CHAD BURRUS
113 N. Meridian St., Washington, Indiana 47501 (812) 783-9127;
[email protected]
Experience
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Sentry Data Systems—Deerfield Beach, Florida
Software Developer: May 2011-Present-
Served on an engineering board to address developer culture, standardize coding practices among
projects and teams, and lead high-level software engineering decisions. -
Managed our Jenkins server, including adding and updating builds as well as system-level
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Managed releases of our SaaS products including actual rollouts with Capistrano and scripted database
updates to Oracle. -
Co-led a project to convert our Subversion repository to git.
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Updated our Symfony 2.0 applications to use Symfony 2.1.
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Integrated a Salesforce portal for customer support and help desk utilization.
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Developed internal tools with PHP, PL/SQL, Ruby, and Twig.
∙ School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University—Bloomington, Indiana
Research Assistant: Jan. 2010-May 2011-
Explored new association methods to compare metagenomic samples based on environmental data.
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Wrote Python, R, and C++ code to analyze the differences in metagenomic samples including statistical
tests and graph construction and development.
∙ Sentry Data Systems—Deerfield Beach, Florida
Developer Intern: May 2010-Aug. 2010-
Use PHP, PHPUnit, and PL/SQL to develop internal tools, including wrapping a set of PL/SQL classes
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Configure a Hudson build to ensure products stayed in good working order.
∙ School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University—Bloomington, Indiana
Associate Instructor, I101: Sept. 2009–Dec. 2009-
Taught and graded weekly labs.
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Assisted teaching additional lab sessions.
∙ Cognitive Solutions, LLC.—Clearwater, Florida
System Developer: Sept. 2008–Aug. 2009-
Developed both front-end and back-end components and features for a toy-tracking web application as
part of a distributed development team.
∙ LAT, Inc.—Marion, Indiana
Developer: Jan.–June 2006
Architect: June 2006–Aug. 2008-
Designed and developed both front-end and back-end components and features for a wide range of web
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Served as technical lead for several projects, as well as occasional technical support and system
administrator.
Education
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Indiana University—Bloomington, Indiana
MS in Bioinformatics-
Graduated May 2011 with an overall GPA of 3.95
∙ Indiana Wesleyan University—Marion, Indiana
BS in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics-
Graduated April 2005 with an overall GPA of 3.75
Skills
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Operating Systems:
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Proficient with Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat), Mac OS X, Windows 98/ME/XP/Vista/7
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Computer Languages:
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Proficient with CSS, HTML, Java, Javascript (including AJAX), LATEX, PHP, Python, XML, XSLT
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Familiar with Ada, C, C++, Cobol, Matlab, Octave, Perl, R, Ruby, SQL (MySQL, PL/SQL, PostgreSQL,
and SQL Server flavors)
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Tools and Systems:
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Proficient with Bash, CVS, git, jQuery, Komodo Edit, Mercurial, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server,
MooTools, PHPUnit, Scite, Subversion, Symfony 2, Twig, VIM -
Familiar with Apache HTTP Server, Capistrano, Doctrine, Eclipse, Graphviz, Hudson/Jenkins, Joomla,
Oracle
Achievements and Activities
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ACM:
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Student Member, 2003-2005.
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Professional Member, 2005-Present.
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IEEE Computer Society:
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Student Member, 2005.
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Associate Member, 2006-2009.
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Graduate Student Member, 2009-2011.
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Associate Member, 2011-Present.
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Awarded Eagle Scout Rank, Boy Scouts of America (2000).
References
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Available on request.
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