Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Web Developer at Idearc Media
- Founder at AggData.com
- Past
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- Web Developer at Tektronix
- Graduate Research Assistant at University of Texas at Dallas
- Tester/Developer at BYU Tall Group
- Developer at screen-scraper.com
- Education
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- The University of Texas at Dallas
- Brigham Young University
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Chris Hathaway’s Summary
Skilled professional looking for career in software/web development, with expertise using the Java platform, both in standalone software and rich web applications. Experienced in an agile environment, working directly with clients in the planning, production, and support of custom solutions, particularly with data driven projects.
Chris Hathaway’s Experience
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Web Developer
Idearc Media
(Public Company; IAR; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
PHP/Oracle Development in the Application Devlopment Group. Also involved with front-end of superpages.com.
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Founder
AggData.com
(Internet industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
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Web Developer
Tektronix
(Public Company; DHR; Telecommunications industry)
February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Working on the E-Marketing team, mostly in PHP and MySQL to manage and improve the current Content Management System.
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Graduate Research Assistant
University of Texas at Dallas
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
August 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Developed experimental information retrieval system in Java, using text-based semantic data.
Received second place at SemEval-2007 for Task #19, Frame Semantic Structure Extraction. -
Tester/Developer
BYU Tall Group
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 5 months)
* Started as Software Tester on large scale Java-based language learning software (>500 TLOC), soon became team leader.
* Created a new Automated Testing initiative using several technologies, including IBM Rational Robot.
* Took on role as Java developer, and eventually as PHP developer, using Oracle as a back end.
* Worked as Assistant DBA on large-scale Oracle database, with distributed Hypersonic instances. -
Developer
screen-scraper.com
(Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — August 2006 (9 months)
* Worked with clients to build custom data extraction systems, using Java/JBoss JSP/Hibernate/MySQL stack.
* Introduced and developed a novel approach to extracting unstructured data, expanding the company's current offerings.
* Assisted in marketing strategies, including Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
* Continue to provide consulting services to the company, through present day.
Chris Hathaway’s Education
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The University of Texas at Dallas
M.S. , Computer Science , 2006 — 2008
Recipient of The Jonsson Distinguished Research Fellowship for Graduate Students
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Brigham Young University
B.S , Computer Science , 2000 — 2006
Recipient of Heritage Scholarship (covers full-tuition for 8 semesters)
- Activities and Societies:
- Two years Men's Chorus
Two years Concert Choir
