Summary
Recent graduate with skills in rapid prototyping, test automation and small group leadership looking for a data analyst position.System Experience
Java, JDBC, SQL, JUnit, C++, C,
NetBeans IDE, Eclipse, Apple XCode
Windows XP, 2003, Mac OS X (Versions 10.3 – 10.6), Ubuntu Linux
Microsoft Office 2003, 2007
Qualifications
Product Testing: Implemented automated test cases to determine accuracy of senior project’s polynomial regression results. In addition to individual tests, built general test environment to run sets of test cases.
Rapid Prototyping: Prototyped tools for managing unwieldy IBM iSeries menu hierarchies. Used Java, SQL and JDBC to query menu hierarchy tables. Visualized menu hierarchies using Graphviz.
Project Leadership: Elected by 12 classmates to lead Software Engineering class project in developing and delivering 100-page software design document describing database structure, user interface and processing functionality for a job openings distribution system
Algorithm Development: Applied genetic algorithm to solve polynomial regression problems. When provided with a data set, algorithm generated successive generations of potential solutions. Best solutions formed basis for next set of possible solutions. Selection process continued until ideal solution was found
Requirements Development: Reviewed existing paper-based user provisioning system, solicited requirements for a digital user provisioning system, built upper-management consensus, and wrote an IEEE standards compliant software requirements specification
Life-cycle Management: Studied various life-cycle models including Agile, Scrum and Extreme Programming as part of two-semester software engineering course. Learned importance of requirements and design documents in focusing development process and avoiding feature creep.
Employment
May 2009 - Aug 2009: Data Processing Intern, Charles County Public Schools, Laplata Maryland
Feb 2007 - Dec 2008: Computer Operator, Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho
Aug 2004 - Aug 2006: Network Engineer, Charles County Public Schools, Laplata Maryland
Sept 2002 - April 2004: Studying for Associates, Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho
Additional Experience
- Vice President of a small non-profit managing ancestral property in southwestern Maine (2009)- Area Director for the BYU-I Outdoor Activities program (2008)
- Conceived, proposed, organized, promoted and managed a University sponsored stand-up comedy event to a sell-out crowd (2007)
- Rock Climbing Area Director at Goshen Boy Scout Camps (Summer 1998)
- Organized team of 15 to dry pack $500 in food for local food pantry as an Eagle Scout project (1998)
