Brandon Low
815 1st Ave #337•
Seattle, WA 98104 •
312-622-3273
brandon@lostlogicx.com
brandon@lostlogicx.com
Experience
Jul '07
Present
Present
May '05
Jul '07
Jul '07
Orbitz, LLC, Chicago, IL
Software Engineer II
Wrote design documents and code and coordinated engineering groups as lead developer on several features. Co-developed a new booking path to allow corporate clients to reserve chauffeured cars. Collaborated with a consultant group on the implementation of single sign-on for clients; took over maintenance of the feature. Promoted early to Engineer II.
Software Engineer II
Wrote design documents and code and coordinated engineering groups as lead developer on several features. Co-developed a new booking path to allow corporate clients to reserve chauffeured cars. Collaborated with a consultant group on the implementation of single sign-on for clients; took over maintenance of the feature. Promoted early to Engineer II.
Jan. '06
Present
Present
Rockbox - Open Source Jukebox Firmware (volunteer)
Developer
Created a profiling system for the Rockbox embedded OS. Rearchitected the playback and bufferring code to eliminate thread contention and to simplify the system.
Developer
Created a profiling system for the Rockbox embedded OS. Rearchitected the playback and bufferring code to eliminate thread contention and to simplify the system.
Feb. '03
May '05
May '05
Ribstone Systems, Inc., Chicago, IL
Software Engineer
Replaced Redhat Linux 7.3 with an up-to-date Gentoo Linux system as the platform for all development and deployed systems. Supported and enhanced JDBC-based applications for distributed work environments. Utilized JNI to create a replacement for the already industry-leading TIFF to PCL converter and improve the interface to third-party libraries in other performance sensitive areas (eg. image manipulation and OCR). Implemented a fault-tolerant, Java-based network and printer configuration program.
Software Engineer
Replaced Redhat Linux 7.3 with an up-to-date Gentoo Linux system as the platform for all development and deployed systems. Supported and enhanced JDBC-based applications for distributed work environments. Utilized JNI to create a replacement for the already industry-leading TIFF to PCL converter and improve the interface to third-party libraries in other performance sensitive areas (eg. image manipulation and OCR). Implemented a fault-tolerant, Java-based network and printer configuration program.
Jun. '02
Dec. '06
Dec. '06
Gentoo Linux (volunteer)
Senior Developer (limited activity from May '05)
Maintained Gentoo Linux kernel patchset. Worked on core package maintenance and updates.
Senior Developer (limited activity from May '05)
Maintained Gentoo Linux kernel patchset. Worked on core package maintenance and updates.
Nov. '01
Feb. '03
Feb. '03
CopyTec, Inc., Chicago, IL (out of business)
Graphics and Imaging Specialist
Redesigned and maintained the company website. Wrote scripts and programs to facilitate large-scale imaging projects.
Graphics and Imaging Specialist
Redesigned and maintained the company website. Wrote scripts and programs to facilitate large-scale imaging projects.
Jun. '00
Oct. '01
Oct. '01
Kinko's, Wheaton, IL
Project Manager/Technology Specialist
Joined the management team in the development and deployment of effective systems, yielding the first two consecutive profitable months in two years.
Project Manager/Technology Specialist
Joined the management team in the development and deployment of effective systems, yielding the first two consecutive profitable months in two years.
Education
Aug. '00
May '05
May '05
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
BS Computer Engineering
Heald Scholarship Aug. '00 - Jul. '01, President's Scholarship Aug '01 - May '04
Led a group in creating a fully functional bug tracking system in perl/mysql. Designed Java/mysql database interfaces for use in delivering dynamic content to a tour system. Participated in development of a Slackware Linux/MPI-based high performance clustered computer for IIT faculty and student research efforts as a member of the software installation team. Designed an 8-bit pipelined processor at the silicon doping region level.
BS Computer Engineering
Heald Scholarship Aug. '00 - Jul. '01, President's Scholarship Aug '01 - May '04
Led a group in creating a fully functional bug tracking system in perl/mysql. Designed Java/mysql database interfaces for use in delivering dynamic content to a tour system. Participated in development of a Slackware Linux/MPI-based high performance clustered computer for IIT faculty and student research efforts as a member of the software installation team. Designed an 8-bit pipelined processor at the silicon doping region level.
Technical Skills
Strong languages
Java, C, Perl, PHP
Other languages
SQL, C++, Python, JSP, BASH, HTML/CSS, MIPS, m68k, ARM
Technologies
Spring, Ant, BEAWeblogic, Hibernate, Jini, SAML, CVS, Git
Areas of knowledge
Open source software development, networking technologies, computer hardware
Strong skills
Web application development, Linux/Unix commandline tools, concurrent systems
Other skills
Linux/Unix server administration, PC application configuration, web design, embedded development