Project Developer

Dave Brondsema

****@*********.*** www.brondsema.net 616-***-****

Summary of Qualifications

Quick to learn new skills and tools

Superior communication and organizational skills

Experienced leader with a minor in business

Involved in Open Source project development

Education

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

B.A. in Computer Science; Spanish and Business minors. May 2005

3.683 GPA; 4.0 Major GPA; Dean's List every semester

Received senior CCA Computing Award from the Computer Science Department

Publications

Brondsema, D., Schamp, A (2006). Konfidi: Trust Networks Using PGP and RDF . Proceedings of

Model of Trust for the Web (MTW 06), WWW2006 Conference. Edinburgh, UK.

www.l3s.de/~olmedilla/events/MTW06_papers/paper04.pdf

Professional Experience

Software Engineer 01/2009 Present

GeekNet, Inc, Mountain View, CA

Developed FossFor.Us with Django. Wrote and maintained new Python code for sourceforge.net

non developer pages. Team leader.

Web Software Developer 08/2005 01/2009

Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, MI

Worked with internal clients to analyze needs, then designed, developed, tested, and deployed

new software systems using Java and PHP. Migrated internal portal and applications from Lotus

Notes to Java and developed many JSR 168 portlets. Deployed and modified open source software

for clients. Supported existing PHP applications. Hired and managed two student workers for

several months. Public website maintenance, including JavaScript and CSS development.

Intern Developer 06/2003 12/2004

Gordon Food Service, Grand Rapids, MI

Maintained and enhanced tool (in XML, XSLT, and Ant) for project builds, dependency

management, and deployment. Administered CVS repository. Tested and deployed numerous

open source tools. Developed N tier web applications. Began proof of concept migration to an

open source J2EE application server.

Web Software Developer 06/1999 05/2002

Commercial Software, Inc, Midland, MI

Developed web based backoffice systems for realtors, the public, and internal use with Cold Fusion

and SQL on Windows 2000 servers. Developed software for PalmOS and PocketPC.

Personal Experience

Conference Organizer 08/2006, 07/2007, 08/2008, 08/2009

BarCamp Grand Rapids, barcampgr.org

BarCamp is a free ad hoc technology & design unconference where the attendees determine the

schedule and deliver the presentations and discussions. Co organized the 2006, 2007 and 2008

BarCamps: planned logistics, advertised, arranged sponsors.

Project Lead 09/2004 Present

Konfidi, www.konfidi.org

Designed and implemented software for a system of trust networks to filter spam. Began as a

senior project at Calvin College with a partner and released as an open source project. Wrote

formal paper and presented to a local audience.

Project Developer 11/2003 05/2005

Forrest, Apache Software Foundation, forrest.apache.org

Developed and managed an open source XML documentation framework project. Communicated,

managed, and developed with other members from around the world completely online, requiring

excellent communication and flexibility.

President of CSX Club 09/2003 05/2005

Calvin College Student Organization, Grand Rapids, MI

Led the club from a young fledgling state to be active and successful. CSX promotes hands on

experience outside the classroom through special interest groups. Led System Administration

group and member of Game Development group. Pioneered a used textbook website used by

hundreds of students each semester.

Board Member of Abstraction Club 09/2002 05/2005

Calvin College Student Organization, Grand Rapids, MI

Arranged presentations, speakers, help sessions and other events.

Skills

Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript, PHP, Java, Perl, SQL, C++, C, Cold Fusion, Shell

scripting, Visual Basic

Tools and Libraries: HTML, CSS, HTTP, REST, RDF, XML, XSLT, Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat,

SVN, Git, Maven, Ant, Make

Spanish proficiency: intermediate to advanced

References available upon request.

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