Vynce Montgomery
3301 Partridge Avenue
Oakland, CA 94605
510 875 3989
red+employ@vynce.org

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