Andy Lindeman

Current

• Undergraduate Research Assistant at Mississippi State University

Past

• Engineering Trainee I (Summer Intern) at Dynetics, Inc.
• Database Analyst at Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation
• Contributor at Gallery

• Summer Student Volunteer at NASA (ET22, Marshall Space Flight Center)

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Education

• Mississippi State University

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• http://www.andylindeman.com/

Andy Lindeman’s Summary

A full-time position that will allow me to apply my studies, work hard, be creative, and achieve tangible goals in a supportive, dynamic workplace

Andy Lindeman’s Specialties:

# Various Technologies/Languages: C, C++, C#, .NET framework, Java, Perl, PHP,
Python, Visual Basic, XML, OpenGL, UML modeling
# Various Platforms: Microsoft Windows, UNIX/Linux, PIC microcontroller
# Various RDBMSs: MySQL, PostgreSQL
# Familiarity with computer networking concepts in OSI layers 3 - 7: IP, TCP, UDP,
SSL, various application-level protocols
# Comfortable with industry-standard software engineering techniques

Andy Lindeman’s Experience

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Mississippi State University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  # Used information visualization techniques to create computer programs to visualize lengthy biological data in a concise and useful manner
  # Collaborated with professors across disciplines (biologists and computer scientists)
  # Skills used: OpenGL, Python, communication skills
  
  
  Research Publications:
  # Lindeman, A. D., Bridges, S. M., Jankun-Kelly, T.J. “Interactive Poster: Effective Display of Conserved Domains on a Multiple Sequence Alignment.” Presented at IEEE InfoVis in Sacramento, CA, 28-30 October 2007.

• Engineering Trainee I (Summer Intern)

  Dynetics, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  # Designed the drag-and-drop GUI interface for NetLink, a software application-layer router that was being completely redesigned for the Multiple Unified Simulation Environment (MUSE) task supported by the United States Army
  # Met with the customer to define use cases and requirements for the software before designing it using UML modeling tools
  # Helped identify risks and ways to mitigate them during the project lifecycle
  # Garnered a highest possible "outstanding" performance rating on the intern appraisal at the end of the summer
  # Operated under Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 2 processes

• Database Analyst

  Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  (Worked as a NASA Contractor with ET22 Group, Marshall Space Flight Center)
  # Created an integrated web-based database management tool to streamline storing and searching engineering requests and the resulting drawings
  # Management tool helped NASA group achieve a PLUS rating on an ISO audit for being "thorough with a good process flow"
  # Skills used: PHP, Web-based development, Microsoft ODBC/SQL (integrated with Microsoft Access), Visual Basic

• Contributor

  Gallery

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years )

  # Contributed code and documentation to the open-source Gallery project at http://gallery.sourceforge.net/

• Summer Student Volunteer

  NASA (ET22, Marshall Space Flight Center)

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

  # Normalized existing database system to more effectively store engineering requests and the resulting drawings
  # Skills used: Microsoft Access

Andy Lindeman’s Education

• Mississippi State University

  B.S. , Computer Science , 2005 — 2009

  Coursework Highlights:
  # Computer Graphics (3 hours)
  # Computer Networks (3 hours)
  # Artificial Intelligence (3 hours)
  # Project Management (3 hours)
  # Communication (6 hours)
  # Leadership (2 special topics hours)

  Activities and Societies:

  Chair: University Honors Council (August 2007 - May 2008),
  Chair: Distinguished Scholars Board (August 2008 - Present),
  Computing Research Award (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Award Nominee (Fall 2008),
  "Spirit of State" Award Recipient (Spring 2007),
  Co-President: BullyLUG (Mississippi State Linux Users Group) (August 2006 - May 2008),
  Student Representative: Honor Code Council (August 2007 - Present),
  Korea Study Tour: Global Leadership Program (May 2007)

Additional Information

Andy Lindeman’s Websites:

• http://www.andylindeman.com/