Ken Moore Profile
Basic History
- (2006) Took my first computer programming class at university (C++ class - required for physics major).
- (2007) Learned more practical programming skill at the Air Force Institute of Technology (student internship)
- (2008) Started graduate work at Ohio University. Did extensive numerical modeling work for the next 2-3 years in Fortran while at graduate school (trying to model the collapse of a neutron star into a type-II supernova).
- (2009) Started working part-time with FreeBSD via the PC-BSD project (testing/fixing application packages called PBI’s).
- (2011) Obtained Master of Science degree in Nuclear Astrophysics from Ohio University
- (2011) Got hired by iXsystems full-time as part of the PC-BSD project.
- (Nov 2021) Started working for ACS Technologies
Projects and Involvement
- (2009-2018) TrueOS (formerly known as PC-BSD)
- Application testing/fixing (PBI applications)
- Co-author of EasyPBI with Jesse Smith
- Author of the PCDM login manager
- Wrote/fixed various system administration utilities for PC-BSD/FreeBSD
- (2012-2021) Lumina Desktop
- Creator and lead developer
- Stepped back from development in June 2021.
- (2018-2022) Project Trident
- Founder
- Lead developer and general manager
- Project shut down and archived in March of 2022
- Project Page
- GitHub Source Archives
- (2018-2020) TrueCommand
- Project Architect for iXsystems
- Build and sales automation, middleware, API documentation
- Lead a small team of developers and set goals/tasks/schedules.
- (2020 - Oct 2021)
- Supervisor of all Digital Services at iXsystems
- Continue to spearhead the TrueCommand project
- Organize backend service automation systems and create web-services for API interactivity.
- Write up internal websites which monitor backend services and provides various interactivity for company employees based on permission levels.
- Plan out and prototype new functionality for tasks before handing off to individual team members.
- (Nov 2021 - Aug 2022)
- Team lead in the R&D division at ACS Technologies
- The “Mercs” team focuses on internal tooling and support for other teams within the company.
- (Aug 2022 - Current)
- Solution Architect within the R&D division at ACS Technologies
Computer Skills
In addition to the list below, I have been known to learn additional computing languages within a day or less (python, groovy, ruby, etc…), and then promptly forget about them once the task at hand is finished.
List of Computer Languages and Proficiency
| Language | Read | Write | Last Used | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | Yes | Yes | Current | Use this for automation, websites, and distributed system meshes. |
| C++ | Yes | Yes | Current | Use this with the Qt libraries primarily |
| Shell | Yes | Yes | Current | Use this all the time on FreeBSD/Linux for writing automation procedures |
| HTML | Yes | Yes | Current | Use this quite a bit for website systems |
| Javascript | Yes | Somewhat | Current | Smaller subset of my HTML skill set. Typically used for debugging AngularJS |
| C | Yes | Yes | 2018 | Most base-level tools in FreeBSD are written in C and needed occasional tweaks. |
| QML | Yes | Somewhat | 2017 | Slight variation of Javascript for embedded Qt applications |
| Fortran | Yes | Yes | 2011 | Mostly numerical calculations and analysis with advanced mathematics. |
| MATLAB | Yes | Yes | 2008 | Wrote graphical atmospheric modeling software in MATLAB |