FRANK DAVID DUNCAN, JR
frank@kank.net                                                                                  3822 W. Altgeld, Apt. #1
(773) 727-3247                                                                                         Chicago, IL 60647

Education
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Illinois Institute of Technology                                                            Chicago, IL: 8/2000 - 5/2004
                                                                                            BS in Computer Science
                                                                                            3.44/4.0 Major GPA
                                                                                            3.44/4.0 Total GPA

Relevant Skills
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Languages with >10k lines of code                                       Java, Common Lisp, JavaScript, PHP, Shell Script
               >1k Lines of Code                                                                       Ruby, Python, C++
Things to ask me about                                      Vim, Linux (Gentoo/RedHat), Unix toolchain (grep, sed, etc.)
                                                         Ant, Outlook, Agile, Subversion, AccuRev, Rails, Tomcat, Spring

Work Experience
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The Karn Group, Chicago, IL
  Chief of Keepin' it Real (5/2009 - Present)

Orbitz WorldWide, Chicago, IL
  Senior Software Engineer: Internal Tools (3/2008 - 5/2009)
    Develop and administer tools for internal technical customers.  Responsibilities include:
      * Administer Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, AccuRev, RPM repository.
      * Develop in-house tools for handling _transitive dependency management_ and releasing software.
      * _Extend third party tools_ such as Jira, Confluence, and Ant for customized use by Orbitz employees.
      * Assist users with debugging problems with tools owned by the team.
    Developed tools and plugins with a variety of technologies including Ruby, Rails, Python, Java, Maven, Common Lisp,
    and Ant.  Worked closely with internal customers using a modified Agile Software Approach to prioritize, plan,
    code, test, and deploy tools.

  Senior Software Engineer: Transaction Services (4/2005 - 3/2008)
    Developed software for Orbitz backend tier.  Projects included:
      * Provided _Production Support_ for multiple high traffic sites.
      * Architected and wrote the redesign for the switching layer for the air vertical.
      * Built tool sets for developers to search site logs, drive controlled transactions, and manage the release
        process.
      * Migrated the merchant processing module to a _dynamic plugin architecture_.
      * Wrote a backend module for Orbitz For Business's hired-car module using SOAP as communication via AXIS.  
    Used Java technologies such as Junit, Spring, Jboss, Tomcat, JDBC, Beanshell, and Ant.  Followed the development
    model of gathering requirements, drafting technical specifications, designing object and class relationships,
    writing and documenting code, writing unit tests, and deploying applications.

Rockcress, Chicago, IL
  Partner and Website Developer (9/2006 - Present)
    Designed and implemented http://katherine-anne.com.  _Created custom framework_ for easy deployment of new changes
    to site.  Worked closely with partners to write various tools to assist in day-to-day operations of business such
    as printing forms, managing a customer database, and invoicing.  Created the _graphic and layout design_ while
    adhering to internet usability principles.

Ribstone Systems, Chicago, IL
  Application Programmer (3/2004 - 4/2005)
    Created internal PHP applications for Test Case Management, and Order Management.

  Customer Support and Training Representative (3/2004 - 4/2005)
    Visited client sites around the country to provide company product training.

  Application Tester (6/2003 - 4/2005)
    Tested releases of Java-based company products.  Created automatic Graphical User Interface testing scripts.

  Systems Programmer (12/2003 - 3/2004)
    Created scripts for automated Linux installations to be optimized with proprietary software.

Unisys, Roseville, MN
  Co-op software tester (5/2002 - 8/2002)

  Co-op software developer (6/2001 - 12/2001)

Open Source Projects
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Nekthuth: Connection with a Lisp (http://nekthuth.com)
  Primary Developer (7/2008 - Present)
    Nekthuth is the combination of a vim plugin and a common lisp library which enables vim users to start up or
    connect to a CL interpreter inside vim, and do interesting things with it.  It uses Vimscript, python, and common
    lisp communicating over tcp to create a full development environment within a vim instance.