Bryan Gmyrek, Ph.D.

(623) 466-4694 - 1804 W Horsetail Trail, Phoenix, AZ 85085 - gmyrek@me.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/physics

Summary

Results-driven software developer with a passion for OO programming and ten years experience.  Expert at designing and programming automation and data transformation solutions with Perl, web based applications with LAMP and AJAX, and scientific programs with C/C++ on GNU/Linux.  Able to learn new skills and project details quickly, find creative solutions to challenging problems, and stick with a project until it is completed.  Excellent communication skills honed through speaking at conferences, writing articles, teaching courses, working with team members, and negotiating projects with clients.

Skills

Languages

§ Perl, C/C++, PHP, SQL (MySQL, MS SQL), JavaScript/AJAX, BASH, XML, HTML.

Operating Systems

• Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, SUSE), UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX), Mac OS X, Windows.

Applications

• Apache (mod_rewrite), CVS, SVN, ROOT, vim, cpan, MS Office 2007, TFS, VMWare, Drupal.

Education

Ph.D., Physics, Aug. 2007 – Focus on particle physics data analysis with C++ & Perl.

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

M.A., Physics, Jan. 2001

Boston University, Boston, MA

B.S., Physics, Mathematics Minor, Cum Laude, May 1999

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Experience

Senior Content Software Engineer, Fall 2007 – Present

Lumension Security, Scottsdale, AZ

• Member of an automation and internal tools Scrum team that consistently solves problems.
• Use creative problem solving skills to research, architect and implement software solutions.
• Design (UML) and write programs to ingest, process and distribute content automatically.
• Write object oriented Perl modules with Moose to process and sanity check content data.
• Extract data from online APIs, HTML, XML and flat files and store in CSV, XML, and MySQL.
• Design and implement normalized MySQL databases and run ad-hoc SQL queries.
• Use regular expressions in daily Perl programming tasks, often to verify data integrity.
• Write shell and Perl scripts to automatically detect vulnerabilities and deploy patches on Linux.
• Draft a Perl Coding Standards document as the Perl Subject Matter Expert.

Internet Software Consulting, Fall 2001 – Spring 2009
President/Software Developer, Traffic Programming LLC, Tucson, AZ

• Programmed web based applications using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP) & AJAX.
• Communicated directly with clients to design the optimal solutions to their problems.
• Led and interacted with subcontractors to achieve project goals.
• Designed and coded an “instant” PHP/MySQL based web application administration program.
• Wrote an ad distribution system that served ads to multiple web sites from a central location.
• Programmed a web site that draws content from emails and displays them online.
• Implemented a cutting-edge multi-web site management platform.
• Designed and coded an advanced web crawler using Perl & MySQL.
• Wrote a PHP & AJAX (Dojo) based game where players tag different web sites.
• Coded and drafted a UML sequence diagram for a custom PHP/MySQL survey system.
• Designed SQL databases and web based user interface programs using UML.
• System administrator for e-commerce web sites and dedicated Linux servers.

Graduate Research Associate, Fall 2002 – Summer 2007

University of Arizona High Energy Physics Group, Tucson, AZ

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL

• Designed and programmed C/C++ and Perl programs on Linux to analyze large amounts of data
• Used statistics and Monte Carlo simulations to discriminate signal from background data.
• Created visual representations of data using ROOT, a C++ Data Analysis Framework.
• Worked as part of a team with professors & graduate students at the U of AZ and Fermilab.
• Documented research in notebooks, Fermilab papers, and professional journals.
• Presented results via videoconference and in person at Fermilab and international conferences.

Laboratory Instructor, Fall 2001 - Spring 2002

University of Arizona Physics Department, Tucson, AZ

• Taught students how to design & conduct experiments, record data, & estimate errors.

Internet Researcher, Spring 2001 - Summer 2001

Inceptor, Inc., Maynard, MA

• Wrote programs in Perl to analyze internet traffic and track online sale conversions.

Graduate Research Assistant, Summer 2000

Boston University Physics Department, Boston, MA

• Wrote a statistical physics program in C to study a stochastic chemical process.

Laboratory Teaching Fellow, Fall 1999 - Fall 2000

Boston University Physics Department, Boston, MA

• Led sections for Physics 105 (introductory), 233 (environmental) & 313 (modern).

Student / Researcher, Summer 1999

University of Massachusetts "Computing Our Universe" summer school, Amherst, MA

• Wrote and used C code on GNU/Linux to study the early universe using numerical methods.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 1998 - Fall 1999

Medium Energy Nuclear Physics Group, Amherst, MA

• Programmed electronics used at the MIT Bates Linear Accelerator using C code.

Publications

• V. M. Abazov et al. [D0 Collaboration], ``Measurement of the W boson helicity in top quark decay at D0,'' Phys. Rev. D 75, 031102(R) (2007). http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0609045

• V. M. Abazov et al. [D0 Collaboration], ``Search for Right-Handed W Bosons in Top Quark Decays,'' Phys. Rev. D 72, 011104(R) (2005). http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0505031

Public Speaking & Professional Associations

American Physical Society, 1998 - Present

• Presented experimental particle physics research findings at 2004, 2005 and 2006 meetings.

WebmasterWorld.com, 2001 - Present

• Presented How to Become a PHP/Perl Programmer at the Vegas 2006 & 2008 conferences.
• Moderator of Webmaster General and Databases forums.