Polyglot developer with 15 years experience; linguistic and cultural training, experience with natural language processing + machine learning, business intelligence, payment processing, relational database design using MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL as well as NoSQL with MongoDB. Specialties: Java, Clojure, Python, Perl, text processing, linguistics, automation, large-scale system administration, pattern recognition and machine learning. I've also worked with Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Backbone, Angular, iOS, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2 and several other systems

Senior Software Engineer @ Creating API and deployment infrastructure with an intuitive front-end experience (e.g., full-stack). From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Senior Software Developer @ Writing JavaScript for Node.js backend and iOS frontend Titanium applications targeting iPad and iPhone for sales teams. From June 2015 to September 2015 (4 months) Director of Information Technology @ Writing software and choosing solutions to promote music artists and facilitate the sale, distribution and licensing of music. Working with Nginx, WordPress, PHP, Clojure, MySQL on Ubuntu and Amazon Web Services platforms. SaaS for calculating royalties, and designing a custom high-performance e-commerce solution. From September 2013 to May 2015 (1 year 9 months) Asheville, North Carolina AreaSenior Software Developer @ Developed an SaaS application on a LAMP (Perl) stack with jQuery, SASS, SQL + MongoDB to help auto dealerships appraise, price and sell cars. We used Agile methodology and a full QA process as well as test driven development to ensure quality code and deal with issues quickly. From September 2011 to August 2013 (2 years) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaLinguist/Knowledge Engineer @ Wrote Natural Language Processing software + linguistic patterns for information retrieval, text extraction, and textual inference. (Short-term contract position) From May 2011 to June 2011 (2 months) Research Assistant @ Developed a range of natural language metadata enrichment systems for the Open Language Archives Community using Python/NLTK, Perl web service, and Java MALLET MaxEnt classifiers / machine learning, MySQL From January 2010 to May 2011 (1 year 5 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaDeveloper / QA / Packaging @ Developed physical + electronic remittance (check) processing software in Java, did Quality Assurance & Integration Testing, Installer Design on Windows, used Amazon AWS / S3, PHP, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, JavaDB, XML + XSLT From April 2008 to December 2009 (1 year 9 months) Ithaca, New York AreaComputer Programmer @ I converted a web-based program from Microsoft ASP to jQuery & Python. I also did the web design for the associated documentation. From February 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 10 months) Ithaca, New York AreaProgrammer / System Administrator @ Wrote automation programs in perl, Unix shells, cfengine (digital immune systems), Windows Scripting Host. Fixed code written in C, PHP, SQL. Created firewalls, managed VLANS, VPNs, routers, etc. Automated system installs with RedHat kickstart and Microsoft Windows RIS and others. Taught classes in PowerPoint. Answered user questions, wrote documentation. Managed systems with Windows XP/2003, RedHat and Debian Linux, and Mac OS X. From January 2000 to October 2007 (7 years 10 months) Ithaca, New York AreaProgrammer @ Participated in data-flow design for NASA Science Data Center serving the CONTOUR mission, created a DVD-based backup system for spacecraft images. From September 2002 to January 2003 (5 months) Ithaca, New York AreaConsultant Programmer @ Migrated data to open source software, configured tailored to client needs web, email, mailing list, FTP, and revision control systems and secured them. From September 2001 to December 2001 (4 months) Computer Technician @ Repaired Apple/Mac OS, IBM compatible PCs, Apple and HP printers, minor networking configuration and security. From January 1997 to March 1998 (1 year 3 months) Ithaca, New York Area

Certificate, Applied Linguistics @ Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics From 2010 to 2010 B.S., Information Science and Design @ State University of New York Empire State College From 2001 to 2010 A.S., Computer Science @ State University of New York TC3 From 1997 to 2001 Sven Pedersen is skilled in: Clojure, Functional Programming, Java, Python, Linguistics, Software Engineering, Perl, SQL, PostgreSQL, Ruby, MongoDB, MySQL, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Eclipse