Tony Tan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Tony is an enthusiastic open source developer, an active professional, and an entrepreneur. He specializes in full-stack development using Python, JavaScript, and various big data/open source technologies. He has developed a few pieces of open source cloud software at Rackspace in the past two years. He is a good communicator, a determined problem solver, and an enthusiastic challenge seeker.
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Preferred Environment
MacOS, Linux, Subversion (SVN), Git, Eclipse
The most amazing...
...things I've developed are Rackspace's OpenStack Cloud CDN software along with other cloud software features.
Work Experience
Senior Software Developer
Rackspace
- Developed a cloud content delivery network (CDN) provisioning a RESTful API using Python.
- Worked with CDN professionals to map CDN terminologies to Python models and Cassandra back-end tables/column families.
- Developed a continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) process using Jenkins, Tox, and a set of other OpenStack technologies.
- Contributed to software deployment to servers using Salt, Nginx, and Uwsgi.
- Participated in production server troubleshooting, bug fixing, performance optimizing, etc.
Senior Software Developer
Logfire
- Developed cloud-based warehouse management software using Python/Django.
- Implemented a warehouse management data store using PostgreSQL.
- Implemented a user interface using JavaScript/Dojo library.
- Optimized performance by writing database stored procedures and C code integrations.
- Built unit/functional test processes to improve the quality of the software.
Contract Python Developer
Sears Holdings Corporation
- Helped develop a monitoring system in NOC based on graphite with Python/Django, JavaScript, and other web technologies.
Contract Python Developer
Texas Water Development Board
- Wrote Python processes to extract data from various sources and export them to a Microsoft SQL Server database.
Experience
OpenStack Poppy
https://github.com/openstack/poppyBootstrap3 Form Builder
https://github.com/tonytan4ever/Bootstrap-Form-Builder-JV3AuditStar
Skills
Languages
Python, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Java
Frameworks
Django, Flask, Bootstrap, Dojo
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Flask-RESTful, Backbone.js, React
Tools
Eclipse IDE, Git, Subversion (SVN), Sencha UI
Storage
MySQL, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB
Paradigms
Kanban, Agile Software Development
Platforms
OpenStack, Linux, Eclipse, MacOS
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Stephen.F.Austin State University - Nacogdoches, Texas
Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics
Kunming University of Science and Technology - Kunming, Yunnan, China
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Kunming University of Science and Technology - Kunming, Yunan, China
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