David S Pattison

David S. Pattison

  
 530.220.5043
Grass Valley, CA  dspattison_at_ucdavis_dot_edu
Education

University of California at Davis  Davis, CA
B.S., Computer Science, March 2008   

Work Experience

  • Software Engineer  Summer 2008
    WePlayTV.com, Grass Valley, CA   
    • Was part of the development team at a small internet start up creating an interactive, entertainment-based website surrounding TV broadcasts.
    • Developed webpages using PHPCake, Apache and MySQL.
  • Research Internship  April 2007 - May 2008
    Department of Computer Science, UC Davis   
    • Worked with a group analyzing the development of open source projects.
    • Design, developed, debuged and extened scripts using Python, Postgres and Linux.
    • Research paper accepted "Talk and Work: a Preliminary Report," (first author) Mining Software Repositories 2008.
    • Reasearch paper accepted "Chapels in the Bazaar? Latent Social Structure in OSS," (second author) Foundations of Software Engineering 2008.

  • Web Development Internship  Summer 2006
    California Environmental Resource Evaluation System, Sacramento, CA   
    • Worked with a California Environmental group to maintain their on line resources.
    • Built websites using Perl, MySQL and Apache.

  • Student IT Assistant  March 2006 - December 2006
    Department of Molecular Biology, UC Davis   
    • Maintained 15 on-site workstations and two servers for a Biology lab.
    • Upheld security protocols, maintained website and tailored computer system to fit the needs of the lab.

Skills

Languages:
Python, Perl, SQL, C/C++, BASH, HTML, CSS, LATEX, Java, PHP, Javascript, ColdFusion
Operating Systems:
Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows
Applications:
Apache, SVN/CVS, Postgres, MySQL
Miscellaneous:
System Administration in Linux and Windows.

Interests

Competitive alpine ski racing:
UC Davis Alpine Ski team 2004-2008, President 2007, Treasurer 2008, Webmaster 2005-Present. Sugar Bowl Ski Team, Far West and FIS regional racing.
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity:
Best New Member 2006, Philanthropy chair 2006-2008.
Eagle Scout:
Troop 66 Davis, CA 2003.

References

Available upon request