Professional Summary for Todd Foster

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Skills Summary

Active in C# development with Windows Forms and OpenGL.
Enjoy working in a team environment, especially pair programming. Preference for agile methodology and test-driven development.
Strong interest in languages. Fluent in Spanish. Ongoing use of Koine Greek and biblical Hebrew.
Expertise in Java/Swing development for commercial application software. Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) for the Java 2 Platform, SE 5.0.
Experience with Ruby, Perl, Bash, sed, JavaScript, HTML and CSS, Regular Expressions, Version Control, Unit Testing, Ant, Make, TEX. Past experience in C, C++, Assembly, Lisp, and application-specific languages. Regularly use Eclipse, Visual Studio and vim as development environments.
OS experience chiefly with variants of Unix (Linux, OS X, Solaris). Over ten years experience with Linux (mostly Debian). Comfortable with Windows 7.
Contributed to various open source projects by new feature development and bug reports (e.g., pcal, Markdown, album, Morse Code Trainer).
Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by APICS.
Typeset and published three editions of a book of music.
Tech+ amateur radio license with an emphasis on electronic construction.
Enjoy music, motorcycling, mechanics, martial arts, reading.

Software Developer: Work in C#, Java, OpenGL development with internationally distributed teams.
Developed GIS application for international customer. Began in middle of the project, eventually becoming lead developer. Brought project to deliverable stage and then trained overseas developers to provide ongoing support.
Worked on all stages of project life-cycle, short- and long-term projects.

Systems Analyst: Software development, Management consulting with clients including DuPont, Exxon, Union Camp, Weyerheauser, Witco.
Developed back-end mathematical transformations in C for demand management software.
Assisted major clients developing software to combine history, sales intelligence and corporate priorities to plan factory production schedules.