F. Russell Tyndall, Jr.

russ.tyndall.jr@gmail.com
http://russ-tyndall-jr.com

Russ Tyndall is a lifelong technology consultant, and software and process engineer. In his diverse career he has converted small businesses from paper based systems to fully integrated and computerized systems, joined enterprise software projects while making improvements, debugging, and providing solutions for their large and changing needs, and served as CTO of multiple successful business endeavors.

Russ continues to push toward resilient and reliable technological solutions and always seeks to apply the tools that best match each business's constraints and strengths. As an end-to-end software engineer, he can work from the metal to the cloud and understand the benefits and costs of each solution. In his effort to leverage the best and most maintainable technology, he is an avid user, contributor, and maintainer of Open Source software.

After a long day in the data-mines, you can find Russ adventuring with his family, singing and playing bass with his bands or enjoying the many beautiful natural scenes around his home in Gainesville, FL.

Work Experience

RVH Solutions, New York, NY - Director of IT

Sep 2021 - present
  • Integrated with existing team to convert legacy software projects to new technology and styles

Endless Information Consulting LLC - Owner

March 2021 - January 2022
  • Created robust system for distributed rapid verification of voter registrations
  • Grew technology base from supporting 10 users to over 500 users to match changing business needs
  • Planned and executed all technological aspects of business

Allcom Electronics, Gainesville FL - Chief Technical Officer

Jan 2019 - Aug 2021
  • Oversaw the transition from a mostly paper based business to an entirely online business driven by data visualization and software process management.
  • Handled every technical requirement of the business including choosing, purchasing, building and maintaining hardware, software, and hosting.
  • Tight integration into the Google business suite, integrating with GMail, Google Sheets, and Google Docs among other GCloud APIs and Quickbooks Online
  • Purchased Supplies, Quoted Orders, Handled Parts Intake and Testing, oversaw day-to-day warehouse operations and designed software to ease each area of operation

Acceleration.net, Gainesville FL - Lead Software Engineer

Jun 2002 - Dec 2018
  • Wide array of experience involving nearly every aspect of software development.
  • Succesfully consulted for a wide variety of personalities and technical landscapes.
  • Specialized in database application design, implementation and process engineering.
  • Responsible for every step of the software lifecycle, from initial spec and proposal to long term maintenance to end-of-life
  • Responsible for maintaining and securing the Linux (Ubuntu Server versions 10-18) infrastructure, internal development tools and wordpress web hosting environments.
  • Wrote the billing and server management software Acceleration.net has been operating since 2006.
  • Interviewed, trained and managed other software developers

Skills

  • Excellent communication
  • Project Management: Trac, MS Project, GitHub
  • Software Management: Git, SVN, CVS, RCS, VS Team, CI/CD, Jenkins
  • Programming Languages:
    Expert: PHP, SQL, Python, Javascript, Common Lisp, HTML, CSS Experienced: C#, VB.Net, aspnet, C++, C, R, GO, Ruby, Java, Lua, Bash, Powershell
  • Programming Paradigms Object Oriented, Functional, Imperative, Declarative, Logic, Async
  • Datastores: MySQL, PostgreSql, MsSQL Server, SqlLite, Elastic Search
  • Frameworks: Laravel, Angular, React, Flask, .Net (many versions), CodeIgniter, Wordpress, Arduino, Web.py
  • APIs and Integrations Google, GMail, Google Sheets, Quickbooks, Many Private Corporate APIs
  • Server Management and Reliability Saltstack, Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana (ELK), Fail2Ban, Icinga2, Apache, DNS, CIDR, Backups
  • Full Stack Single Page Javascript Apps (SPA), REST apps , Server APIs, Cloud Computing, Database Backends, Hardwared integrations, Docker, Flatpack, Dependency Injection

Volunteering

  • Aug 2006 - May 2010 University of Florida
    Guest lecturer in software engineering, and process management software

Education

  • Aug 2000 - May 2008 University of Florida, Gainesville FL - Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with Honors
    Specialized in programming languages, paradigms, and design.