F. Cody Casterline

Developing great software based on open source technologies and best business practices. Learning new skills to tackle challenges as they arise.

Pervasive Software
Engineering Consultant, March 2008 - Present

• Maintained and extended a custom MCF application plugin for Pervasive's Data Integrator software suite.
• Wrote test plans and assisted in debugging a DMS plugin for Data Integrator.
• Assisted customers in developing and maintaining data translation processes.

Fusion Learning Systems
Engineer, September 2006 - October 2007

• Maintained and extended a Java (Swing) application used for creating class curricula based on textbook contents.
• Maintained and extended a J2EE application that created course materials based on data files.
• Led technical development of a J2EE LMS, including requirements gathering, technical design, documentation, and choice of technologies. (Apache Ant, Apache Struts, Hibernate, Jython, Apache Axis)

Tocquigny Advertising, Interactive + Marketing, Austin, Texas
Interactive Developer, March 2003 - March 2005
Senior Interactive Developer, April 2005 - February 2006

• Developed a DHTML library to simplify building dynamic, template-driven site navigation.
• Maintained and extended proprietary "response metrics engine", a multi-user web application which tracked and reported on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of advertising campaigns.
• Brought Object Oriented Programming techniques to existing code to provide reusable APIs which sped further development.
• Wrote custom ETL (Extract, Translate & Load) scripts to translate proprietary data from MySQL and PostgreSQL databases into a remote MS SQL database.
• Wrote automated tasks for converting and merging data into different databases.
• Completed Java 2 certification after-hours when development switched to Java.
• Developed code to help with the migration from a file system based development environment (Samba & FTP) to a distributed development environment (CVS) in both PHP and Java (w/ Ant).
• Led the development of Snapshot Metrics.
• Simplified and optimized database schemas and queries.

Interactive Ensemble, Austin, Texas
Web Programmer, May 2000 - March 2003

• Wrote a custom system monitoring and reporting tool to monitor system status and send alerts on system failure. (Python)
• Wrote a file based web templating engine, "Phope," which uses PHP to implement Zope-like features.
• Helped migrate from proprietary to Open Source software.
  (BIND, MySQL, PostgreSQL, exim, DHCP, GNU/Linux, Samba, Netatalk)
• Headed the migration of web, file, mail, DHCP, DNS and other servers to a new IP block. Used iptables to forward traffic to the new net block for nearly zero downtime, even in spite of laggy DNS updates.
• Headed the creation of a business-to-business ordering system with a three-tiered approval process.
• Debugged and extended "Indacta," a site management system. (PHP)
• Worked with various database back-ends. (PrimeBase, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Designed database schemas for custom web applications.
• Converted page mock-ups from the design department into dynamic web sites. (HTML/PHP/JavaScript)

Port Aransas Independent School District, Port Aransas, Texas
Network Assistant 1996-1998

• Installed and performed troubleshooting on hardware and software.
• Helped staff to use new software, e-mail, and the Internet.

Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 (SCJP)
August, 2004

Programming:

Web Design:

Operating Systems:

• Linux: Kernels 2.2 - 2.6. Debian, Slackware, RedHat.
• DOS, Windows 3.1 - Windows XP
• MacOS 6 - MacOS X

Applications:

Networking: