Software Engineering Consultant
Personal breakdown on Belisarius
Belisarius Smith is the founder of the MUD Institute. He earned a BSBA in Security Management, has a Masters in Software Engineering from Penn State, and is engaged with graduate studies in Psychology. Currently consulting in the Chicagoland area in areas such as a software engineering, cloud engineering, and security.
Web Applications
Android Apps
UI Design
Requirements Engineering
Some Interesting Facts
About My Work
I've worked for two game development studios, two consulting firms, served on the board of directors at AMA (American Mid-Atlantic) for eight years, and worked in various other organizations and industries. I am also the founder of the MUD Institute.
Shipped Game Titles
Web Apps Built
Scripts Scripted
Nuka-Colas Consumed
What's Happening
My Current Projects
I'm always working on a couple of things, and here is what I'm up to.
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MUD Institute
01.Virtual Worlds Project
Founding an institute for the preservation of virtual world open-source codebases, as well as research and studies thereof.
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Ethnographic & Individual Studies
02.Virtual World Persona
Currently examining the behavior of people that project or adopt different temperaments when in a virtual world.
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History of Codebases
03.Research into history of Virtual Worlds
Currently collecting and studying virtual world codebases (multiple release versions) and their histories.
My Own Developer's and
Design Skills
I've spent the better part of 20 years honing my craft and gaining skillsets useful for a career in software engineering. I've spent time in a variety of environments, but have concentrated on cloud engineering, rapid application development, and web application design and implementation for the past 10 years.
Design Skills
I'm familiar and experienced in most design methodologies.Traditional / Waterfall
R.A.D. (Rapid Application Development)
Agile
Engineering Skills
These are a few of my most requested and sought after skills.Language Skills
The primary programming languages among the many I am familiar with which includes Ruby, C/C++, JavaScript, and others.Java
C#
PHP/Python
My Featured Projects
There are so many projects I've completed, its hard to keep track of them all. Here are some of the more interesting ones I've been fortunate enough to have worked on.
