Brian Berns

Background

About Brian Berns

I’m a software developer with more than 30 years of professional experience in all aspects of software development, including technical leadership and project management. I have a passion for building elegant, maintainable software that addresses real-world problems. Since 2006, I’ve been focused on software applications that improve human health using both clinical and genetic data. As a developer, I see great promise in functional programming (FP) techniques. My main interest currently is in developing software with FP languages and promoting FP principles within technical organizations. I spend most of my programming time these days in F#, which I believe is the most effective and productive programming language for a large number of problem domains. I tend to focus on back-end development, extracting useful information from data. I’m interested in new opportunities, but I am very selective. Remote work is a must. I’m most productive using F# and SQL Server, so that’s the kind of environment I’m looking for.(I also have years of experience with C#, but the first thing I’m going to do is convince you that most of your C# development should be done in F# instead. Similarly, I have experience with NoSQL databases, but I’m probably going to try to convince you to switch to a relational database instead.) I’m available starting in Q3 of 2022. I’m not looking for a consulting gig or any other indirect arrangement. Bonus: If you mention Brown M&M’s to me, I’ll be impressed that you read this far and paid attention. Specialties: • Software development using functional programming techniques • Software system architecture and design • Natural language processing, machine learning, and data science • Software development team management and leadership • Project vision, analysis, and requirements gathering • Iterative development using Scrum and other agile methodologies • Object-oriented analysis, design, and programming Development platforms: • F# • C# •.NET Core (and.NET Framework) • Visual Studio • Haskell • Python • C++ Databases: • SQL Server • MongoDB Operating systems: • Windows • Linux Software patents and applications: • Metadata automated system (patent no: US 9,626,388 B2) • Skipping natural language processor (application pub. no: US 2022/0261538 A1) • Classification code parser (application pub. no: US 2022/0164535 A1) Side projects: • Open-source software: https://github.com/brianberns • Blogs: https://dev.to/shimmer and https://brianberns.github.io/ • Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/344223/brianberns