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| Andrew Kreps                                                                                                                   |
| (503) 544-3412                                                                                                                 |
| andrew.kreps@gmail.com                                                                                                         |
| Portland, OR                                                                                                                   |
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| I've been writing code for 18 years, and I rather quite enjoy it.                                                              |
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|----- Key Qualities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| 0. Avid, quick learner.                                                                                                        |
| 1. I think different. So different I don't even use the word differently.                                                      |
| 2. Problem solver.                                                                                                             |
| 3. "I'm asking you this question because you're the best combination of knowledgable and non-threatening." - My co-worker, Elli|
| 4. Patient, mentoring personality.                                                                                             |
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|----- Core Skills --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| a. Devops                                                                                                                      |
| b. Multiple language fluency                                                                                                   |
| c. Planning and project management                                                                                             |
| d. Iterative methodology                                                                                                       |
| e. Testable code                                                                                                               |
| f. Performance tuning                                                                                                          |
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|----- Job History --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Symphony Group, 1996                                                                                                           |
|     Small shop, 3 guys.  I taught myself how to write Perl code, literally, overnight.                                         |
|     Favorite Project: Writing a C program to decode a DBF byte-by-byte to determine customers' frequent buyer club status.     |
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| DVD Express, 1998                                                                                                              |
|     Bootstrapped startup- I did everything from being lead developer to automating business processes.                         |
|     Favorite Project: Creating a pseudo-random coupon code generator.                                                          |
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| Nike, 2001                                                                                                                     |
|     Niketown.com, a haven of servlets and sports.                                                                              |
|     Favorite Project: Learning Java after 3 years of VBScript was one of the most interesting challenges I've ever undertaken. |
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| Monsoon, 2003                                                                                                                  |
|     My first responsibility was website development, and this is where I started learning about devops.                        |
|     Favorite Project: Taking our monstrosity of a static HTML website into the future with some magic PHP code.                |
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| Symantec, 2005                                                                                                                 |
|     piecing together large chunks of Java code.  It was here I developed an appreciation for reusable code.                    |
|     Favorite Project: Threw ant out in favor of Maven, taking us to a one-button deploy.                                       |
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| Cambia (then Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield(tm) (r) (etc)), 2007                                                               |
|     as a decision maker, senior developer, project leader.                                                                     |
|     Favorite Project: Hubbub Health, the first of many in-shop startups.                                                       |
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| Shopigniter, 2011                                                                                                              |
|     Not quite a commerce shop and not quite an interactive agency, there was always something interesting to do here.          |
|     Favorite Project: Rewriting our pricing code to be testable and absolutely deterministic.  I'm a glutton for punishment.   |
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| Athletepath, 2013                                                                                                              |
|     Results and data management, product development.                                                                          |
|     Favorite Project: Building out our near-RESTful data api for bulk result imports and live streaming.                       |
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