Ian Kallen [curriculum vitae] adaptive, autodidactic and entrepreneurial [T]
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Contact Info X
Ian Kallen
42 Knox Drive
Lafayette, CA 94549
h: 925.283.7788
m: 415.505.5208
spidaman _at_ arachna _dot_ com
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Presentations X
Exchanging Objects and Messages With SOAP O'Reilly Open Source Conference (Jul 23, 2002)
  An in depth web services tutorial using example code in Java (Apache Axis) and Perl (SOAP::Lite)
Industrial Strength Web Publishing O'Reilly Open Source Conference (Jul 20, 2000)
  A discussion of open source tools to fulfill high volume content management and web publishing requirements.
Web Server Load Balancing O'Reilly Open Source Conference (Aug 23, 1999)
  A review of scalability challenges and solutions as well as a comparative overview of load balancing technologies.
Know You Audience: Logging and Tracking ThunderLizard Apache Summit (Jul 22, 1999)
  A technical overview of web traffic analytic challenges and solutions, general and specific to the Apache web server.
Extending Apache: Modules and More ThunderLizard Apache Summit (Jul 23, 1999)
  A demonstration of the Apache httpd server's extensibility and open architecture.
Publications X
Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours SAMS Press (Apr 15, 2001)
  Provided technical editing during the early draft cycle for the lead author, Daniel Lopez, as well contributed chapters on mod_perl, Tomcat/mod_jk and mod_rewrite with setup HOWTO's and code examples.
Cranking Out The Pages LAN Times (Jun 22, 1998)
  A comparitive review of web servers for Microsoft NT with a side bar on the Apache/Unix alternative. Offline and only partially archived on archive.org.
Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days SAMS Press (Apr 15, 1998)
  Provided technical editing during the early draft cycle of this instructional book with the lead author, Laura Lemay.
Education X
San Francisco State University
    Dean's List BA 1991: Special Major - Arms Control and Cold War Studies
    Authored online guide, "Post-Soviet Study Resources on the Internet", 1991

references available upon request

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