Vynce Montgomery

Skills:

• Perl (Object Oriented, CGI, mod_perl, HTML::Mason, and applications.)
• SQL, mySQL, Postgres, Class::DBI, SQL::Abstract
  
• XML, SAX, HTML, CSS, Apache and Javascript
• Familiarity with Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS, MSWindows & their standard work environments

Experience:

WhiteHat Security (Santa Clara, California)

   Senior Software Developer

April 2005 .. February 2009
• As senior application developer, designed and implemented subsystems for complex application consumed by a scanner and 2 distinct tiers of users
• As senior web developer, converted existing web application for Template::Toolkit to HTML::Mason
• As senior developer, trained & mentored incoming web developers, teaching perl, HTML::Mason, Class::DBI, and PostgreSQL
• As junior DBA, extended Class::DBI to handle joins and optimized difficult queries in multiple-DB architecture

Network Management Services (Emeryville, California)

   Customer Service Associate

October 2003 .. February 2005
• Customer Service Associate in fast-paced game environment. Had to learn to speak some Cantonese and Mandarin chinese, as well as chinese cultural conventions and specialized game skills.

Lacis Textiles (Berkeley, California)

   Warehouse Inventory Manager

September 2002 .. October 2003
• Re-organized the warehouse and assisted in database design to facilitate inventory control and shipment tracking, both deliverables and receivables.

FlightTime, Inc. (San Francisco, California)

   Mason Web Software Developer

December 2000 .. April 2001
• Perl Programmer in Apache mod_perl HTML::Mason environment. Internet and Intranet design, enhancement, and maintenance, with a focus on modularity.

Desktop.com (San Francisco, California)

   Software Engineer

November 1999 .. October 2000
• Perl Programmer for custom Apache mod_perl object-oriented server. Focus on user experience, metrics, and automation.
• Trained programmers in perl and served as a regular expression guru. Some system administration of my development box (Linux) as well as company staging farm & live production machines (FreeBSD).

Lenox Softworks (Lenox, Massachusetts)

   Software Developer

February 1997 .. October 1999
• Perl / CGI programmer. Web development with database-driven dynamic content.
• Macromedia Director ('Lingo') Developer. Interactive educational tools at the high school and college level.

Personal Projects

   4ML   Author & Lead Developer

2000 .. 2001
4ML is an application of XML; I authored the DTD and first generation of documentation. I also wrote a handler for the PerlSAX XML Parser, which is part of a browser to turn 4ML files into audio WAVs. This is an open-source project hosted on Source Forge.

   Obijce!   Author

August 2001 .. October 2002
A clone of the Bejeweled family of games with web as well as text-based, command line interfaces. Provided hooks for using the same objects with a different game ruleset.

Education:

• Sage Evening College, Troy, New York; Summer 1996 - Spring 1997 -- Graphic Design
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York; Fall 1993 - Spring 1994 -- Engineering Physics
• Graduated 1993 Saint Xavier High School, Louisville, Kentucky -- GPA 3.9
• National Merit Scholar