Brian Davidson
Skills
Front End:
- JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- React, React Native, Redux, Babel, jQuery
- Sass, Less, Bootstrap
Tools & Platforms:
- Docker, Bolt, Git, Postgres, Nginx
- Webpack, Babel, Browserify
- Provisioning with Salt, Ansible
- Testing with Mocha, Karma, WebDriver
Projects
Open Source Projects
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Trimetric
— Realtime stop and vehicle information for Trimet transit built in
React and
Go.
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Trimetric Mobile
— Android and iOS
React Native
companion apps for the Trimetric website.
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Rong
— The game of Pong, in
React.
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Homebase
— A
Go tool for updating Digital Ocean DNS records.
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LogMonitor
— A
Ruby/Backbone.js tool for monitoring log files in your browser.
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Pressure
— A
Ruby gem for broadcasting upstream data over websockets.
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SimpleScore
— A
NodeJS server for adding leaderboard functionality to games.
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Deathbot
— A
JS/Canvas project I used to learn more about collision detection and raycasting.
Work History
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Built a cross-platform, on-premise server application in Go and dashboard in React/Redux, used to monitor and manage hundreds
of network connected devices in real-time. Includes proxying connections to devices over TCP and
websocket connections, scheduling tasks, email reports and alerts, licensing, and integration with
Prometheus.
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Built a prototype host application to control multiple USB devices using Go and Arduino.
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Built an iOS test application for the Hearing Hotspot audio over WiFi system.
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Developed a dashboard to visualize live usage statistics for Hearing Hotspot devices, with a frontend written in TypeScript
and Angular 2, and a backend written in Go. Used Sass for styling.
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Built a responsive website with complete product, sales territory, and download management. Used Less for styling.
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Built custom tools in Go for importing/exporting products in Excel, CSV, and JSON formats.
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Built and released a PhoneGap app for iOS and Google Play to connect to a new network controlled assistive listening transmitter.
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Developed a Ruby backend server and WebSocket driven front end to connect and control multiple networked transmitters.
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Developed responsive AJAX driven web UI for an embedded microcontroller used in an assistive listening transmitter.
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Drupal backend providing content for native iOS and Android apps, with locally deployed caching servers.
- Provisioned both Linux and Windows virtual servers and rack mounted bare metal servers. Responsible
for infrastructure capacity planning and network design to support hosted application servers.
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Designed and built a website which allows you to create, customize and order weddings online, using Contao for content management.
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Developed JS bridge between external shopping cart and website.
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Designed and built a custom application and database to handle the booking and tracking of weddings across multiple venues.
First Christian Church of Demopolis
(2014) —
www.fccdemopolis.org
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Designed and created the website for a local church. Custom WordPress templates for sections with editable content.
Demopolis Live
(2005 - 2010)
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Built and maintained a local community web portal. Developed custom add-ons and features in PHP for vBulletin and Joomla.
Advanced Systems and Networks, Ltd
(1996 - 2004)
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Developed inventory application for a multinational flooring company.
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Developed company website.
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Developed FileMaker application and database to handle customer accounts, inventory management, and service time tracking.
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Built multi-site WANs that spanned multiple cities.
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Data recovery and drive reconstruction.
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Server support (Windows, Unix, Novell)
Las Vegas Gaming Association
(1998 - 2003)
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Designed community web portal, and developed web integrations with gaming servers.
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Maintained a cluster of co-located FreeBSD servers in a Cox Communications data center.
