email : Bart Biernat     

Bart Biernat

I am a solution-oriented and proactive person who is looking to harness my passion for programming in a change of career.

I believe development is fundamentally a technical manifestation of very specific skill set that requires you to constantly question the world around you. I have a natural curiosity for how things work; from taking apart mobile handsets to penetration testing and bug bounties which I hope will serve me well in an industry where, to succeed, it is necessary to have an urge to understand things completely.

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Skills

GitHub	Ruby	JavaScript
Git command line, Markdown, Repo collaboration, Merge conflicts, Work flows (branching)	Gems, Rails, Sinatra, Rspec, Capybara	Vanilla, React.js, jquery, Node.js

Blockchain technology	Cyber security	Leadership
A blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. It is considered by many as the future of currency	The protection of computer systems from theft or damage to their hardware, software or electronic data, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.	Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organisation to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organisations.
Built and utilized multiple mining rigs from scratch, Traded in crypto currency (Cryptopia, Binance, Coinbase), Blockchain Architecture, Data Structures, Cryptography	Pen testing; Metsploit, Nmap, Wireshark, Burpsuite, Privacy; Tor, VPNs, Breach Alarm Operating systems; Backtrack, ParrotOS	I successfully helped in the opening of 3 restaurants. Selecting, training and leading the team was integral to the running of the business.

Projects

Link	Summary	Technologies used	Status
10monkeys	My interpretation of the Infinite monkey theorem. A user loads in a set of words (poem, book, novel, series of books). On completion, the application then starts its cycle by randomly generating a string of letters for possible websites. If a hit is found, all the words are scraped off the site and compared to the inputted list. The cycle continues until every word has been fulfilled.	Hardware: Raspberry pi Software: Ruby, Google API (database), Sinatra
Acebook :: Roku	A team project aimed to make a Facebook clone. We wanted to give it a MySpace feel with Facebook's functionality.	Ruby, Rails, CSS, AWS Elastic Beanstalk
ReciPeeps	Makers final project. As a team, we were tasked with making a personal development application. We came up with Recipeeps, a social place where people can post recipes, have them voted up by popularity and eventually build up their own personal cookbook that can be printed and sent as a physical object.	Ruby, Rails, CSS, Heroku, Javascript, Travis
Algorithm Complexity	My personal playground to replicate and understand how methods are build and tweaked to get the best possible result.	Ruby, Time complexity theories

Education

Makers Academy (February 2019 - Present)

Makers Academy is a computer programming boot camp in London. It was founded by Rob Johnson and Evgeny Shadchnev in December 2012 and is designed to turn people with no knowledge of web development into job-ready junior developers.

• Learning to learn fast: Be it with programming languages, methodologies or effective collaborations (TDD/BDD, OOP)

• Problem solving: Individually, as a pair or as a group. Encouraging feedback and sharing learnings

• Agile and XP values, scrum methodology, pair programming. Respecting my pair partners/team mates, having the courage to give feedback. To communicate and keep things simple keeps the team efficient.

• Technologies learnt; -Ruby -Rails -RSpec -Sinatra -Capybara -Selenium -JavaScript -Jasmine -Cypress -PostgreSQL

edX - Online University level courses (2017 - 2018)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University created edX in May 2012. edX is a massive open online course (MOOC) provider. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body.

MIT - Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python

• Simple algorithms, testing and debugging
• Introduction to algorithmic complexity
• Data structures

RIT - Cyber Security Risk Management

• Information security risk management framework and methodologies
• Identifying and modeling information security risks
• Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods
• Articulating information security risks as business consequences

RIT - Cyber Security Fundamentals

• Network and system administration fundamentals
• Information assurance fundamentals such as confidentiality, integrity and availability, etc.
• Basic cryptography concepts

RIT - Network Security

• Examined the various areas of network security including intrusion detection, evidence collection and defence against cyber attacks
• Examined the resources available to both intruders and data network administrators to see their effects.

RIT - Cyber Security Capstone

• A platform designed to practice and implement lessons learnt in the previous Cyber Security courses.

Udemy - Online courses (2017 - 2018)

Udemy.com is an online learning platform. It is aimed at professional adults. No Udemy courses are currently credentialed for college credit; students take courses largely as a means of improving job-related skills.

Blockchain Essentials

• Bitcoin concept, Blockchain concept, Mining, Keys, Transactions, Cryptography, Digital Signature, Hashing and Encoding

The complete ruby on rails developer course

• A full introduction to Ruby followed by Ruby on Rails

The complete javascript course

• Javascript fundamentals from ES5 to ES7. Touching on CSS and HTML

Experience

Cryptocurrency trader

May, 2017 — Present

Trading between Bitcoin and alternative currencies.

• Built and managed multiple mining rigs.
• Exploring the potential of Blockchain technology.

La Bonne Bouffe

Nov, 2016 — Apr, 2017

Brought in to assist with new restaurant launch

• Created and costed menus.
• Established relationships with suppliers
• Hired & trained staff
• Responsible for implementing all health and safety standards
• Set up the POS system, costing and inventory systems.

Claire’s Chefs

Apr, 2014 — Oct, 2016

Specialized in catering for ViP private events and for premium fashion clients.

The Savoy Hotel

Oct, 2011 — Nov, 2013

Worked in private events, ranging from intimate dining to 600+ banquets

• Managed a team of 12 chefs
• Responsible for creating daily prep schedules
• Coordinating events with pastry, front of house, HR and hotel management.

When I'm not programming

I frequently attend lectures and conferences to keep up to date with the fast paced changes in technology.

I also have a fascination with all things fermentation. A plethora of bubbling jars in my kitchen eventually turn into breads, pickles or wines. When I’m not playing food scientist or in front of the computer, I’m out running, skateboarding, climbing or taking something apart to see how it works.