Brian Jay Stanley

Asheville, North Carolina Software developer and writer

abqpvw@r.postjobfree.com

www.brianjaystanley.com/LIS/resume/

Experience Education Skills Publications Awards

Experience

Director of Development

BuildFax

Asheville, NC

November 2011 - present

Developed scalable, cloud-based web applications using Python, Django, MySQL, and

Memcached.

Wrote technical specifications.

Created RESTful web service.

Wrote clean, commented, object-oriented code following best practices.

Designed database schemas, object models, and XML schemas.

Implemented enterprise search using Solr/Lucene.

Designed efficient algorithms for processing massive data sets.

Trained and supervised other developers.

Wrote API documentation.

Wrote automated test suites.

Configured Linux and Apache and managed Amazon EC2 servers in the cloud using

RightScale.

Accurately estimated project timelines and met deadlines.

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Senior Developer

BuildFax

Asheville, NC

October 2010 - November 2011

Developer

BuildFax

Asheville, NC

October 2009 - October 2010

Developer

dataBridge

Asheville, NC

June 2009 - September 2009

Developed corporate intranets and extranets.

Created custom console applications in Visual C#.

Wrote SQL queries, views, and stored procedures in SQL Server.

Designed reports with SQL Server Reporting Services.

Installed and configured virtual development environments running Windows Server.

Performed server administration tasks.

Developed databases in Microsoft Access.

Interfaced with clients to gather requirements.

Conference Database Developer and Electronic Journal Publisher

ACA-UNCA Partnership for Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Asheville, NC

April 2009 - October 2009

Developed MySQL database for managing conference registration, article submissions, and

review process.

Developed website and web-based forms using Joomla!.

Wrote PHP scripts for performing administrative tasks.

Developed electronic journal publishing system using MySQL PHP XML XSLT

pipeline.

Wrote JavaScript functions and CSS stylesheets.

Provided expertise on best practices for information management.

Wrote technical manual.

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Web and Database Developer

Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Asheville, NC

February 2008 - April 2009

Developed master collection database in Microsoft Access.

Wrote validation scripts in Visual Basic to improve integrity and efficiency of data entry.

Created XSLT stylesheets to generate web pages from XML files and crosswalk data into

library catalog.

Wrote Python programs for processing XML and HTML files.

Modified metadata schemas, administered controlled vocabularies, and created and managed

metadata for digital collections in a variety of formats.

Designed website for large manuscript collection.

Developed comprehensive workflows and best practices for creating digital collections.

Trained staff in data entry, naming conventions, and web content creation.

Wrote online documentation.

Education

University of Illinois at M.S. 2009 GPA: 4.0

Library and Information Science (digital

Urbana-Champaign

libraries concentration)

Champaign IL

Duke University M.T.S. 2003 GPA: 3.95

Durham NC Master of Theological Studies summa cum laude

University of North B.A. 2001 GPA: 3.99

Religious Studies highest distinction,

Carolina at Chapel Hill

highest honors

Chapel Hill NC

Skills

Standards/Languages

Programming languages: Python, C#, JavaScript, PHP, regular expressions, Visual Basic

Relational databases: MySQL, SQL Server, Microsoft Access

XML standards: XML, XSLT, XPath, XSL-FO, XML Schema

Web standards: (X)HTML, CSS

Metadata/cataloging standards: Dublin Core, TEI, MARC, AACR2

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Software/Hardware

Editors/IDEs: Wing, Visual Studio, Oxygen XML Editor, Eclipse

Frameworks/Content Management Systems: Django, Joomla!, CONTENTdm, Greenstone,

Movable Type

Server Administration: Linux (Ubuntu), Apache 2, Windows Server/IIS

Cloud Computing: Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, RightScale

Graphics editors: Adobe Photoshop

Publications

Essays

"Odyssey of Desire", Pleiades, forthcoming

"A Sense of All Sorrows", Pleiades, 2012, vol. 32.2, p.64-70

"The Communion of Strangers", The Sun, 2012, vol. 436, p.13-15

"Meditation During a Rainstorm", Connecticut Review, 2010, vol. 32.2, p.129-135

"A Visit to the City", The Redwood Coast Review, 2010, vol. 12.2, p.10

"Confessions of a Carnivore", North American Review, 2009, vol. 294.5, p.37-39

"In Praise of Passion", The Dalhousie Review, 2009, vol. 89.3, p.369-379

"On Being Nothing", The Antioch Review, 2009, vol. 67.2, p.340-348

"Night Thoughts", The Tusculum Review, 2008, vol. 4, p.94-98

"The Electric Present", Rock & Sling, 2007, vol. 4.2, p.14-18

"The Lonely Race", The Laurel Review, 2007, vol. 41.2, p.91-94

"The Finite Experience of Infinite Life", The Hudson Review, 2005, vol. 58.1, p.19-28

Reprints

"On Being Nothing", 2012, The New York Times,

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/on-being-nothing/

"Confessions of a Carnivore", America Now: Short Readings From Recent Periodicals, edited

by Robert Atwan, Ninth Edition, 2011, Bedford/St. Martin's

Awards

The Best American Essays 2011, Notable Essays of 2010, "Meditation During a Rainstorm", 2011

The Best American Essays 2010, Notable Essays of 2009, "On Being Nothing", 2010

The Best American Essays 2006, Notable Essays of 2005, "The Finite Experience of Infinite Life", 2006

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