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<h1>Monty Taylor</h1>
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<li>phone: +1 972 979 5079</li>
<li>email: mordred@inaugust.com </li>
<li><a href="http://inaugust.com/">http://inaugust.com</a></li>
<li>twitter: e_monty</li>
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<div class="techskills">Python, C++, Drizzle, MySQL, MySQL Cluster, Java</div>
<div class="techskills">Heartbeat, DRBD, Linux (Ubuntu/Debian, RHEL/CentOS), JNI</div>
<div class="techskills">Clustering, Cloud Computing, Scale Out, High Availability</div>
<div class="techskills"><small>theatre director, lighting designer, photographer, some Dutch, some German, no knowledge of Portuguese</small></div>
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<span class="titletitle">Experience</span>
<span class="titledate">1995-2010 </span>
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<p>Rackspace Cloud</p>
<p class="jobtitle">System Architect</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">C++, Python, Drizzle, Linux, OSX, Solaris</p>
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<li>Core developer on <a href="http://launchpad.net/drizzle">Drizzle</a>: a modern fork of MySQL for the Cloud</li>
<li>Conference Speaker at conferences worldwide <small>(MySQL User's Conference, Velocity, linux.conf.au, Texas Linux Fest)</small></li>
<li>Wrangled Drizzle build and plugin sub-systems.</li>
<li>Managed and owned Drizzle coding standards and C++ standardization.</li>
<li>Authored <a href="http://launchpad.net/pandora-build">pandora-build</a> - A set of simple and robust autotools macros.</li>
<li>Worked on Bazaar and Rackspace Cloud plugins for Hudson</li>
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<p>MySQL, Inc. / Sun Microsystems</p>
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<p>Sun Microsystems</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Staff Engineer</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">C++, Drizzle, MySQL, Linux, OSX, Solaris</p>
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<li>Core developer on <a href="http://launchpad.net/drizzle">Drizzle</a>: a modern fork of MySQL for the Cloud</li>
<li>Conference Speaker at conferences worldwide <small>(MySQL User's Conference, JavaOne, OSCon, Velocity, linux.conf.au, Percona Performance Conf)</small></li>
<li>Wrangled Drizzle build and plugin sub-systems.</li>
<li>Managed and owned Drizzle coding standards and C++ standardization.</li>
<li>Drizzle "Captain" - primary community code liason.</li>
<li>Authored <a href="http://launchpad.net/pandora-build">pandora-build</a> - A set of simple and robust autotools macros.</li>
<li>Authored <a href="http://launchpad.net/drizzle-interface">drizzle-interface</a> - Bindings to libdrizzle.</li>
<li>Authored <a href="http://launchpad.net/gearman-interface">gearman-interface</a> - Bindings to libgearman.</li>
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<p>MySQL, Inc.</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Senior Consultant</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">MySQL, MySQL Cluster, Heartbeat, DRBD, Linux, C++, C#, Python, Java, PHP, Ruby</p>
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<li>Solutions Architect for top 10 web properties, telcos and gaming companies.</li>
<li>Expert in High Availability and Clustering Solutions.</li>
<li>Authored <a href="http://launchpad.net/ndb-bindings">NDB/Bindings</a> - Wrappers for MySQL Cluster NDB API in Java, Python, Ruby, C#, Perl and Lua.</li>
<li>Conference Speaker at various conferences worldwide on a wide variety of subjects. <small>(MySQL User's Conference, JavaOne, PyCon, MySQL DevConf, University of São Paulo)</small></li>
<li>Member of the MySQL Debian Packaging team.</li>
<li>Technical owner of MySQL/Linbit relationship related to DRBD.</li>
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<p>StageFiles, LLC</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Founder, Partner</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Plone, Python, mod_python, TurboGears, Debian/Ubuntu GNU/Linux</p>
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<li>Started, ran and managed company with partner.</li>
<li>Designed and developed a web-based portfolio system for
Theatrical Design.</li>
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<p>In August Productions, Inc.</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Founder, CEO</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Python, Zope, elisp, LaTeX, exim, ZODB, GTK, Glade, Cyrus, SASL,
SquirrelMail, Apache,
Debian GNU/Linux, Debian Packaging FreeBSD</p>
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<li>Started and managed small business concerns, including hiring, payroll and billing.</li>
<li>Designed an extensible theatrical lighting control system.</li>
<li>Wrote a play typesetting program.</li>
<li>Co-developed email and web hosting system.</li>
<li>Authored an RFP response with Zope Corp. for an online testing system.</li>
<em>Clients included:</em>
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<p>Washington Mutual, Seattle, Washington</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">C#, Python, LaTeX, Python, Subversion,
Apache2, Tomcat, Solaris, Windows XP</p>
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<li>Developed reporting solution for Loan Prepayment Modeling.</li>
<li>Provided system support including administration and system design.</li>
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<p>Monster.com, Boston, Massachusetts</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Zope, Python, DTML, C#, SQL Server, Perforce, Windows 2000</p>
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<li>Single point of contact for Zope related issues for the organization.</li>
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<p>Tahinis Mediterranean Bistro, Bar Harbor, Maine</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Plone, Python, Javascript, CSS, Debian GNU/Linux</p>
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<li>Created an Online menu system for restaurants.</li>
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<p>North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Zope, Python, mod-perl, Javascript, CSS, Apache,
Debian GNU/Linux, Solaris</p>
