Jennifer Geis

Current

• IT Specialist at University of Hawaii

Past

• Software Engineer at hotU, Inc.
• Software Engineer at Makai Ocean Engineering
• Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation

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Education

• University of Hawaii at Manoa
• University of Hawaii at Manoa

Connections

26 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog

Jennifer Geis’s Summary

I'm a software developer who's interested in leading projects from initial conception to production. Over the years, I've gone from being strictly a coder, to managing other developers and being interested in the entire software life-cycle, particularly the initial requirements gathering and overall design. I've seen the difference it makes when you make a real effort to get the design correct from the beginning, from user interface to DB schema. My development strengths lean more towards database schema design, SQL, and writing code, particularly in Java.

Jennifer Geis’s Specialties:

Java, Spring, JSP, XML, Oracle, MySQL, Ant, CVS/SVN, software project management

Jennifer Geis’s Experience

• IT Specialist

  University of Hawaii

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

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  Project Manager for eCAFE (electronic Course And Faculty Evaluation), a web-application intended for use at ten campuses by fifty thousand students. I managed the project and another developer through the entire software project lifecycle. The system was initially implemented using Oracle, but we volunteered to rewrite it as a pilot test for the University switching its DB provider from Oracle to MySQL. Other technologies used in this project: Java, Spring, Tomcat, Ant, SVN.

• Software Engineer

  hotU, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 2000 — April 2004 (4 years 3 months)

  Co-founder of site for conducting online employment fairs. I was the company's first technical hire and helped build the technology team. I was the leader of middleware development, but worked on all aspects of development. I also automated our build and release process.
  
  The site was originally intended to be a way for students to plan their classes and meet up with other students (pre-Facebook), but the business model changed in pursuit of profit. Still, in the end, I had to vote for the company to finally declare bankruptcy.
  
  Technologies used: Java, MySQL, Tomcat, CVS.

• Software Engineer

  Makai Ocean Engineering

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 9 months)

  Member of team that developed sub-marine cable lay planning/simulation software. This was a stand-alone application that read in and displayed bathymetry and helped the users create a cable-lay plan so the cable wouldn't snap or drop into areas which were likely to cause problems. They would also know how much cable was needed and how long the lay was likely to take.

• Software Engineer

  Digital Equipment Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DEC; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 1997 — June 1998 (1 year 2 months)

  Developed JavaWizard, an automated code checker for detecting errors in Java code, used in-house.

Jennifer Geis’s Education

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  M.S. , Information and Computer Science , 1996 — 1998

  Master's Thesis: JavaWizard: Investigating Defect Detection and Analysis, http://csdl.ics.hawaii.edu/Research/JWiz/JWiz.html

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  B.S. , Information and Computer Science , 1991 — 1996

  Research: An Evaluation of Flashmail: a computer-mediated communication tool, http://csdl.ics.hawaii.edu/Publications/MasterList.html#csdl-95-21

Additional Information

Jennifer Geis’s Websites:

• My Blog

Jennifer Geis’s Interests:

Reading, travel, soccer, triathlons, mountain biking, trail running

Jennifer Geis’s Groups:

CSDL

•    SoftwareEngineering
•    Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability.
•    aitp - No matter how sophisticated the technology, it still takes people!

Jennifer Geis’s Contact Settings

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