Curriculum Vitae

<div class="span-1"> </div> <div class="span-18"> <h1>Curriculum Vitae</h1> <div class="hresume"> <div class="contact vcard" style="padding-top: 1em;">  <div id="hcard-Dann-Stayskal" class="vcard"> <div class="fn n"> <span class="given-name">Dann</span> <span class="family-name">Stayskal</span> </div> <div> <span class="url" href="http://fragmentedzen.com/">http://fragmentedzen.com/</a> </div> <div> <span class="tel"> <span class="value">+1.817.723.2311</span> (<span class="type">mobile</span>) </span> </div> <div> <span class="email"> <a class="value" href="mailto:dann@stayskal.com">dann@stayskal.com</a> </span> <a href="/archive/0x20897E87.asc" class="key hidden">PGP key 0x20897E87</a> </div> <div> <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Arlington</span>, <span class="region">TX</span>, <span class="country-name">USA</span> </span> <span class="geo" style="display:none"> <span class="latitude">32.843060</span>°, <span class="longitude">-97.190422</span>° </span> </div> </div> </div> <h2>Profile</h2> <div class="profile"> Dann is a versatile interdisciplinary researcher, engineer, and linguist with proven experience and a practical approach to problem solving. He has a rich background in web application development, internationalization and localization, systems and network architecture, natural language processing, editing and subediting, mathematical modeling, and security analysis. </div> <h2>Education</h2> <div class="education"> <div class="vevent"> <div class="summary"><strong>In progress</strong>: Master of Arts in Linguistics</div> <div class="location vcard"> <div class="fn org"> <span class="organization-name">The University of Texas at Arlington</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vevent"> <div class="summary">Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies</div> <div class="description">in Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence</div> <div class="description">Completed <em>summa cum laude</em>, <abbr title="2008-12">Dec 2008</abbr>.</div> <div class="location vcard"> <div class="fn org"> <span class="organization-name">The University of Texas at Arlington</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2>Skills and Areas of Focus</h2> <div class="skills"> <p>Following each item is a one-to-ten or textual rating of my familiarity and experience with it:</p> <h3>Programming, Markup, and Database Languages</h3> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:80%"> <tr> <td style="width:30%"> <ul> <li>Perl <span class="skill-rating">[8]</span></li> <li>Ruby <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span></li> <li>MySQL <span class="skill-rating">[6]</span></li> <li>PHP <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span></li> </ul> </td> <td style="width:33%"> <ul> <li>C++ <span class="skill-rating">[6]</span></li> <li>C# <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span> and ASP.Net <span class="skill-rating">[4]</span></li> <li>JavaScript <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span></li> <li>Python <span class="skill-rating">[3]</span></li> </ul> </td> <td style="width:34%"> <ul> <li>XHTML <span class="skill-rating">[8]</span></li> <li>CSS <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span></li> <li>XML <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span> and XSLT <span class="skill-rating">[4]</span></li> <li>Shell Scripting <span class="skill-rating">[4]</span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <h3>Platforms and Frameworks</h3> <ul> <li>Linux <span class="skill-rating">[9]</span>, Mac OS X <span class="skill-rating">[8]</span>, and BSD <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span></li> <li>Ruby on Rails <span class="skill-rating">[8]</span></li> <li>AJAX <span class="skill-rating">[6]</span> and DHTML <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span></li> <li>Windows / Win32 <span class="skill-rating">[4]</span></li> </ul> <h3>Research and Development Interests</h3> <ul> <li>Web Application Development <span class="skill-rating">[8]</span></li> <li>Natural Language Processing <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span></li> <li>Internationalization (i18n) <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span> and Localization (l10n) <span class="skill-rating">[6]</span></li> <li>Fault-Tolerance <span class="skill-rating">[6]</span>, Disaster Planning and Recovery <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span></li> <li>Neural Networks <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span> and Cognitive Process Modeling <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span></li> <li>Cryptography <span class="skill-rating">[7]</span> and Cryptanalysis <span class="skill-rating">[4]</span></li> <li>Penetration Testing and Information Assurance <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span></li> <li>Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Systems Design <span class="skill-rating">[5]</span></li> <li>User Experience and Interface Design <span class="skill-rating">[4]</span></li> </ul> <h3>Spoken Languages</h3> <ul> <li>English (natively)</li> <li>Russian, German (good in translation, basic conversation)</li> <li>Spanish, Dutch, Icelandic, French (basic understanding, little or no conversation yet)</li> <li>Latin, Greek, Sanskrit (good in translation)</li> </ul> </div> <h2>Professional Experience</h2> <ul class="experience"> <li class="vevent" id="ecarlist">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Senior Systems and Software Engineer</span> of <span class="fn org">eCarList</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2009-04">April 2009</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2009-04">Present</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Dallas</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Developing statistics and analysis software for dealership inventory management. