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                                                        matthew j weaver

                                                       matt@ice-nine.org

                                                            New York, NY
                                                            Bay Area, CA

Goal
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  To solve novel problems with interesting people, in an environment
  with as little overhead and inertia as possible, with a focus on
  communication & hope.


Education
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  11/97 - 11/00 : College of Applied Science & Technology
                  Rochester Institute of Technology
                  Bachelor of Science : Computer Science

  08/95 - 11/97 : College of Imaging Arts & Sciences
                  Rochester Institute of Technology
                  Sought Bachelor of Arts : Graphic Design


Experience, Skills
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  Five years of leadership and management experience

  Fifteen years of design/development experience primarily with:

    . C and C++ (UNIX), Scripting (sh, Python)


  Eighteen years of experience with systems:

    . UNIX (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OS X)
    . System & Network Administration (including: IPsec/ISAKMP VPNs,
              Routing, ATM, HTTP, SMTP, BIND/DNS, SNMP, SSH, NFS)


  Significant/Interesting Projects:

    . Ultimate operational responsibility for Google search
    . System-level design, deployment, and operation of Google search
    . System administration of a variety of UNIX systems, on a range
        of scales (one system through tens of thousands of systems)
    . Design / Development: Hardware suitable for outdoor use to repeat
        802.11b wireless networks in the Rocky Mountains
    . Design / Development: Software to automate management and
        troubleshooting of a wireless ISP with hundreds of users
    . Embedded systems programming - modified CSU/DSU software to
        generate custom test traffic for frame relay equipment
    . Design / Development of a genetic-algorithm based evolutionary
        system producing autonomous 'artificial life'


Employment History
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  03/10 - ...   : Staff Site Ecologist, Google, Inc.

    . Work as a freelance cult of personality-at-large contributing
      guidance, experience, input, development, leadership, and
      block-and-tackle coordination to a variety of internal projects
      including infrastructure software, security, and production
      systems


  03/09 - 04/10 : Software Engineer, Google, Inc.

    . Work as a member of team of senior engineers designing and
      developing a critical infrastructure software system


  05/06 - 05/09 : Site Reliability Manager, Google, Inc.

    . Manage a team of 17 with direct, primary responsibility for all
      operational aspects of Google search, including deployment,
      performance, capacity, change control, and availability
    . Equivalent of "flight director" to Google's "mission control" for
      the core product
    . Shared hiring and firing responsibilities for the larger
      reliability engineering organization within Google


  02/05 - 05/06 : Site Reliability Engineer, Google, Inc.

    . Part of a small team with ultimate operational responsibility for
      Google's core product. Responsibilities ranging from software
      development, through distributed systems design, consulting, and
      operation


  11/02 - 08/04 : System & Network Administrator, Developer, Partner,
                  Nedernet, Inc.

    . Developed software and hardware solutions to extend & support a
      wireless ISP located in Nederland, Colorado
    . Led network planning, design, implementation
        . Handled all network security
        . Responsible for administration of core network and services
        . Designed & developed software automating provisioning and billing
    . Experience with single-board computers in outdoor environments and
      unconventional power sources (solar)
    . Experience with radio hardware (2.4GHz, 5.2GHz, 5.8GHz)


  11/02 - 03/03 : Contracted Developer, YAS Broadband Ventures, Inc.

    . Developed parts of a Kerberos V authentication framework,
      including x509 certificate support and public-key authentication


  01/01 - 09/02 : Developer / Administrator, Measurement Factory, Inc.

    . Led development of a product packaging an existing, complicated
      HTTP performance benchmark in a turnkey appliance with a HTTP
      based user interface
    . Helped administrate critical UNIX servers (FreeBSD)
    . Helped administer and troubleshoot large performance tests
      for HTTP caching proxies
    . Helped design, develop, and support an HTTP testing appliance


  06/00 - 11/00 : Software Developer, Quick Eagle Networks, Inc.

    . Design / Implementation: Software to generate custom frame relay
      traffic on an embedded platform
    . Gained extensive knowledge of WAN hardware and standards, along
      with experience developing for an embedded environment (Motorola
      PowerQUICC)


  08/99 - 12/99 : Student Intern, NLANR/IRCACHE Group

    . Gained intimate knowledge of web caching and network protocols
      including HTTP, HTCP, and ICP while debugging Squid (a
      prominent open-source web object caching system) and
      developing tools to test Squid's HTCP functionality


  05/98 - 12/98 : DBA / Developer, Network Marketing International, LLC.

    . Design / Administration of a ~15,000,000 record mission-critical
      SQL database
    . Design / Development of an extensive ColdFusion application
      allowing customers to query a large database and purchase
      query results online


  04/97 - 05/98 : Residential Computing Consultant, RIT

    . Member of a team supporting a ~4,000 user network in a
      community of college dormitories
    . Responsibilities included phone support and on-site
      troubleshooting of network connectivity on a variety of
      platforms (Windows, Apple, UNIX)