If you have an opportunity that you believe would interest me, please write to brian at polibyte dot com. You can download a nicely-formatted and condensed PDF of my resume [[http://polibyte.com/files/resume-20120428.pdf|here]].

===Academics===
  * Master of Arts, University of Georgia
  * Bachelor of Arts, Emory University
  * BA and MA in Political Science
  * Minor in Computer Science

===Skills===
  * Languages: Bash, Perl, Python, Ruby, SQL
  * Operating Systems: CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, OS X, Ubuntu
  * Software: Amanda, Apache, Git, Jenkins, KVM/Libvirt, MySQL, Nagios, Nginx, Oracle, Puppet
  * Storage: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, Solid State

===Employment===
  * For technical details of each position, visit [[http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianpitts|LinkedIn]]
  * Associate Systems Administrator, EuPathDB Bioinformatics Resource Center, Summer 2009-Present
  * Systems Administrator/Web Developer, Independent Contractor, Summer 2008-Present
  * Research Assistant, UGA, Fall 2007-Spring 2009
  * Assistant Systems 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

===Research===
  * Aurrecoechea C, Barreto A, Brestelli J, Brunk BP, Caler EV, Fischer S, Gajria B, Gao X, Gingle A, Grant G, Harb OS, Heiges M, Iodice J, Kissinger JC, Kraemer ET, Li W, Nayak V, Pennington C, Pinney DF, Pitts B, Roos DS, Srinivasamoorthy G, Stoeckert CJ Jr, Treatman C, Wang H. //[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20974635|AmoebaDB and MicrosporidiaDB: functional genomic resources for Amoebozoa and Microsporidia species]]//. Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 39, January 2011, pp 612-619.
  * 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]]//. Forthcoming,  [[http://www.springer.com/economics/public+finance/journal/11127|Public Choice]].
  * Brian Pitts. //Understanding Googlearchy//. Master's thesis, defended May 2010.
  * 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.
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2308394/Email-and-Voter-Turnout-A-Field-Experiment-among-College-Freshmen|E-mail & Voter Turnout]]. MPSA Conference 2007.


===Presentations===
  * Managing Software on OS X, Lab Meeting 2012
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/91613748/Unix-Text-Tools|Unix Text Tools]], Lab Meeting 2011
  * Holistic Analysis of System Performance with [[http://www.atoptool.nl/|Atop]], CHUGALUG 2010
  * 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
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/2308394/Email-and-Voter-Turnout-A-Field-Experiment-among-College-Freshmen|E-mail and Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment among College Freshmen]], MPSA 2007.
  * [[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
  * [[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

===Professional Development===
  * Software side projects on [[http://github.com/sciurus|Github]]
  * Contributor to [[http://serverfault.com/users/71515/sciurus|Server Fault]]


===Activities===
  * Staff Volunteer, Free IT Athens, 2007-Present
  * Board of Directors, Free IT Athens, 2009-2011
  * 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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