Résumé of Davis Remmel

By augmenting human intellect with computers I seek to foster in people a reverence for Life and appreciation of Nature, and mitigate ecologic catastrophe through direct environmental and political mechanisms.

Please browse my my portfolio or click the links below to see work examples. I may be contacted by email. Download this document as a typeset PDF.

Profile

• Free and open-source software specialist with 7+ years industry experience
• Systems and full-stack development, GNU/Linux and Free/OpenBSD server administration, cloud infrastructure, ISP telecommunications, database design, data processing and analysis

Skills

• High code quality: detailed commit histories, documentation, with reasoned designs
• Unix system administration, automation
• Install, configure, maintain
• Boot process
• Kernel hacking
• File system management
• Service management
• VM cluster and "cloud" management
• System housekeeping
• Computer networking; familiarity with telecommunications
• Abstract, multi-dimensional problem-solving
• Public speaking and demonstration
• Machining, fabrication, and CAD modeling
• 100+ WPM typing speed

Languages

• Shell, Bash
• Python
• Smalltalk
• SQL
• PHP
• HTML, SVG, XML
• CSS, Less, Sass
• JavaScript
• Rust
• R
• C
• LaTeX
• Perl
• Common Lisp
• Objective-C

Software

• GNU/Linux
• FreeBSD
• OpenBSD
• pfSense
• ZFS
• Proxmox
• QEMU
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• TimescaleDB
• Wireshark
• BIND
• OpenVPN
• OpenVAS
• GitLab
• DokuWiki
• Request Tracker
• Grafana
• D3.js
• Flask
• SQLAlchemy
• Node.js
• Selenium
• Bootstrap
• ffmpeg
• GNUPlot
• ImageMagick
• GIMP
• Inkscape
• Blender
• Autodesk Inventor
• office suites

Experience

Vice President of Engineering at Stack41

July 2017–December 2019 (Milwaukee, WI)

• Designed, wrote, and operated an Industrial "Internet-of-Things" data acquisition and reporting platform built entirely upon Free Software; showcased demonstrations
• Managed cluster of virtual machines for infrastructure-as-a-service enterprise customers
• Provided specialized programming, systems administration, and general grey matter services; extended life of unsupported software and fixed mistakes of prior developers
• Established replicable builds of in-house software
• Authored a company wiki; wrote employee procedures; drew schematics, organized infrastructure details into databases; wrote a web portal for customer access
• Planned and installed hardware, networks in Tier 3+ data centers
• Performed on-call responsibilities; tape replacements

Software Developer at Misix

January 2015–July 2017 (Milwaukee, WI)

• Wrote data processing tools and recommender system for vehicle-auction industry: sale price probability estimator, metal price scrapers, personalized marketing emails
• Wrote a web-based dataflow processor and visualization platform; gave demonstrations to clients
• Collaborated with economists for data analysis; codified their spreadsheets into reliable programs
• Maintained an independent database of vehicles and buyers used for tens of internal programs
• Automated vulnerability reporting using OpenVAS
• Instituted a data governance policy
• Managed tens of development services with Docker, and migrated legacy servers to containers
• Maintained tens of WordPress sites; coded templates and custom functionality

Web Developer, Freelance

July 2013–January 2015

• Developed and hosted websites for local companies
• Learned how to communicate with clients to draw the same idea
• Managed self-employment: found clients, performed work and business functions

Forensics Coach at Hartford Union High School

December 2013–April 2015 (Hartford, WI)

• Coached students after school, sometimes in groups, based on standard criteria for their selected category of speech
• Accompanied the team to meets; judge participants from other schools
• Produced media showcasing the team's victories

Owner of DR Bow Tie Company

December 2012–November 2014 (Milwaukee, WI)

• Created minimum-viable product to carve niche in custom bow tie market and capitalize upon popular resurgence
• Coded a website with a PayPal/Google Docs ordering system; illustrated graphic assets
• Identified markets on Facebook and served advertisements to quickly create a brand

Volunteering

IRC Moderator at LibrePlanet 2020

March, 2020 (Boston, MA)

• Moderated 8 hours of online chat rooms for the LibrePlanet 2020 convention, hosted by the Free Software Foundation

Canvasser in Bernie Sanders' Presidential Campaign

January, 2020 (Dubuque, IA)

• Knocked on 180 doors before Iowa Caucus and convinced voters to caucus for Bernie by speaking about policy

Rocket Club Mentor at Richfield Elementary School

September–December 2010 (Richfield, WI)

• Mentored and advised an after-school club of seventh and eighth-grade students qualifying for a national rocketry competition: construction, techniques, and general science

Education

Hartford Union High School

September 2008–June 2011 (Hartford, WI)

• Full AP course load. Graduated with honors. 3.7 GPA, average mark A-
• Co-curriculars
• Bowling League
• Forensics
• Library Assistant
• National Honor Society
• Technology Help Desk
• Frequently located in library backrooms and machine shop

Memberships

• American Civil Liberties Union
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Free Software Foundation

Hobbies

• Computer, CNC programming
• 3D modeling
• Circuit design
• Film photography
• Nature walks
• Going on trips and taking perspective
• Electric vehicles
• Rocket League

Please read my website for details about my interests.