Scott Clark - Resume & CV

April 29, 2026 · View on GitHub

LaTeX source for Scott Clark's resume and CV, plus an aligned markdown profile for retrieval-friendly use.

Files

  • ScottClarkResume.tex / .pdf - Short 2-page resume.
  • ScottClarkCV.tex / .pdf - Long-form CV with detailed publications, patents, talks, and education history.
  • ScottClark.md - Plain-text profile mirroring the resume/CV content in markdown. Friendlier for AI agents and text-extraction pipelines than parsing a rendered PDF.
  • shading.sty - Custom LaTeX style required by both .tex files.
  • OriginalTemplate_*.tex / .pdf - Historical LaTeX resume templates this design descends from (Boedicker → Grant → Johnston → Clark).

For repo conventions, the relationship between the artifacts, and update workflow, see AGENTS.md.

Build

Each .tex file compiles to a same-named .pdf via:

pdflatex ScottClarkResume.tex
pdflatex ScottClarkCV.tex

Linux (Ubuntu / Debian)

sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-extra
pdflatex ScottClarkResume.tex

macOS

The simplest path is MacTeX (full distribution, ~5 GB):

brew install --cask mactex
pdflatex ScottClarkResume.tex

For a smaller install, BasicTeX (~100 MB) plus the Charter font package:

brew install --cask basictex
sudo tlmgr update --self
sudo tlmgr install charter
pdflatex ScottClarkResume.tex

If a build fails with a missing-package error, install that package via sudo tlmgr install <name>.

Windows

Two common LaTeX distributions:

  • TeX Live - download from tug.org/texlive. Full install includes everything needed.
  • MiKTeX - download from miktex.org/download. Lighter; will fetch missing packages on-demand the first time you build.

After install, from PowerShell or Command Prompt in the repo directory:

pdflatex ScottClarkResume.tex

Use this as a template for your own resume

This repo is Scott's working resume, but the LaTeX template has been public since 2011 and is regularly forked. To adapt it for your own use:

  1. Fork the repo and clone your fork.

  2. Replace the body content in ScottClarkResume.tex and ScottClarkCV.tex - header (name, contact, location), the three intro bullets, and each major section. Rename the files if you like.

  3. Replace ScottClark.md - rename to <YourName>.md and replace contents (or delete if you don't need a markdown twin).

  4. Update PDF metadata and the agent-readable block in ScottClarkResume.tex:

    • \hypersetup{pdfauthor=..., pdftitle=..., pdfkeywords=...} near the top of the preamble (PDF info dictionary).
    • The {\color{white}\scriptsize ...} block just before \end{document} (white-on-white message for AI agents reading the PDF).

    Both contain Scott's URLs and identifiers - point them at your fork or remove the blocks entirely.

  5. Update README.md and AGENTS.md for your own context.

  6. Preserve the template attribution chain in the comment header at the top of each .tex file (Boedicker → Grant → Johnston → Clark → ...). Add your own line at the end.

  7. Build, iterate, and retune. Spacing knobs (\resheading, \resitem, \setlength{\itemsep}) and page breaks are tuned to Scott's content; with different content, expect line-wraps and break points to shift. See AGENTS.md for what each knob does and how to retune.

If you want a clean-slate starting point, the OriginalTemplate_*.tex files in this directory are the unmodified ancestors of this design.

License

LaTeX source is under the MIT License. The underlying visual design descends from earlier CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5 templates - see the comment block at the top of each .tex file for the lineage.

Feel free to fork and edit.