Christopher M. Costello 4318 Tulsa Rd. Houston, TX 77092 (713) 826-1983 Objective I am currently seeking employment in a position that will allow me to diversify my skill set and to apply my existing expertise in UNIX programming and technical writing. Skills Languages: C, C++, Java, XML/XSLT, Perl, UNIX shell, SGML, XHTML, LaTeX, PHP4, VBScript Operating FreeBSD, BSD/OS, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Systems: Windows XP Applications: Apache, CVS/RCS, DocBook, Perforce, XEmacs, XFree86, MySQL, PostgreSQL Miscellaneous: UNIX system administration, BSD kernel programming, CRM application development, Trusted Operating System research, Sarbanes-Oxley SDLC regulations Experience September 2003 to Present autobytel.com, Inc. (acquired iDriveonline, Inc.) Responsible for project management, development, and maintenance of in-house CRM application. Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate completion of requirements gathering and software development life cycle procedures, including development. Optimized data import, handling, and mail merge operations for efficiency, extensibility, and performance. Developed and maintained Web pages written in Perl, PHP, and VBScript (ASP). Performed extensive quality checks and performance testing on existing application in order to increase capacity and improve automation. Prior responsibilities include configuring and upgrading Linux systems, and administering the MySQL database. December 2001 to March 2003 Network Associates Technology, Inc. Developed and edited technical documentation for TrustedBSD, a project funded by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Responsibilities included writing and editing manual pages, additions to the FreeBSD Handbook and the FreeBSD Developers' Handbook, and the organization of a book documenting the FreeBSD Security Architecture. August 1999 to Present The FreeBSD Project * Wrote and edited manual pages and online documentation. * Gained working knowledge of file systems programming and updated old code in FreeBSD synthetic file systems in conjunction with devfs development. * Designed and implemented an XML-based system for open source developers to submit development status reports on sub-projects. Publications * Costello, Chris. "The TrustedBSD Project." DaemonNews October 2001. http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200110/ trustedbsd.html - An introduction to the TrustedBSD Project Education August 2000 to May 2003 Waltrip High School Participated on the Student Council, completed Pre-Calculus and Physics courses, as well as three years in the Automotive Technology program. Graduated with a GPA of 3.36. References Available upon request.