About Me

I've been creating websites for over 10 years, and I've been using Django since early 2008. I am an avid open-source fan and a long-time Linux user. Web development is something that I am very passionate and enthusiastic about. I recently joined the team at Panlocal Media, LLC. to help them expand their highly successful local arts, entertainment, and news site Pegasus News into new cities and new possibilities.

I previously worked at Fidelity Investments as an Associate Software Engineer, handling production support primarily for Java and shell-script applications hosted on Sun Solaris servers. Prior to that I worked on the business side as a team lead for a team handling operations phone support for financial professionals, advisors, and end-clients. As projects within that role, I developed several web-based tools to help with documentation, training, recognition, and reporting.

Employment

  • Developer

    Panlocal Media, LLC.

    November, 2009 - Present

    • Working on a growing network of local arts, entertainment, and news sites using the Django web framework and Panlocal's custom internal applications.

  • Associate Software Engineer/Developer

    Fidelity Investments

    December, 2008 - November, 2009

    • Level 2 back-end production support and minor enhancement development for financial pricing and cash management applications built on Sun Solaris servers using Sybase and Oracle databases.

  • Team Lead

    Fidelity Investments

    January, 2007 - December, 2008

    • Facilitated coaching and training, maintained departmental knowledge base, participated in process improvement, handled escalated support issues, and developed web applications for team analytics.

  • Associate

    Fidelity Investments

    January, 2005 - January, 2007

    • Handled phone support and electronic requests for financial operations, and developed web-based knowledge site for multiple teams.

Social Networks

  • Twitter

    I'm active on Twitter as @bkonkle.

    Facebook

    My Facebook profile is under brandon.konkle.

    Google Apps

    My Google Apps account for services such as Talk, Docs, and Reader is brandon.konkle.

    Google Wave

    My Google Wave address is brandon.konkle@googlewave.com

    Google Voice

    My Google Voice number is 562-726-3665. I typically let unknown callers go to voicemail, so please leave me a message.

    LinkedIn

    You can find me on LinkedIn by visiting my profile.

    Skype

    You can call me using my Skype name brandon.konkle if you'd like.

    #Django

    I frequently discuss Django as 'bkonkle' at the #django IRC channel. Use an IRC client like LimeChat or XChat to join the discussion.