Phillip Watts

***** ****** **** ** #****

Austin, Tx 78759

cell: 512-***-****

email: acc2iw@r.postjobfree.com

Python 12 years

Linux 14 years

C, bash, etc 25 years

MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite 10 years.

SQLAlchemy 2 years

HTML, CSS, JQuery, Ajax, JSON/REST 3 years

D3, SVG charts 6 months

Linux Networking 5 years

Test Automation Frameworks 3 years

SVN,GIT,Mercurial as user 5 years.

Python on Windows 1.5 years

Some experience with Flot, Matplotlib,

PyGal, Flask

Django 2 months

Cloud C I can instantiate an AWS or

OpenStack server in Python.

Hobby C Developing a Python/JQuery Point of Sale system,

single page application.

Summary of Work History:

April C July, 2013 Andrew Harper

January 2013 C April Apple Corp.

May 2011 C Sept. 2012 Dell Computer Corp.

Aug. 2010 C Dec. 2010 2Wire

2008 Tipping Point Technologies, Austin, Tx.

2004 to 2007: Teaching High School Mathematics and

completing teacher certification

2001 to 2004: NLynx Technologies, Austin, TX

1985 to 2000: Retail Technology, Inc., Dallas (owner)

1980 to 1985: Southwest Modular Systems, Inc., Dallas (owner)

Also: Mostek; Evans, Cole and Peterson, C.P.A.s.

Andrew Harper.

Supervisor:Irwin Sentilles, acc2iw@r.postjobfree.com

Short term project, developed the core of the internal

application in Python Django. Created a MySQL based

FormBuilder.py for the office managers to build the hundreds

of necessary forms. Created standard JQuery POST method for

single point AJAX communication with Django server.

Created DBAccess.py class for seamless and secure

communication with the corporate server.

All code maintained on GitHub.

Apple Corp.

Arindam Sen: acc2iw@r.postjobfree.com

Developed visualization of data mined by the Analytics team,

using the javascript library d3.js, producing Scalable Vector

Graphics.

Many complex charts produced with user interactivity.

Also managed navigation updates to the web server, python Bottle.

Worked closely with several individuals on the Analytics team to

convert their visualizations from simple png to SVG.

Technologies: Python, javascript, D3, JQuery, bash, NumPy,

MatplotLib, OS X, linux.

Dell Computer Corp.

Supervisor: Russ Woodbury email acc2iw@r.postjobfree.com

Developed from scratch a client server system,

Accessible by browser to any engineer in Dell.

This system takes the Dell Spec for Enterprise Class drives,

automates dozens of tests and validations, and stores

data in a searchable data base.

Developed two custom scripting languages for Dell.

Technologies: Python, SQLAlchemy, TCP sockets, HTML,

XML, REST, CSS, Jquery, JSON, Yaml. Some C++.

2Wire, Austin, Tx (Terrible reference, forget it.)

As a contractor I was developing and expanding

their test automation architecture. The application is management

of intelligent broadband home portals via TR069 over Soap.

Developed tests for a "Business Rules Engine", covering

hundreds of possible expressions, then building XML.

My tests are mostly Python communicating with web services

on CMS, the portal management system, and an Oracle data base.

All systems are Linux based.

Tipping Point, Austin, Tx

Supervisor: Walter Slotboom, email acc2iw@r.postjobfree.com

8 month contract to do test automation for high performance

security devices. Developed tests and test suites in Python

to prove capabilities, test performance under stress. Did

packet mangling and resequencing, fragmentation, multi-

level tunneling. Tested intrusion protection within tunnels

including IPV6.

Used a wide array of Linux networking tools, including

Python Scapy. Test Framework based on PyUnit.

KAPS HS, Wimberley, Tx. Algebra, Geometry and Pre-Calculus

Lehman High School, Buda, Tx. Algebra and Geometry

NLynx Technologies:

Developed Linux based routers and thin clients.

Using minimal hardware, compact flash, disk-on-chip, or boot from

LAN,

embedded scaled down Linux to develop minimum cost systems.

Routers supported NAT, IPSec VPN, SNMP, stateful firewall,

access lists,

802.11 access point, print server, web interface.

Thin clients served primarily the AS400-5250 market,

but also ICA, RDP, VNC.

Development tools: Python, C, HTML, Unix tools.

Retail Technology:

As 1/3 owner, served large retailers providing data communications

solutions for fifteen years, primarily dialup polling, data

collection,

remote software management. We also provided in-store protocol

emulators to facilitate communications with NCR and IBM protocols.

I was lead software developer and assisted in marketing and sales.

MS/DOS, Unix, OS/2, C.

Southwest Modular Systems:

As 1/2 owner, managed teams developing a variety of solutions:

accounting, purchasing, inventory control, sales, account

receivable

and payable, payroll and many more.

Other Work Experience:

Developed financial and manufacturing planning systems for a

semiconductor manufacturer.

Functioned as Staff Accountant in large local C.P.A. firm.

Developed a tandem, 16 line data collection system for a large

retailer

My coding experience includes tens of thousands of lines of Python,

thousands of lines of JavaScript and hundreds of thousands of lines of C.

Education

B.S. Accounting, Centenary College of Louisiana

Texas Teacher Certification, Secondary Mathematics

GRE scores: Math-780, Verbal-620, Writing-2 5's

As owner/developer of a data communications company for

fifteen years I provided design, customization and support for all

levels of employees, from operators to CEO's. Our clients included

hundreds of small to medium sized retailers.

I also conducted training sessions for NCR, IBM and Fujitsu

POS sales regions.

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