Joseph Wilhelm
Phone: 602.821.9318
Web: http://tarken.net
Email: tarkatronic@gmail.com

Summary
  My experience with programming started at the age of 14, when I saw some
  code on a friend's computer screen, and I have been hooked since. The
  majority of my skills are self taught, as I have an insatiable thirst for
  knowledge and am constantly working to grow my skill set. In this pursuit, I
  have also gained extensive experience with Linux system administration,
  database administration and also network administration. For the majority of
  this I utilize free and open source software, minimizing the overhead and
  allowing a much quicker adoption and customization time.

Experience
  SMP Communications Corp. – Aug 2008 - Present
    Hired on as a Jr. DBA, my role quickly expanded far beyond that. My
    responsibilities came to encompass everything from general IT support, to
    network administration and security, local and remote server
    administration, project planning, technical documentation and lead
    development. The development is by far the largest of the tasks, providing
    the company with a web presence and single handedly implementing the
    web application for the Kaleidoscope Casino Network.

  Centralized Technologies / The Franchise Builders, LLC – Jun 2006 - Aug 2008
    Sole IT personnel; provided administration for all network, systems and
    code. Upgraded databases to a replicated MySQL platform. Developed an API
    and documentation for the core in-house software. Implemented software
    versioning and a release cycle. Maintained, bugfixed and extended old
    code, all while developing new systems.

  Outsource Financial Services, LLC – Jul 2001 - Jun 2006
    Worked with a small team of other IT personnel, sharing a broad spectrum
    of responsibilities, including: web application design and development,
    backend application development, systems maintenance, disaster recovery,
    hardware and software technical support. Assisted in server and network
    configuration and deployment when moving the company to a new site. 

  Lyrical Communications, LLC – Oct 1999 - Jun 2006
    Independent consultant and systems developer; worked with a team of other
    developers over the internet to develop web applications, as well as
    backend and support applications for a variety of clients. The majority of
    the clients were small businesses looking to get off the ground with a new
    web presence.

  Spokane Community College – Sep 1999 - Jun 2001
    Linux Consultant and Web Assistant; maintained a Linux server for student
    use and access from various web applications. Also assisted in development
    of the school's web site, primarily working on a threaded message board
    system.

  L.A. Boone & Company – Sep 2000 - Dec 2000
    Assisted in development of a vehicle auction tracking system for Silver
    Auto Auctions. Development was conducted in a full Linux environment,
    utilizing Python, Qt, and related tools. Also acted as network
    administrator, maintaining the company firewall and internal network.

Education
  Spokane Community College – Sep 1998 - Jun 2000
    Majored in Web Development; attended classes covering a wide variety of
    technical skills, providing assistance to the professors and tutoring
    fellow students on several of the topics.

  Lewis & Clark High School – Sep 1996 – Apr 1998
    After studying in a number of computer related and advanced mathematical
    courses, I left high school and obtained my GED for the purpose of
    pursuing higher education.

Skills
  Proficient with: Python, PHP, SQL, PL/SQL, Javascript, BASH, HTML, CSS,
    Ajax, XML, XPath, ODBC, RSS
  Previously used: Perl, Visual Basic, VBScript, ADO/OLEDB, ASP
  Rudimentary knowledge: C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, ATOM, SOAP, Ruby, Lua
  Operating systems: Numerous Linux distributions as both server and desktop
    environments; Windows 98 – Vista, DOS
  Source control: cvs, Subversion, git
  Databases: PostgreSQL 7.4 – 8.4, MySQL 3.2 – 5.0, MS SQL 2000, Berkeley DB
  Virtualization: VMWare, Xen, VirtualBox