Brian Cook
Software Engineer IV at Sherpa 6, Inc.
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Cook is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of professional experience, currently serving as Software Engineer IV at Sherpa 6. He brings deep systems and low-level expertise from roles at Gremlin and Rowdy Dog Software, including porting a Rust-based agent across platforms, building Windows kernel drivers, and designing embedded AVR firmware and tooling. Brian excels at turning complex requirements into robust, low-maintenance solutions—ranging from automated manufacturing test systems and operator training apps to performance-tuned chaos engineering attacks. He emphasizes best practices like automated testing and Agile methods, mentors peers in Rust, and writes clear end-user and technical documentation. Based in Rapid City, South Dakota, he pairs a passion for learning new languages and web concepts with a notably strong focus on high-quality written communication.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Github Skills (137)
windows10
http10
web-development10
javascript10
unix10
linux10
html10
compiler10
arduino-ide10
rust10
json10
fetch10
documentation10
css10
ide10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Coding-Badly/GCIP
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:6 releases, 220 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 4 months
Coding-Badly/RFID-KeyMaster
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
KeyMaster RFID Interlock Raspberry Pi
Contributions:189 pushes, 1 branch, 5 issues in 6 months
raspberry-piraspberrykeymasterrfidraspberrypi
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