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I am a programmer who works on free software. I have experience with system and network administration with GNU/Linux. My favorite programming language is ANSI C, and that is the language in which I am most proficient. I have a few years of experience with Python, which I like for general-purpose programming. I have some knowledge of and experience with C++ and the Standard Template Library, Java, Lua, Scheme and other Lisps, Perl, and PostScript. I have ten years of experience working with GNU/Linux. I have well-developed general Unix skills. I administer a GNU/Linux system that provides web, mail, and other services. I created my own GNU/Linux distribution. I have experience with the advanced use of GNU Make. I am familiar with the Bazaar, Subversion, and CVS revision control systems. I have written programs with OpenGL. I have experience with XML and different ways of processing it. I have a little experience with SQL-based relation database management systems, specifically MySQL. I have excellent English skills. I have functional Spanish skills, having had two years of college-level study. I am an Eagle Scout. I completed the Wood Badge adult leader training course. I have served on staff in a leadership capacity at the Big Horn Leadership Training Course for eight years, including in the position of Scoutmaster, the senior adult position. I have been an active developer on the Nmap security scanner. I wrote the embedded firmware for two generations of a microcontroller-based high-altitude scientific device as part of the DemoSat project. A current list of my free software programs and brief web pages for each are available on the web at http://www.bamsoftware.com/software/. I graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in computer science and mathematics in December 2007. My grade point average was 4.0. President’s Award, the highest honor for a graduating senior. President’s Academic Achievement Award (twice, $2,500 total grants). Colorado Scholar ($1,000 grant). I worked as a programmer for the USGS during the summer of 2005. I worked on tools for accessing and displaying seismic and inventory data from the Advanced National Seismic System. I set up a CVS repository and modified several applications to work with SSL. I was the tutor for the computer science department, teaching Java and elementary computer science to other students. I was selected to work on the Nmap security scanner for the Summer of Code in 2007. I worked on new features and enhancements, fixed bugs, and wrote documentation, as well as providing support on the public mailing list. I got a positive evaluation and completed the program successfully. After the summer of code I continued working on Nmap as a paid developer. My major accomplishments have included an overhaul of the host detection engine, complete documentation of the Zenmap graphical frontend, and the addition of fixed-rate scanning. I served as a Summer of Code mentor in 2008, managing three students in projects to improve the program. “Inertial measurement and realistic post-flight visualization.” Proc. of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Symposium. 2007. “Zenmap GUI Users’ Guide,” a chapter in the book Nmap Network Scanning. The latest version of this document is at http://www.bamsoftware.com/david/resume/.