I am passionate about Python and Linux. I have over 6 years of experience developing professional Python applications and 10 years developing in C on Linux. I specialize in data processing and analysis, distributed systems, cloud computing, networking, and embedded systems.I have experience up and down the entire stack. I've developed embedded devices, a Linux device driver, data storage systems, databases, data acquisition systems, data processing systems, monitoring systems, and user facing applications.I've programmed in many different languages over the years. My current favorite is Python. Before that I was pretty seriously into Perl and C. I've also written one or more programs in shell languages, JavaScript, and others. I am proficient in SQL, HTML, and XML. I have special interests in programming close to the hardware (including kernel and embedded development), and communication protocols.