
Student and Lab Manager at Columbia University
Greater New York City Area

Student and Lab Manager at Columbia University
Greater New York City Area
Application Developer and Systems Architect focusing on web applications with significant experience in Java desktop development. Specializing in PHP development, coupled with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
Languages: BASH, C, C++, C#, Flash, HTML, CSS, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, SQL, Visual Basic, XML
Design concepts/tools: UML, Yahoo UI Toolkit, AJAX, SOAP, JavaDoc, Eclipse, ArgoUML, NetBeans, XCode, and Adobe CS3, Office
Server technologies: Apache Web Server, HSphere, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SpamAssassin, and intrusion detection
Operating Systems: Linux (Debian, Gentoo, Centos/RHEL 3-4), Solaris, Mac OS (System 7 - OS 10.5; 10.4-10.5
Server), Windows (95 - Vista; NT-2003 Server).
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Served as a paraprofessional staff member responsible for facilitating community standards through the creation and implementation of large scale, community wide events for 465 residents.
Worked as a community-wide event coordinator, motivator, & resource person for 16 Resident Advisers.
Facilitated a portion of weekly staff meetings to address planning needs for community wide events.
Served on the 18 on-call team to address/document all emergency situations in the community; provide support during emergencies; act as a liaison between students and administration during crises.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
As Lab Manager:
Planned the initial purchase and installation of 50 Apple Mac Pro workstations and 4 Apple XServe servers. Configured servers and clients for a high performance lab environment. Daily responsibilities include end user support, server management, software updates, and custom scripting.
As Systems Developer:
Design, maintain, and program custom web applications for school use and the high availability server to run them. Projects include groupware, course evaluation, inventorying, and content management systems. All systems developed in PHP and MySQL and run on Mac OS X Server.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Re-engineered SQLServer based reporting solution for company’s flagship product and expanded automated business intelligence reporting to provide additional strategic information to clients. Work with SQL Server and Visual Studio in a primarily Windows environment.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UTX; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Worked in a team to design and implement a simulator for rotorcraft response to natural and terrorist disasters. Brought extensive Java experience to the group and made extensive use of open source software. Utilized Eclipse, ArgoUML, and CVS to facilitate development. Ensured that all work was fully documented through JavaDoc, UML interface diagrams, and test cases.
BS , Computer Science , 2006 — 2010 (expected)
Association for Computing Machinery