writing
  • Big proponent of Docs-as-Code
  • Big fan of markdown and mermaid (I hate Microsoft Word and Microsoft Visio, and don’t particularly like Confluence)
  • Experience with static site generators (Ruby/Jeckyll/GitHub pages)
  • Documentation, publishing
    • LaTeX, Mathtex, Mathjax, pdfpages, pylatex, Jekyll
  • Authored various technical documents and bulletins
• Security/Encryption
  • selinux
  • OpenSSL
  • SSH
  • LUKS
  • FIPS
• Microservices development (Dockerized)
• Mobile applications development, Android
• 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
  • I occasionally wear my network engineer hat
  • I know how to make ethernet cables, open switch ports, analyze Wireshark captures, etc.
• 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 path-finding algorithms
  • A* search
• Data science
  • Pandas, numpy, matplotlib
• Video recording and streaming
  • VLC
  • RTP, RTSP
  • ffmpeg
  • a little bit of gstreamer
  • some transcoding knowledge
• Parsers (familiar with EBNF and ANTLR)
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Mathematics
  • numpy, matplotlib
  • Discrete math, logic
  • Graph theory
  • Linear algebra

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Non-Technical

• Skilled communicator
  • Experience explaining technical matters to non-technical stakeholders
• Experienced business traveler (domestic only, regrettably)
• Polyglot
  • 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 if I took it again
    • Fan of Bob Morane book series (I’ve read dozens of Bob Morane books in the French language)
  • Spanish language (beginner)
    • Capable of basic communication
    • Spent a lot of time in Yuma, AZ for work
  • Rudimentary knowledge of various other languages