David Bass
Web / software developer based in Bellingham, Washington with a Master's degree in Information Systems. Interests include AI, computer vision, automation, learning, design and problem solving.
Experience
Senior Developer @ WWU LibrariesJan 2013 - present
Bellingham, WA
- Full title: Senior Developer for Digital Initiatives, Western Libraries
- 2019 Team Recognition Award (MABEL)
- 2018 Professional Staff Award for Excellence
- Western Way - September 29, 2017
- Bitbucket repositories for this position
- Developing and designing an open-source, cross-platform desktop application known as the Islandora Batch Uploader (IBU)
- https://mabel.wwu.edu/ibu/
- Designed to make it easy to describe and upload batches of images and video to Western's digital asset management system (MABEL)
- Created with Electron, Node, Vue, JavaScript (ES6 / ES7) and many other Node modules
- Uses Clarifai and Microsoft Cognitive Services machine learning APIs for automated image / video analysis
- Generates SSH private / public keys for authentication
- Uses Sharp and ffmpeg to process images and video
- Using child processes to for time-consuming tasks such as video processing, pHash calculations and Ajax calls
- Uses pHash to create a visual fingerprint/signature of each image, and then compares their differences to cluster similar images and to find scene changes for video
- Harvests EXIF metadata when available, and uses date created to find events that occurred on the same day in the university calendar to suggest photo titles
- Presented IBU at the 2019 IslandoraCon in Vancouver, BC, and at the 2018 Islandora Camp in San Diego - https://islandora.ca/content/looking-back-islandora-campca
- Developing a Node / Express caching application + API that will make it easy for departments on campus to embed a list of their catalog assets on their own websites. Code will be made public upon launch.
- Created a JSON to XML (MODS) preview tool using Node & Express
- Created a Drupal 7 module for Islandora that repeats the search within PDF.js
- Assisted colleagues with Drush commands for Islandora batch imports
- Assisted colleagues with installing Drupal 7 modules for Islandora
- Developed a Python script to split large XML files into separate files
- Developed a Drupal 7 module known as Getting Started
- Designed to help students with writing assignments
- Automates several facets of in-person workshops, including finding related keywords (via the Primo and Alchemy/Watson APIs)
- And automatically generating all possible combinations of those words and generating Ajax queries in Primo (OneSearch)
- Designed and developed interface enhancements for Primo (aka 'OneSearch'), our library catalog / search engine
- https://bitbucket.org/wwulibraries/primo-by-exlibris-customizations
- including API integration with Alma and other systems and a custom permalink generator.
- Screenshots: (before: https://d.pr/i/kMpe3E) - (after: https://d.pr/i/RssKjM)
- Created classification and recommendation engine prototypes using Dandelion.eu and Alchemy APIs to categorize search queries into categories that match library expertise, and show the librarian (and/or professor) most closely associated with that topic.
- Served on a team that gathered requirements and researched digital asset management systems (DAMS), which led to the selection of Islandora (MABEL)
- Former member of the Accessiblity Team, the OneSearch Management Team (OMT), the Alma Management Team (AMT)
- Member of the MABEL Management Team (Islandora)
- Obtained certifications for Primo Back Office and Alma administration by Ex Libris
Web Developer @ PIER SystemsJun 2011 - Dec 2012
Bellingham, WA
- Developed custom solutions for clients and enhancements to PIER (a SaaS crisis communication system; now defunct) using a combination of JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, AJAX, HTML, ColdFusion, Java, Linux, Apache, MySQL, jBoss, XML, Eclipse, cURL, SVN, and CSS.
- Worked with other developers to create the first mobile version of PIER using jQuery Mobile (v1.1.1), Ajax and a RESTful API.
Web Developer @ Platypus ProductionsNov 2010 - Jun 2011
Darrington, WA
- Helped create the next version of the BBB's (Better Business Bureau) video + advertising delivery system using the following tools: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, XML, JSON, PERL, cURL, Git, FlowPlayer and CSS.
- Automated the conversion of online videos using encoding.com's API.
Founder / Developer @ Cascade Data Systems2002 - 2014
Darrington, WA
- Created a web application development system known as appGenerator (aka 'Dokuments') that automates the process of building web-based relational databases, forms and reports. v5 introduced enhanced security, multi-tenancy (subdomains), and 256-bit AES encryption (data at rest).
- appGenerator was built with Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript /AJAX, cURL, and XML templates. Migrated from MySQL to PostgreSQL. Used appGenerator to build/automate a variety of client systems, including:
- a recurring survey for a Fortune 10 company, resulting in a 40x increase in speed over the previous developer, a university's financial aid application system, a disaster response / donation system for a non-profit following Hurricane Katrina, a web-based winery pricing application (a conversion from Access), a web-based SMS publishing / e-commerce system using authorize.net and ARB (automated recurring billing), an expense tracking system for remote workers, a work order management system for a municipality, a project management system for a real estate company, an alumni contacts database, a web-based scheduling / registration system for construction volunteers for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction, a series of HIPAA-compliant medical referral forms for a physical therapy clinic with 256-bit AES encryption (data at rest), a medical records system, a property management system, surveys and reports for a non-profit organization, a voucher and vendor management system for a municipality, event registration / e-commerce / payment systems using authorize.net, several custom website content management systems (CMSs)
- Created an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on EC2 to facilitate easier evaluation and deployment of appGenerator
- Setup and managed Linux servers with root access on Rackspace Cloud, Amazon EC2, VPS.net, Softlayer and Rackspace. Setup and managed a FreeBSD VPS server on Verio.
- Designed and created numerous websites with hand-written code and Photoshop
Web Developer @ Creative Assets2000 - 2002
Seattle, WA
Skills
Skill
Confidence
Career Usage
JavaScript
TensorFlow.js
Learning
Svelte
Learning
Git
Python
Node
Express
Vue
React
Electron
JSON
Ajax
jQuery
CSS
HTML 5
PHP
Drupal 7
XML
MySQL
PostgreSQL
SQL
Apache
PERL
ASP.net
Docker
AWS
Azure
Nginx
Education
Mississippi State University1996 - 1997
M.S. Business Administration (Information Systems)
University of Montana1994 - 1995
B.S. Business Administration (Management)
Auburn University1991 - 1993
Business Administration
Contact
David Bass
david at david bass dot com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbass
https://davidbass.com
https://github.com/davidbass
https://github.com/davidbasswwu
https://bitbucket.org/davidbasswwu