Patrick
Flanigan
Senior Software Engineer
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Bio
Patrick Flanigan
1728 N. Wells St.
Chicago, IL 60614
312.561.8632
https://github.com/flaniganswake
At the start of my career I was a researcher at the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign. I was a technical lead and architect for the Software Development Group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). While there I developed an innovative distributed computing system called Symera. It leveraged network services to build dynamic, decentralized clusters as well as support libraries for porting legacy applications. I presented Symera to Microsoft as a possible replacement for their Wolfpack clustering solution. After leaving NCSA I worked for a handful of startups including an interactive, mentor-based educational company called Useractive. Here I built a web browser terminal emulator by rewriting PuTTY as a COM control, a lightweight XML-based desktop event recording system called MacroMentor, and SafePassage - an SSH-tunneling client. Useractive was acquired by O'Reilly Publishing. I then spent three years at NCSA as a network security engineer. My work focused upon Mithril - an intrusion detection and response system. I also completed research work with Software Defined Radio (SDR). Later I designed a real-time distributed performance monitoring system for Sears which handled approximately 2000 business servers. My most current position was with a Finnish company called Swap.com. I was the lead backend engineer at the warehouse in Chicago. My work included innovative UI development for merchandising, designing the shipping workflow software and building a production training and testing environment. I have always gravitated towards challenging, innovative work. I enjoy creative, collaborative environments which aspire to build exceptional software solutions.
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Skills
Python, C/C++, Javascript, SQL, Bash, Linux,
GAE, Django, Flask, LAMP, ReactJS, NodeJS
Redis, ZeroMQ, SDR, HPC, MongoDB
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Experience
Swap.com/Netcycler / Senior Backend Engineer
Sep 2014 - Apr 2018 Chicago IL - Helsinki FN
Designed and built the warehouse merchandising and shipping software.
NPV Advisors / Systems Engineer
Sep 2013 - May 2014 Chicago IL
Upgraded legacy commercial real estate property valuation tools.
Sears Holdings Corporation / Systems Engineer
Oct 2011 - Oct 2012 Chicago IL
Redesigned server performance monitoring for the Online Business Unit.
SkillBott Assessments / Software Developer
Jun 2011 - Nov 2011 Chicago IL
Built career assessment tools based upon interests, skills and valuations.
WebXLS / Software Developer
Feb 2009 - Jul 2010 Chicago IL
Created a centralized FSBO real estate site built upon third-party data.
PolySystems, Inc. / Senior C/C++ Engineer
Oct 2008 - Feb 2009 Chicago IL
Ported a distributed actuarial computational system to Microsoft HPC.
NCSA / Senior Security Engineer
Jan 2005 - Aug 2007 Champaign IL
Designed and implemented Mithril network security tools and systems.
Useractive, Inc. / Senior Software Developer
Aug 2001 - Dec 2004 Champaign IL
Built educational products MacroMentor, COMPuTTY and SafePassage.
MedExpert, Inc. / Technical Development Manager
Feb 2001 - Aug 2001 Champaign IL
Built medical info tools FAME (Find a Medical Expert) and MedMan.
KnowItAll, Inc. / Software Developer
Mar 1999 - Sep 2000 Austin TX
Created HumanHelp - a distributed, real-time customer support system.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) / Software Engineer/Architect
Aug 1996 - Sep 1999 Champaign IL
Built Symera - a COM/DCOM distributed cluster computing system.
Computational Modeling Labs / Software Engineer
Aug 1993 - Aug 1996 Champaign IL
Built C/C++ emulations of a legacy population projection tools.