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<h2>Carl Allen<h2>
<h6>816 19th Ave NE Minneapolis MN</h6>
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  <strong>GIT<strong> <a href="http://github.com/carlallen">http://github.com/carlallen</a> |
  <strong>WEB</strong> <a href="http://allenofmn.com">http://allenofmn.com</a>
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<h3>Technical Competencies</h3>
Languages: Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, Python/Django, SQL, PHP, C, C++, HTML/XML/CSS, Java<br/>
Coursework: Operating Systems, System Architecture, Internet Programming, Databases, User Interface Design

<h3>Professional Experience</h3>
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      <h4 style="float:right">2009-2010 & 2013-Current</h4>
    <h4>Ruby on Rails Developer</h4>
    <h6>Sport Ngin LLC | <a href="http://www.sportngin.com">http://www.sportngin.com</a></h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Assist in development of a content management
system targeted at amateur athletic organizations
which hosts over 1000 programs.</li>
      <li>Set up and maintained a Comet push HTML server
running Orbited which provides stats in real time
for hundreds of live sporting events</li>
    </ul>
    <h4 style="float:right">2012-2013</h4>
    <h4>Senior Ruby on Rails Developer</h4>
    <h6>Barnes &amp; Noble | <a href="http://nook.com">http://nook.com</a></h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Build an unreleased rails application</li>
      <li>Train new developers for a growing team of 5</li>
      <li>Review code and set/enforce coding standards and best practices</li>
      <li>Work with IT team to set up and maintain 15+ web/redis/mysql servers</li>
    </ul>
    <h4 style="float:right">2010-2012</h4>
    <h4>Ruby on Rails Developer</h4>
    <h6>Coupa Software | <a href="http://coupa.com">http://coupa.com</a></h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Work with a small development team to build and
optimize a massive rails application with over 300
models</li>
      <li>Optimize performance to ensure scalability</li>
    </ul>
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    <h4 style="float:right">Spring 2009</h4>
    <h4>Intro to C/C++ Teaching Assistant</h4>
    <h6>University of Minnesota | <a href="http://cs.umn.edu">http://cs.umn.edu</a></h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Teach 200 engineering students the fundamentals
of programming in C/C++</li>
    </ul>
    <h4 style="float:right">Summer 2008</h4>
    <h4>Engineering Intern</h4>
    <h6>Digi International Inc. | <a href="http://www.digi.com">http://www.digi.com</a></h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Build applications in Python and Adobe Flex to
demonstrate wireless mesh technologies</li>
    </ul>
    <h4 style="float:right">2006-2009</h4>
    <h4>Senior Student Staff/Web Developer</h4>
    <h6>University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management</h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Provide customer support for laptops running
Windows including physical repairs for a program
with over 2000 students</li>
      <li>Develop and maintain applications for the program
in PHP/MySQL and Python/Django</li>
      <li>Maintain and administrate a MediaWiki</li>
      <li>Assist in maintenance of two Ubuntu Web Servers
and a Windows Server 2003 running a Symantec
Ghost Server</li>
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<h3>Education</h3>
<h4>University of Minnesota</h4>
Computer Science<br/>
Areas of Concentration: Internet Programming, Usability and User Interface Design
<h3>Volunteer Work</h3>
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    <h4 style="float:right">2011-2012</h4>
    <h4>Coach</h4>
    <h6>Peninsula Roller Girls | <a href="http://peninsularollergirls.org">http://peninsularollergirls.org</a></h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Train and Coach a women's flat track roller derby
team with over 50 members</li>
    </ul>
    <h4 style="float:right">2007-2010</h4>
    <h4>Statistician</h4>
    <h6>Minnesota Rollergirls | <a href="http://www.mnrollergirls.com">http://www.mnrollergirls.com</a></h6>
    The Minnesota Rollergirls is member of the Women’s Flat
Track Derby Association, an international organization of
over 300 women’s flat track roller derby leagues.
    <ul>
      <li>Record statistics during each of the nine games
split between two annual seasons</li>
    </ul>
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    <h4 style="float:right">2008-2009</h4>
    <h4>Systems Staff/Network Admin</h4>
    <h6>University of Minnesota Association for Computing Machinery <a href="http://acm.cs.umn.edu">http://acm.cs.umn.edu</a></h6>
    <ul>
      <li>Manage, maintain and support five servers for a
student organization with 60 members
        <ul>
          <li>Web Server running Ubuntu, Apache,
MySQL, Drupal and MediaWiki</li>
          <li>Ubuntu based file server</li>
          <li>Ubuntu based Mail Server with SquirrelMail front end, and list provided by MailMan</li>
          <li>VMWare ESX Server</li>
          <li>Subversion Server</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
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