{"target":{"created_at":"2009-04-24T22:39:54Z","public_repos":37,"type":"User","company":null,"gravatar_id":"c52501e384405cbf12dc477a5c95e6f3","email":"brian@brianshumate.com","name":"Brian Shumate","blog":"http://brianshumate.com/","followers":14,"id":77563,"location":"Boone, NC","bio":"Brian Shumate\r\nbrian@brianshumate.com\r\nWeb Wrangler and Mobile Technologist\r\n\r\nProfile\r\n=======\r\n\r\nDependable, passionate, and professional technologist with strong web and mobile development, design, and integration experience\r\n\r\nCareer History\r\n==============\r\n\r\nMobile and Web Developer\r\n------------------------\r\nAppalachian State University | 2007 - 2011\r\n\r\n- Designed and developed iAppalachian mobile application for iOS\r\n- Maintained public facing websites serving over 2 million page views/month\r\n- Technical lead for university content management system initiative\r\n- Designed and developed university content management distribution\r\n- Technical lead in deployment of 60+ public facing websites\r\n- Design lead on regularly featured interactive media content\r\n- Designed and developed interactive campus map\r\n\r\nCreative Code Breaker\r\n---------------------\r\ncreate-o-plex | 2009 - PRESENT\r\n\r\n- Design and develop mobile and web applications using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript\r\n- Design and implementation of complex interactive maps\r\n- Create interactive media content for area non-profit organizations\r\n- Management of virtual private server infrastructures and related websites\r\n\r\nTechnical Writer\r\n----------------\r\nrPath, Inc. | 2006 - 2007\r\n- Authored technical documentation for enterprise and community users\r\n- Created and maintained API documentation\r\n- Maintained and improved both internal and public Wiki infrastructure\r\n- Created software appliance as personal time project using rPath technologies  \r\n\r\nApplied Technologist\r\n--------------------\r\nECR Software Corporation | 2003 - 2005\r\n- Evaluated, integrated, and provided training on emerging retail technologies\r\n- Designed and developed a retail server appliance product\r\n- Developed and managed corporate intranet and knowledge base solutions\r\n- Administered 35 internal and customer-facing servers\r\n- Developed an embedded Operating System image sold to over 1000 retail stores\r\n  \r\nEducation\r\n=========\r\n\r\n- Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC, 2 Years CIS College Transfer\r\n\r\n- High School Diploma, WCC, Wilkesboro, NC   \r\n\r\nOrganizations\r\n=============\r\n\r\n- Member, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)\r\n- Member, Apple Consultant Network\r\n- Member, Apple Developer Program\r\n- Member, Apple iOS Developer Program\r\n- Official Ubuntu Linux Member, Ubuntu Linux Wiki Team member  \r\n\r\nKnowledge and Skills\r\n====================\r\n\r\n* Technical Support (phone, remote, onsite) - expert, 12 years\r\n* Front-end design and development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) - expert, 12 years\r\n* Back-end web development (PHP, Python) - intermediate, 12 years\r\n* Web Content Management Systems (CMS) - expert, 7 years\r\n* Drupal content management platform - expert, 7 years\r\n* Apple Mac OS X - expert, 10 years\r\n* Adobe Creative products  - Intermediate, 11 years\r\n* BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, PC-BSD) - Expert, 12 years\r\n* Collaboration systems, groupware, intranets, wikis - expert, 10 years\r\n* Databases, (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, CouchDB)  - intermediate, 12 years\r\n* Technical Writing (Docbook/XML, Docstrings, ReST, wikis) - Expert, 11 years\r\n* Instruction, presentation, and technical training - intermediate, 10 years\r\n* Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RHEL, many others) - expert, 12 years\r\n* Free and open source software applications and solutions - expert, 12 years\r\n* Scripting languages (Python, BASH, others) - intermediate, 12 years\r\n* Networking (DNS, Firewalls, routing, VPN, Wireless)  - expert, 12 years\r\n* Troubleshooting (hardware /software/complex systems) - expert, 12 years\r\n* System Administration (BSD, Linux, OS X) -  intermediate, 12 years\r\n\r\nInterests\r\n=========\r\n\r\nI am most interested in family activities, outdoor activities such as hiking, canoeing, and longboarding, but I am also keenly interested in visual art, music (bass guitarist) and especially various forms of gadgetry. I’m also a licensed amateur radio operator (K4APP) and a decent example of a fairly seasoned multi-purpose nerd. \r\n\r\nBrian Shumate\r\nbrian@brianshumate.com\r\nWeb Wrangler and Mobile Technologist","hireable":true,"public_gists":2,"html_url":"https://github.com/brianshumate","url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianshumate","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c52501e384405cbf12dc477a5c95e6f3?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","following":41,"login":"brianshumate"}}