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="binaryspring">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Director of Possibilities, Senior Software Developer</span> of <span class="fn org">Binary Spring</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2008-05">May 2008</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2009-04">April 2009</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Hurst</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span> </span> and <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Remote</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Coordinated global network of developers and designers to produce full-stack Ruby on Rails applications. Designed, developed, and deployed user interface models, software architectures, automated configuration management and distributed deployment systems. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="elbit">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Senior Software Engineer, Advanced Systems Division</span> at <span class="fn org">Elbit Systems of America</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2005-10">Oct 2005</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2008-05">May 2008</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Fort Worth</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> <em>Due to the sensitive nature of defense sector work, some information on this time span is necessarily restricted.</em> Performed information assurance and security certification testing for RF and network systems. Designed and prototyped software, firmware, and hardware for embedded network devices. Wrote and adapted Linux kernel cryptographic modules. Designed user experience and mathematical models for ground and aircraft navigation systems. Led international engineering effort to design, develop, and deploy a country-wide grid network architecture and testing infrastructure. Trained software interns in agile methodologies and secure development practices. Performed statistical analysis and mathematical airflow modeling for rotorcraft systems. Debugged network protocol stack implementations. Authored, designed, reviewed, and edited specifications, manuals, software documentation, and marketing materials. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="everything2">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Director of Operations, Site Administrator</span> of <span class="fn org">Everything2</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2005-08">Aug 2005</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2008-11">Nov 2008</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Remote</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Coordinated a volunteer staff to grow one of the world's largest online writing communities. Developed and maintained site's open source codebase. Previously served as a content editor and contributed articles specializing in computing, networking, language, and theology. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="knsr">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Senior Systems Engineer, Vice President / Infrastructure Division</span> of <span class="fn org">KNSR</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2005-05-01">May 2005</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2005-09-01">Sep 2005</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Dallas</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Architected, deployed, and maintained fault-tolerant DNS, web, authentication, mail, database, and provisioning systems for an internet service provider. Developed and deployed wide area wireless network and support systems. Maintained VOIP infrastructure on Cisco hardware. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="shn">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Senior Software Engineer</span>, <span class="title">Senior Systems Administrator</span> of <span class="fn org">Superhero Networks</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2003-08-01">Aug 2003</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2005-05-01">May 2005</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Mansfield</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span> </span> and <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Remote</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Architected, developed, deployed, and administered turnkey software and systems for internet service provisioning, support ticket management, billing automation, and customer relationship management. Maintained fault-tolerant networks for mail, DNS, authentication, directory services, database support, and support ticket management. Provided third-tier tech support to customers as needed. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="cci">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Senior Software and Systems Engineer</span> at <span class="fn org">Comprehensive Consulting</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2003-03">Mar 2003</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2003-08">Aug 2003</abbr> <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">North Richland Hills</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span> </span> and <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Remote</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Developed applications to manage human resources and web content management in Research and Development division. Setup and maintained routing equipment, coordinated multiple offices to maintain wide area networks across three states. