Résumé:

The Man

• I am a formidable problem solver.
• I love music, motorcycles, tinkering, and science.
• I am a relentlessly perfectionistic autodidact.
• I hold a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego.

The Myth

• Languages:

  Java, Javascript, Perl, Bash, Python.

• Databases:

  Experienced with many SQL and No-SQL databases and caching layers.

• Frameworks and APIs:

  Struts 2, Grails, Hibernate, Servlet, JSP, EJB.

• Development tools:

  Eclipse, NetBeans, Vi, Git, SVN, CVS, Jira, Confluence, Selenium.

• Server technologies:

  Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP|UX, Apache, Tomcat, Xen, VMWare, DRBD, LDAP, SNMP.

• Enterprise products:

  Service Now, Tivoli, NetWorker, QLogic FC switches, Apple and Sun SANs, Cisco managed switches.

The Legend

SR. DEVELOPER, SERVICENOW, 2011-PRESENT

• Design and build new features for the ServiceNow SaaS platform.
• Enhance discovery product to support new and emerging technologies.
• Work directly with customers to ensure I produce a best-in-breed product.

RESEARCH PROGRAMMER, SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER, 2009-2011

• Ensured 24/7/365 availability of a leading bioinformatics website and database (>200k unique users per month).
• Developed new MOTM CMS and other features for the main J2EE web application (www.rcsb.org).
• Leveraged emerging technologies to reduce project costs and improve ease of uptime.
• Developed internal tools for statistics analysis, systems maintenance, and monitoring.
• Contributed to sister projects (PHP and Java web apps).

PROGRAMMER ANALYST II, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, 2007-2009

• Developed tools used internally by the UCSF Department of Radiology.
• Administered departmental servers and workstations (RHEL, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows).
• Dealt with security threat mitigation and response in a HIPAA compliant environment.
• Maintained a superb record of solving complex problems and collaborating effectively with my colleagues.

ASSISTANT IV, UCSD PROFESSOR MCILWAIN, 2005-2007

• Consolidated large IDL code base, improving logic, efficiency, and versatility.
• Developed data analysis programs, leveraging complex valued Morlet wavelet techniques.
• Managed and streamlined a variety of Linux systems.

ASSISTANT IV, UCSD HOUSING AND DINING SERVICES IT, 2003-2005

• Performed daily hardware, software, and network troubleshooting for departmental users.
• Developed a ColdFusion/MySQL web application for UCSD online room selection.

References available upon request

Publications

P.W. Rose, W.F. Bluhm, B. Beran, C. Bi, D. Dimitropoulos, D.S. Goodsell, A. Prlic, G.B. Quinn, B. Yukich, H.M. Berman & P.E. Bourne 2011, "The RCSB Protein Data Bank: Site Functionality and Bioinformatics Use Cases," National Cancer Institute, Nature Pathways Interaction Database doi:10.1038/pid.2011.1

W. F. Bluhm, B. Beran, C. Bi, D. Dimitropoulos, A. Prlic, G. Quinn, P. W. Rose, C. Shah, B. Yukich, H. M. Berman, P. E. Bourne (2011) “Quality Assurance for the Query and Distribution Systems of the RCSB Protein Data Bank,” Database, doi: 10.1093/database/bar003

P. E. Bourne, B. Beran, C. Bi, W. F. Bluhm, D. Dimitropoulos, Z. Feng, D. S. Goodsell, A. Prlic, G. Quinn, P. W. Rose, J. Westbrook, B. Yukich, J. Young, C. Zardecki, and H. M.Berman, (2011) “The Evolution of the RCSB Protein Data Bank Website,” WIRE Computational Molecula Science, DOI: 10.1002/wcms.57

P. W. Rose, B. Beran, C. Bi, W. F. Bluhm, D. Dimitropoulos, D.S. Goodsell, A. Prlic, M. Quesada, G. Quinn, J. D. Westbrook, J. Young, B. Yukich, C. Zardecki, H. M. Berman, P. E. Bourne (2010) “The RCSB Protein Data Bank: Redesigned Website and Web Services,” NAR 39, D392-401 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq1021

A. Prlić, M. A. Martinez, D. Dimitropoulos, B. Beran, B. T. Yukich, P. W. Rose, P. E. Bourne, and J. L. Fink, "Integration of open access literature into the RCSB Protein Data Bank using BioLit," BMC Bioinformatics. 2010 Apr 29;11:220. PubMed PMID: 20429930; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2880030.

P. E. Bourne, B. Beran, C. Bi, W. Bluhm, R. Dunbrack, et al. (2010) “Will Widgets and Semantic Tagging Change Computational Biology?" PLoS Comput Biol 6(2): e1000673. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000673

N. P. Butch, T. A. Sayles, B. T. Yukich, and M. B. Maple, “Suppression of Hidden Order and Emergence of Ferromagnetism in URu2-xRexSi2,” in Actinides 2008—Basic Science, Applications, and Technology, edited by B. Chung, J. Thompson, D. Shuh, T. Albrecht-Schmitt, T. Gouder (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1104, Warrendale, PA, 2008), 1104-NN07-04.

M. B. Maple, J. R. Jeffries, N. P. Butch, and B. T. Yukich, “Evolution of Superconducting and Hidden Order Phases in URu2Si2 under Applied Pressure,” in Actinides 2008—Basic Science, Applications, and Technology, edited by B. Chung, J. Thompson, D. Shuh, T. Albrecht-Schmitt, T. Gouder (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1104, Warrendale, PA, 2008), 1104-NN09-02.

J. R. Jeffries, N. P. Butch, B. T. Yukich, M. B. Maple, “The Evolution of the Ordered States of Single Crystal URu2Si2 under Pressure,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 095225 (2008); IOP Select.

J. R. Jeffries, N. P. Butch, B. T. Yukich, M. B. Maple, “Competing Ordered Phases in URu2Si2: Hydrostatic Pressure and Re-substitution,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 217207 (2007).

N. P. Butch, J. R. Jeffries, B. T. Yukich, M. B. Maple, “Tuning of Hidden Order and Superconductivity in URu2Si2 by Applied Pressure and Re Substitution,” in Actinides 2006 — Basic Science, Applications and Technology, edited by K.J.M. Blobaum, E. Chandler, L. Havela, M.B. Maple, M. Neu (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 986, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0986-OO02-03.

N. P. Butch, J. R. Jeffries, B. T. Yukich, T. A. Sayles, J. Paglione, P.-C. Ho, M. B. Maple, "The Search for Quantum Criticality in the URu2-xRexSi2 Phase Diagram," presented at American Physical Society, APS March Meeting, March 5-9, 2007, abstract #P10.007