If you have opportunities that you believe would interest me, please write to brian at polibyte dot com. You can download a nicely-formatted PDF of my resume [[http://polibyte.com/files/resume-20100215.pdf|here]].

===Academics===
  * Master of Arts, University of Georgia, expected graduation spring 2010
  * [[http://polibyte.com/blog/blogging_thesis_progress|Thesis]] on hyperlink structure of political information online
  * Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 2007
  * Major in Political Science
  * Minor in Computer Science

===Skills===
  * Languages: Bash, C, CSS, HTML, Javascript, Perl, PHP Python, Ruby, SQL, XML
  * Operating Systems: CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, OS X, Ubuntu
  * Software: Apache, Lighttpd, Mapserver, MySQL, Puppet, Subversion, VMware

===Employment===
  * For technical details of each position, visit [[http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianpitts|LinkedIn]]
  * Associate System Administrator, EuPathDB Bioinformatics Resource Center, Summer 2009-Present
  * System Administrator/Web Developer, Independent Contractor, Summer 2008-Present
  * Research Assistant, UGA, Fall 2007-Spring 2009
  * Assistant System Administrator, Emory Libraries, 2006-2007
  * Teaching Assistant, Emory Math/CS Department, Spring 2007
  * Field Manager, Fund for Public Interest Research, Summer 2006
  * Deputy Director of IT, The Emory Wheel, 2005-2006
  * Summer Conference Manager, Oxford College, Summers 2004 & 2005
  * Residential Computer Consultant, Oxford College, 2004-2005
  * Policy Debate Coach, Mt. Pisgah School, 2003-2005

===Papers===
  * Audrey Haynes and Brian Pitts. //[[https://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=6&fid=3260568&jid=PSC&volumeId=42&issueId=01&aid=3260564&fulltextType=BT&fileId=S1049096509090052|Making an Impression: New Media in the 2008 Presidential Nomination Campaigns]]//. PS: Political Science & Politics ,  Volume 42, Issue 01, January 2009, pp 53-58.
  * Keith Dougherty, Brian Pitts, Justin Moeller, and Robi Ragan. //[[http://dougherk.myweb.uga.edu/abs_experiment.htm|An Experimental Study of the Efficiency of Unanimity Rule and Majority Rule]]//. Presented at MPSA 2009.
  * Brian Pitts. //E-mail and Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment among College Freshmen//. [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2308394/Email-and-Voter-Turnout-A-Field-Experiment-among-College-Freshmen|Presented]] at MPSA 2007.


===Presentations===
  * Building Community-based Technology Centers with Free and Open Source Software ([[http://www.archive.org/download/SouthEast_LinuxFest_2009_Videos/Semmy_Purewal_SouthEast_LinuxFest.ogv|video]]), presented with Semmy Purewal, SouthEast LinuxFest 2009
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/14313466/Preseeding-the-Debian-Installer|Preseeding the Debian Installer]], CHUGALUG 2009
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/14318008/Creating-a-Linux-Live-USB|It's Alive! Creating a Linux "Live" USB]], ALE Pecha Kucha Contest 2008
  * [[presentation:man_vs_100_machines|Man vs 100 Machines]], Barcamp Atlanta 2008
  * [[presentation:making_ruby_on_rails_work_for_you|Making Ruby on Rails Work for You]], Macworld 2008
  * [[presentation:art_of_web_cartography|The Art of Web Cartography]], Barcamp Atlanta 2007
  * [[http://www.metascholar.org/events/2007/ddp/program.php|LOCKSS Installation with Kickstart]], MetaArchive Distributed Digital Preservation Workshop
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2308394/Email-and-Voter-Turnout-A-Field-Experiment-among-College-Freshmen|E-mail & Voter Turnout]], MPSA Conference 2007
  * [[presentation:open_source_tools_for_podcast_management|Open Source Tools for Podcast Management]], Podcamp Atlanta 2007
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2229671/Macworld-2007-IT862-High-Availability|High Availability Administration & System Design]], Macworld 2007
  * Copyright vs. Creativity, Electronic Frontiers Forum 2006


===Activities===

  * Board of Directors, Free IT Athens, 2009-Present
  * Staff Volunteer, Free IT Athens, 2007-Present
  * Volunteer, Obama Campaign, Summer 2008
  * Volunteer, US Social Forum Information and Communications Technology, Summer 2007
  * Emory Scholars, 2003-2007
  * President, Emory Free Culture, 2005-2007
  * Vice President, Computer Science Club, 2005
  * President, Few Debate Society, 2004-2005
  * Publicist, Rainbow Oxford Student Alliance, 2003-2005
  * Eagle Scout, 2002

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