Updated March, 2023

Michael Berkowski

Minneapolis, MN • michael@berkowski.net

  Profile

A software & web developer accustomed to delivering end-to-end applications, managing both code and server with an eye toward integration and application security. 19 years professional programming experience and particular expertise in PHP/MySQL. 18 years Linux systems administration experience in a libraries organization, extensive experience automating servers with Ansible & DevOps best pracitces, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).

  Skills

Programming Languages & Technologies

PHP, Ruby, Python, Javascript, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, HTML, CSS, MS SQL Server, jQuery,
Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Shell Scripting, Git, Subversion

Linux Systems Administration

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Slackware, Debian,
Apache, Nginx, Solr, Elasticsearch, MySQL, EZproxy, Postfix, Mailman

DevOps & Automated Systems Provisioning

Ansible

Certifications

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

  Work Experience

Application Development Manager : 2021 - present

University Libraries - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• Manage a team of web and application developers
• Set technical strategy for application development, server deployment, cloud adoption

Web Developer : 2013 - 2021

University Libraries - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• Web application development in Ruby, PHP
• MySQL large database design
• Develop user-facing library web applications interfacing with enterprise library systems for one of the largest academic libraries in the United States
• DevOps and Linux systems administration, focusing on Ansible as a server provisioning tool

Software Developer : 2012 - 2013

College of Liberal Arts (CLA-OIT) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• Web application development in Ruby on Rails & PHP
• MySQL, Oracle
• Develop applications in support of college administrative functions

Linux Systems Administrator and Programmer : 2005 - 2011

Minitex - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

A library services and statewide interlibrary-loan operation based at the Univ of Minnesota

• Web applications development, primarily LAMP stack (Linux/Apache/PHP/Python/MySQL)
• Linux server administration, responsible for 7 servers
• Statistical reporting on in-house and commercial interlibrary-loan systems
• Manage open source application releases
• Technical liaison for MnLINK, a statewide federated search and interlibrary-loan consortium

Library Assistant II : 2001 - 2005

Minitex - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• Supervise student staff in interlibrary-loan (ILL) retrieval and processing in a high-volume ILL operation

Teaching Specialist : 2005

University of Minnesota School of Music, Minneapolis, MN

• Instructed graduate seminar in computer music history, literature, and composition.

  Education

University of Minnesota : Master of Arts
Music Composition, with a focus in Computer Music

University of Dayton : Bachelor of Music
Music Composition

  Activities & Interests

Active participant on programming Q&A site Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com) and in the University of Minnesota's CODE-PEOPLE group. Other interests include information & technology literacy, computer music & algorithmic music composition, Linux and open source.

  References

Available upon request