OTB Software LLC

I'm a single dad who chose to walk away from a $100k/year job so that I could spend my days at home with my kids. To that end, I am seeking freelance and telecommute work (with flexible scheduling) to support my family.

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and have been working since 2005, supporting a variety of industries ranging from employment, to aerospace, to law enforcement and military.

I'm extremely detail-oriented and can handle multitasking under tight deadlines. I can also manage a team of engineers and keep them efficient, effective, and on-task.

In addition, I have excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills. I'm very logical and analytical - two traits which serve me well in this capacity.

I also blog from time to time. When I have a difficult or interesting problem to solve, I try to write the solution out for others. You can see that at http://www.thomasmonaco.com

I'm sort of a jack-of-all-trades. I love learning new technologies, and will accept any excuse to do so. I have a wide skill-set, including but not limited to:

• Java/J2EE (both Swing and web interfaces)
• LAMP/LEMP
• Ruby on Rails (I've built 3 applications in RoR, but I'm still learning!)
• Android development (learning, two applications in progress)
• Python

I've been freelancing since about mid-2010. Currently I spend most of my time writing and maintaining web scrapers, built in Java, and hunting down and fixing Wordpress bugs. I also do a fair amount of Linux administration, both professionally and for my personal projects.

From mid-2009 until mid-2010, I led a team of engineers responsible for maintenance of company-internal web applications (j2ee and ColdFusion) and services. I resigned that position to become a stay at home dad.

Prior to that, I spent 4 years doing n-tier java applications, including mobile device support, and integration with 3rd party tools.

I spent my time in college supporting a network of 50+ Windows and Mac desktop clients, and a handful of Linux servers. I was also responsible for purchasing of new equipment and design of new architectures, such as our secure, multi-site VPN configuration - back when OpenVPN wasn't as easy to work with as it is today.