Samuel J. Gibson


3228 NW Market St.
Seattle, WA 98107
sam@ifdown.net
206.601.4490

Objective
Partner with fellow hardworking optimists to make quality products that I can take pride in.

Education
Washington State University
B.S. Computer Science
Graduated, Fall 2005

Experience
The Active Network, LLC
Software Development Engineer: 2006-2007

Designed and implemented software managing online event registrations for thousands of organizations. Worked with a large existing code base in T-SQL, .Net, and Flex. Performed research, design, and development of API's for a rich internet application. Designed and developed applications on all levels of an n-tiered system.


Sentinel Online Inc.
Software Design/Development Engineer: 2004-2006

Developed a decentralized web service responsible for securely transferring PDF/XML documents between universities. Applied agile development techniques and tools to quickly meet changing business requirements. Gained development experience in Python, Java, XML, PDF, and OpenPGP.


College of Business: Office of Technology
Asst. Network Administrator/Lab Imaging Director: 2003-2005

Helped administer a network of over 500 Win2k/WinXP based systems. Developed applications to support IT infrastructure using VBScript and WMI. Worked to configure and deploy machine images for five public computing labs. Exposed to variety of new enterprise technologies every day, often requiring quick thinking and improvisation under high-stress situations.


Additional Details
IEEE of Washington State University

IEEE Computer Chair (2005)

Research Interests

I'm constantly striving to discover and teach myself new and exciting things. At the moment my interests include functional programming, graph theory, machine learning, programming language design, and distributed computing.

Personal Interests

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, swing dancing, and climbing.



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