Résumé of Davis Remmel
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Profile
- Free and open-source software specialist with 10+ years industry/non-profit 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
Independent Free Software Author
December 2019–Present (Online)
Operations Assistant at Free Software Foundation
November 2021–December 2022 (Boston, MA)
- Performed as the general office secretary, making sure the office and its workers had necessary supplies.
- Processed over $10,000 in monthly donations and maintained accounting records.
- Ran the non-profit’s merchandise store, packaged and sent orders, generated reports for management.
- Prepared mass membership mailings. Coordinated with USPS Bulk Mailing Unit for postage and permits.
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
Associations
Hobbies
- Computer, CNC programming
- 3D modeling
- Circuit design
- Film photography
- Nature walks
- Going on trips and taking perspective
- Electric vehicles
- UFOs