Email: kevin.m.turner@pobox.com
PGP ID: 1024D/8BA4A944
Voice: (503)772-2880
4032 SE Long St.
Portland, OR 97202
Kevin Turner
Intelligent person seeks engaging, constructive employment.
Has a solid knowledge of Python, English, C, and HTML, in addition
to limited experience with Spanish, Visual Basic for Applications,
C++, Perl, Ruby, and PHP. A Linux hobbyist since 1996, working with
Open Source is preferred. Can also fix a dripping faucet, change
the bearings on a bicycle axle, and make dinner without setting
the kitchen on fire.
Current pet projects include software for testing hardware at
the Free Geek Community Technology Center; and CVSToys, providing real-time notification of code repository
changes over a variety of channels, including e-mail, web, RSS,
and IRC. Built in Python on Twisted: The Framework of your Internet.
Several plug-ins for the Gnu Image
Manipulation Program also bear his name.
Positions Held
2005 - January - July |
- Lead Linux Engineer at Eminent
Microsystems, developing a network attached storage
product on a MIPS platform.
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2002 - 2004 |
- Techie/Geek Consultant with
CHEEP
GEEKS, working with cases ranging from
"fix the printer" to "replace our patient tracking system."
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2003 - May - September |
- Software Engineer and
occasional System Administrator at RedcellX. Developing a
set-top box with video4linux, C++, Qt, and MySQL.
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2002 - May & June |
- Software Engineer at
JanRain, a start-up founded by Larry Drebes.
Developing web services, working with Python, Resource
Description Framework (RDF), and PostgreSQL.
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2001 - 2003 |
- Web Webmaster for Speak Truth.com,
providing information on the lives of queer people
working for positive change in the world.
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Fall 1999 |
- Techie Assistant
Residential Computer Coordinator for Oberlin Center for
Information Technology. Involved networking client
installations for a variety of machines (MacOS 7.1-8.x and
Win95/98) and all-purpose tech support.
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Summer 1999 |
- Geek Spreadsheet Wizard for
M Financial Group,
implemented a prototype insurance product illustration
system in Excel with VBA.
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Education
Fall 1998 - Winter Term 2000 |
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Spring 1998 |
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Extras
2001 - present |
- Geek Volunteer for FREE GEEK R&D,
developing automated testing systems for the evaluation of
donated hardware. Also one of the Administrators of
Systems and Security.
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2001 |
- Web site for OHSU Volunteer
Services, a simple web site giving a web presence to
the volunteer department at the local university
hospital.
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1999 |
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Spring 1998 |
- Member of school speech club. Never won anything, but
learned to stand in front of an audience without melting.
- Member of Students for Environmental Action. Dug out
blackberry roots and rinsed out lots of soda
cans.
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Summer 1997 |
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Back in the Day |
- Geek Unpaid staff for Del's
Place BBS and ISP. Did tech support, web site,
documentation, and user babysitting.
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Kevin Turner
October 2005