Orlando Karam
Conference: “Becoming a Cloud Native”
Degrees
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Ph D in Computer Science, Tulane University, 2001
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MS in Computer Science, Tulane University, 1999
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BS in Computer Science (Licenciado en Ciencias de la Computación), University of Yucatan, 1995
Full-Time Work Experience
August 2015 to Present |
Software Development Engineer II Fabric.com (Amazon subsidiary)
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August 2013 to August 2015 |
Software Development Engineer II Microsoft (Bing)
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August 2002 to October 2013 |
Assistant, then Associate Professor, Computer Science Southern Polytechnic State University (spsu.edu)
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August 2007 to August 2009 |
Lead Software Developer (Consultant, PT), GA Board of Pardons and Paroles
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September 2001- July 2002 |
Computer Manager, Geography Department, Texas A&M University Managed a network of about 50 computers (including Windows 2000 and Unix/Linux servers and workstations), provided technical support to students and faculty, managed the computer resources for the department. Windows, Linux, Bash scripting, Python. |
August 1999- May 2001 |
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Wofford College Taught classes as needed; advised students as needed. Maintained a Linux server and a Linux lab for student access. |
Summer 1999, Summer 2000 |
Research Scientist, Naval Research Labs Performed research on Object-Oriented, Distributed and Geo-Spatial databases. |
Other sites
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github: http://github.com/okaram
Skills
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Broad and deep expertise in programming and software development
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Familiarity with Cloud technologies, including Azure and Amazon AWS
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Experience developing enterprise applications using Amazon AWS
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Knowledge of Big data technologies including Hadoop and Cosmos
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Expert knowledge of SQL and relational database technologies (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, …)
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Knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra)
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C++,Java,Javascript, Python,C#, Scheme, Ruby, Scala, R
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Linux system administration
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HTML, CSS, Javascript (and web frameworks like rails, django, play; js frameworks like angular)
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Familiarity with software tools like git, gradle, make, ant, sbt, and many others
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Familiarity with Android and iOS programming
Relevant Publications
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(Tutorial presentation) Introduction to Spark with Python, PyCon 2015
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Essentials of software engineering.(Textbook) Frank Tsui, Orlando Karam, Barbara Bernal. Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2007 (4th ed coming 2016)