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="ahu">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Software Developer, Network Administrator</span> for <span class="fn org">American Health Underwriters</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="1999-08">Aug 1999</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2003-03">Mar 2003</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Hurst</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Developed telecommunications interface and control systems. Managed medium-scale network platform migration. Designed, deployed and administered email, web, backup, data warehousing, billing, and quality assurance systems. Maintained hybrid TCP/IP and IPX/SPX network. </span> </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="ecs">  <div class="vcard employer"> <span class="title">Systems and Network Technician</span> at <span class="fn org">Expert Computer Systems</span> </div> <div class="description"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="1996-06">Jul 1996</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="1999-08">Aug 1999</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Bedford</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <span class="summary"> Diagnosed and repaired desktops, servers, laptops, displays, and printers. Secured certifications in IBM hardware repair, Microsoft and Novell operating systems, and Samsung PBX phone system architecture. Recognized subject matter expert for all Apple hardware and software. Designed and integrated 250 node hybrid TCP/IP and IPX/SPX metropolitan-area network for a local school district. </span> </div> </li> </ul> <h2>Academic Research Labs and Groups</h2> <dl class="labs"> <dt>Speech Rhythm and Prosody Lab, Linguistics Department, University of Texas at Arlington</dt> <dd>June 2008 – Present, under Dr. Jerold Edmondson: Writing speech-to-text parsers to process spoken Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, and Choctaw. Writing custom linguistic framework to process lexicon, phonology, and morphophonology of 260 spoken languages. Writing speech recognition routines to syllabify speech stream and extract prosodic suprasegmental features of pitch, duration, and stress. Designing and implementing software to aid in the study of pitch-accent languages through automatic transcription and vowel-duration measurements. Designing mathematical models of the human vocal apparatus.</dd> <dt>Dispositional Risk Influence Study, Psychology Department, University of Texas at Arlington</dt> <dd>Sep. 2007 – Present, under Dr. Daniel Levine: Earned Human Subjects Research Compliance certification. Administering weekly study under IRB guidelines.</dd> <dt>Rational Decision Making Lab, Psychology Department, University of Texas at Arlington</dt> <dd>Mar 2005 – May 2005, under Dr. Timothy Odegard: Developed game software to evaluate performance on the Iowa Gambling Task.</dd> </dl> <h2>Volunteer and Independent Contract Work</h2> <ul class="volunteer"> <li class="vevent" id="crypto-box"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2009-05">May 2009</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2009-05">May 2009</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Fort Worth</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <div class="summary"> Designed cryptographic infrastructure for real-time embedded data storage and retrieval device for a local defense electronics company. </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="failure-analysis"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2005-09">Sep 2005</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2005-10">Oct 2005</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Fort Worth</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <div class="summary"> Adapted and maintained web-based, data-driven failure analysis and corrective action system for a local defense electronics company. </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="neural-weather"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2004-09">Sep 2004</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2005-04">Apr 2005</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Arlington</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <div class="summary"> Designed, developed, and deployed neural network and genetic algorithm-driven weather, status, demographics, and hotel, car, and airfare tracking, categorization, and prediction model based on a Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl stack with custom object relational database mapper for a local travel agency. </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="voip-routers"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2004-03">Mar 2004</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2004-06">Jun 2004</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Dallas</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <div class="summary"> Designed and implemented convergent VOIP network for international phone switching company. </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="childrens-home"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2003-01">Jan 2003</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2005-03">Mar 2005</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Anahuac</span>, <span class="region" title="Chihuahua">Chihuahua</span>, <span class="country" title="Mexico">Mexico</span>: </span> <div class="summary"> Coordinated and collected donations of computer and network hardware for a children's home in Mexico. Designed and integrated donated parts into educational network. Led transportation and deployment effort in main facility in Mexico. Documented network architecture and provided training to the home's staff. </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="biometrics"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2001-10">Oct 2001</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2002-03">Mar 2002</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Boston</span>, <span class="region" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span>: </span> <div class="summary"> Developed eigenspatial biometric facial recognition authentication and access control system for a security company. </div> </li> <li class="vevent" id="car-dealerships"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2001-06">Jun 2001</abbr> – <abbr class="dtend" title="2001-08">Aug 2001</abbr>, <span class="adr"> <span class="locality">Arlington</span>, <span class="region" title="Texas">Texas</span>: </span> <div class="summary"> Developed inventory and accounting system for a group of car dealerships. </div> </li> </ul> <h2>Interviews</h2> <div class="interviews"> <ul> <li class="vevent interview"> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2004-07">Jul 2004</abbr> – <span class="summary">Interviewed by Jessica Freeman with UTA Shorthorn for article on digital culture on university campuses.</span> </li> </ul> </div> <h2>Publications</h2> <div class="publications"> <h3>Books</h3> <ul> <li>Stayskal, D. L. (2008a). <cite><strong>The Visceral Society: The Decay and Reconstruction of Human Rights in Modernity</strong>. Fort Worth, TX: Edifice Press. [Expected Publication 2009]</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2008b). <strong>Owning Conversation: The intersections of the language, economics, and politics of property</strong>. Fort Worth, TX: Edifice Press. [Expected Publication 2009]</cite></li> </ul> <h3>Popular Articles</h3> <ul> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2008, May 31). <strong><a href="/articles/18-productivity-zen">Productivity Zen</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, June 3). <strong><a href="/articles/2-full-spectrum-attention-management">Full-Spectrum Attention Management</a></strong>.</cite></li> </ul> <h3>Essays</h3> <ul> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, December 19). <strong><a href="/articles/17-neurological-outsourcing">Neurological Outsourcing</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, December 6). <strong><a href="/articles/16-anomie-of-the-state">Anomie of the State</a></strong></cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, December 6). <strong><a href="/articles/14-progress-to-progress">Progress to Progress</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, December 3). <strong><a href="/articles/13-back-in-the-ussa">Back in the USSA</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, December 3). <strong><a href="/articles/12-meaningful-existence">Meaningful Existence</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, November 11). <strong><a href="/articles/11-on-human-intelligence">On Human Intelligence</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, October 29). <strong><a href="/articles/10-the-war-on-terra">The War on Terra</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, October 21). <strong><a href="/articles/9-religionomics">Religionomics</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, October 15). <strong><a href="/articles/8-mental-pollution,-social-pollution">Mental Pollution, Social Pollution</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, October 7). <strong><a href="/articles/7-post-industrial-economics">Post-Industrial Economics</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, October 2). <strong><a href="/articles/6-ethically-driven-social-satisfaction">Ethically-Driven Social Satisfaction</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, September 23). <strong><a href="/articles/5-social-class-and-human-rights">Social Class and Human Rights</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, September 18). <strong><a href="/articles/4-the-promises-and-pains-of-modernity">The Promises and Pains of Modernity</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2007, September 10). <strong><a href="/articles/3-be-true">Be True</a></strong>.</cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2000, July 20) <strong><a href="http://everything2.com/node/662492">Calvinism</a></strong></cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2002, March 28) <strong><a href="http://everything2.com/node/1275930">Dmitri Mendeleev</a></strong></cite></li> </ul> <h3>Tutorials</h3> <ul> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2002, February 7) <strong><a href="http://everything2.com/node/1250243">Installing ecore on a Linux OS</a></strong></cite></li> <li><cite>Stayskal, D. L. (2000, August 14) <strong><a href="http://everything2.com/node/701612">A Sample Wedding Ceremony</a></strong></cite></li> </ul> </div> <h2>Honors and Awards</h2> <div class="honors"> <ul> <li>Dean's List, College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington</li> <li>Russian Departmental Honors, University of Texas at Arlington</li> <li>Latinam Honoris Societatem (Latin Honors Society)</li> <li>National Honor Society</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span-5"> </div> 2008-11-02T06:02:45Z 6 vitae Curriculum Vitae

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