Nathaniel Ekoniak http://www.nateko.com/ nathaniel@nateko.com (206) 898-2189 -- Core Competencies - Object-oriented design and programming in Perl and other languages - SQL and relational database design for MySQL, SQLite and PostgreSQL - Major operating systems including Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like environments - Version control software including Git and Subversion - Pair programming, Scrum and Agile development practices - Communication security practices and public-key cryptography concepts - Familiarity with various Internet standards and networking protocols - Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences - Designing and documenting software projects and APIs with clarity and precision - Solving challenging problems in an elegant and efficient manner -- Work Experience August 2016 through present. Owner, Ennate Technologies.
 Washington, Ohio & Pennsylvania. - Provided consulting and technology solutions for local businesses and non-profit organizations - Performed on-site maintenance and IT support in and around Seattle, Youngstown and Pittsburgh December 2015 through June 2016. Full Stack Developer, WWR LLC.
 Seattle, Washington. - Specified and prototyped, with a small team, a proof-of-concept web application (details under NDA) December 2012 through August 2015. Software Engineer, University of Washington.
 Seattle, Washington. - Developed, maintained and supported various applications and application stacks to address needs for engineering, telecom and IT support systems, as a member of the Network Management Tools team - Received ITIL certification and developed organization-wide support tools and ITIL middleware during a major transition to a new service request, ticketing and organizational management system December 2011 through December 2012. Software Development Engineer, Amazon. Seattle, Washington. - Developed and maintained Perl and Java web applications supporting gift card purchasing and management as a member of the Gift Card Applications and User Interface team January 2008 through November 2011. Software Developer, SymonTek. Seattle, Washington. - Developed in-flight networking solutions for use over satellite and other links with high latency, limited bandwidth and/or intermittent connectivity - Collaborated on the rapid development of various applications in object-oriented Perl using off-the-shelf and open-source components where available, in an OS X development environment for deployment on Debian GNU/Linux systems - Designed LIPPS, a credit card processing system that uses public-key cryptography to maintain data security according to industry standards including PA-DSS/PCI-DSS and can process both live and asynchronous transactions on aircraft in-flight entertainment systems with limited connectivity; defined and documented its APIs including the definition of XML schemas for exchanging data - Designed numerous MySQL and SQLite database schemas for all company products, emphasizing referential integrity and correct mapping of real-world data and relationships, as well as recognizing and dealing with concurrency issues to ensure data consistency at all times - Co-wrote and maintained system description and API documents for various company products - Co-designed and implemented, as part of a small team of developers, EMBATL, a networking layer written in Perl utilizing Internet standards to allow aircraft systems to communicate with terrestrial servers while in flight in a consistent manner regardless of underlying link layer technology - Co-designed and implemented, as part of a small team of developers, GETA, a plugin-based aircraft data delivery and processing system written in Perl; worked with clients to discover, document and ensure compliance with standards for data delivery to and from third parties August 2006 through August 2007. Assistant Language Teacher, Shibushi City Board of Education. Kagoshima, Japan. - Assisted in the teaching of English at three public junior high schools and six elementary schools - Taught Adult and Youth English conversation classes for Shibushi City's Lifelong Learning Program - Helped to organize and participate in city events for the promotion of cultural exchange April 2005 through July 2006. Web Developer, The Post. Athens, Ohio. - Co-designed and implemented, as part of a small team of developers, Fourdrinier, an in-house CMS written in PHP, offering a dramatic increase in the functionality, stability, compatibility and usability of The Post Online, a public website serving thousands of users - Designed Fourdrinier's back-end PostgreSQL database, emphasizing data integrity and performance - Converted and normalized years of historical data to an internally consistent format, greatly increasing the efficiency of data insertion and retrieval as well as expanding the utility of existing data - Contributed to the layout and graphical design of The Post Online using XHTML and CSS, as well as the creation of custom graphics September 2005 through March 2006. Assistant Server Administrator, Ohio University Physics Department. Athens, Ohio. - Assisted with the maintenance of the Linux servers for the Lon-CAPA online course delivery system - Created an automated backup solution for the servers supporting Lon-CAPA, using Perl and rsync, increasing the frequency and longevity of backups while decreasing storage requirements June 2004 - September 2004 Technical Coordinator, America Coming Together. Liberty, Ohio. - Coordinated data processing and managed technical operations at the Youngstown, Ohio branch office - Automated high-volume, labor-intensive data entry processes, resulting in an order-of-magnitude productivity increase and significant cost savings -- Educational Background June 2006. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, cum laude. September 2002 through June 2006. Ohio University Honors Tutorial College. Athens, Ohio. - Major: Computer Science - Minors: Mathematics and Japanese - Cumulative GPA: 3.5 out of 4.0 - Dean's List: 6 times - Undergraduate thesis on the application of relational databases to the analysis of linguistic corpora - Coursework completed in C/C++ September 2004 through February 2005. Chubu University. Kasugai, Japan. - Advanced courses in Japanese language and culture - Iwate Homestay and Cultural Immersion Program Summer 2016. University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. - 6-week intensive Summer Language Institute course in Slovak language