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<li>Created a system to help students write better lab reports.</li>
<li>Created a system to protect copywritten works used in course materials.</li>
<li>Worked on web-based system to translate Western Characters into Hindi.</li>
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<p>Cox Interactive Media, Atlanta, Georgia</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Zope, Python, Oracle, PL/SQL, Java, Solaris</p>
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<li>Implemented a Content Management System.</li>
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<p>Thingamy, Oslo, Norway</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Python</p>
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<li>Wrote a tool to migrate data from legacy database to ZODB.</li>
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<p>Alexander Consulting, London, England</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Zope</p>
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<li>Provided solution assessment for proposed CRM System.</li>
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<p>iuveno, Ingolstadt, Germany</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Zope, Python, LDAP, IMAP, SuSE GNU/Linux, ZEO</p>
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<li>Worked on a web-based CRM system that interfaced Palm Pilots.</li>
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<p>MTNI, Atlanta, Georgia</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Python</p>
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<li>Developed a Python library implementation of RFC 1861 - SNPP.</li>
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<p>HRSmart, Plano, Texas</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Senior System Administrator</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Apache, MySQL, Debian GNU/Linux, dpkg, dirvish, Exim, nagios</p>
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<li>Administered Debian GNU/Linux, Apache and MySQL servers.</li>
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<p>Information Innovation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Information Artist / Lead Developer</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Perl, PHP, MySQL, Oracle, Apache, Zope, Python,
CVS, RedHat GNU/Linux, Solaris, MacOS X</p>
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<li>Led development efforts for web-based strategic intelligence product.</li>
<li>Designed and developed Internet news-feed reading and processing system.</li>
<li>Architected internal company systems for messaging and Intranet.</li>
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<p>Branch Bank and Trust, Wilson, North Carolina</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Enterprise Management Systems Analyst</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Perl, ksh, AIX, Windows</p>
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<li>Wrote and maintained Perl and shell scripts for Tivoli system automation.</li>
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<p>Best Consulting: Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Consultant</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Perl, ksh, Sybase, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, Solaris</p>
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<li>Wrote code to update Data Warehouse Common Dimensions tables.</li>
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<p>EDS: Russell Stover Candies, Kansas City, Missouri</p>
<p class="jobtitle">Information Analyst</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">Perl, ksh, Sybase, T-SQL, AIX</p>
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<li>Administered systems and performed DBA tasks supporting a 24x7 manufacturing and
shipping environment.</li>
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<p>Fujitsu Network Communications, Richardson, Texas</p>
<p class="jobtitle">UNIX Admin/Support</p>
<p class="jobskillslist">AIX, C, Framemaker SDK, ksh</p>
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<li>Provided system and user support for Desktop AIX systems.</li>
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<div class="techskills">Velocity 2010: Drizzle: A Database Designed for Operations</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2010: Using Drizzle</div>
<div class="techskills">Texas Linux Fest 2010: Drizzle: A Database Designed for Operations</div>
<div class="techskills">linux.conf.au 2010: pandora-build: autotools made better, faster, stronger</div>
<div class="techskills">OsCon 2009: Drizzle Panel</div>
<div class="techskills">Velocity 2009: Drizzle, a new database for the cloud</div>
<div class="techskills">JavaOne 2009: Drizzle, a new database for the cloud</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2009 Keynote: The Great Open Cloud Shootout</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2009: Writing Efficient Java Applications for MySQL Cluster Using NDB/J</div>
<div class="techskills">Percona Performance Conference 2009: Using OProfile</div>
<div class="techskills">linux.conf.au 2009: SQL is Dead</div>
<div class="techskills">linux.conf.au 2009: NDB/Bindings: Use the MySQL Cluster NDB API From Languages You Actually Like For Fun and Profit</div>
<div class="techskills">linux.conf.au 2009: DRBD and Heartbeat, Database Agnostic High Availability</div>
<div class="techskills">JavaOne 2008: MySQL Cluster and Java</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2008 Keynote: Scaling MySQL - Up or Out?</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2008: From SQL to NDB API and the MySQL Cluster Data Nodes and Back Again</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2008: High Availability Landscape of MySQL</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2008: MySQL Cluster and Java (and python, and ruby, and...)</div>
<div class="techskills">MySQL User's Conference 2007: ORM on Steroids</div>
<div class="techskills">PyCon 2007: Wrapping C++ Libraries using SWIG</div>
<div class="techskills">PyCon 2007: Packaging Python for Linux Distributions</div>
<div class="techskills">University of São Paulo Seminars on Software Systems: MySQL Cluster</div>
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