Product Manager at SnagAJob.com
Charlottesville, Virginia Area
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- Product Manager at SnagAJob.com
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- Associate - Automated Identity Management System (AIMS) at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Associate - Biometrics Intelligence Resource at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Senior Consultant - Global Disease Sentinel Network & Intrack at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Consultant - NGA Performance Analysis Tool at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Software Developer at L-3 Communications, Government Services Inc.
- Web Developer at University of Virginia, Cardiovascular Research Division
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at University of Virginia, Computer Science Department
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- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia
- The University of Georgia
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Kathy Lin’s Summary
Throughout my six years of development, I have found the best part of the software lifecycle to be the moment when the product evolves from being a collection of code to a something that provides the end user with real value. That is why I would like a position developing products that the user can interact with, experience, criticize, and ultimately love. If you are looking for someone who can communicate & collaborate with a client, translate strategic vision and needs into a technical reality, and do some hands-on work with developers and the latest-and-greatest APIs, please give me a call!
Kathy Lin’s Specialties:
Java, J2EE (JSPs, EJBs, Apache Ant), web development (ColdFusion, CSS, HTML, Javascript/AJAX on Apache HTML/Apache Tomcat, Oracle OC4J, JBoss, and BEA WebLogic servers), databases (SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PL/SQL), object oriented design and development, user interface design, waterfall and agile software development models.
Artistic: 2D/3D layout and design, traditional media.
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI, Single Scope Background Investigation
Kathy Lin’s Experience
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Product Manager
SnagAJob.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Associate - Automated Identity Management System (AIMS)
Booz Allen Hamilton
(Privately Held; BAH; Management Consulting industry)
October 2008 — September 2009 (1 year )
Technologies & Methods utilized: J2EE, JBoss 4.2, JBoss WS, JBoss Seam development framework, Hibernate, Spring, Alfresco (content management system).
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Associate - Biometrics Intelligence Resource
Booz Allen Hamilton
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; BAH; Management Consulting industry)
April 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Functioned as the task lead for the thin client/web application portion of the Biometrics Intelligence Resource (BIR) project, which supports the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC).
Technologies & Methods utilized: J2EE, JBoss 4, JBoss WS, Apache Tapestry 4.1 web development framework, Hibernate, Spring, scrum/agile development.
- Redesigned user interface using CSS and dynamic HTML.
- Upgraded application to use Tapestry 4.1.1 framework with dojo (AJAX JavaScript library) integration.
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Senior Consultant - Global Disease Sentinel Network & Intrack
Booz Allen Hamilton
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; BAH; Management Consulting industry)
September 2006 — April 2007 (8 months)
Global Disease Sentinel Network (GDSN) - Primary developer and lead of development, implementation, and integration of GDSN tools and technology with a third party search engine developed by Fast Search and Transfer (FAST).
Technologies & Methods Utilized: BEA WebLogic Server/Portal 8.1.5, ArcIMS 8, Fast FDS 4.1, YUI (Yahoo! User Interface Library)
- Wrote custom BEA WebLogic portlets to display and manipulate data received by the search engine.
- Functioned as the primary point of contact between FAST and Booz Allen teams.
- Coordinated GIS (geospatial information system) tool integration with the system using ArcIMS server.
- Developed a full featured AJAX interface to ArcIMS.
Intrack - An internal Booz Allen effort related to GDSN. Helped develop user interface using EXT (AJAX/JavaScript library), wrote middle tier business logic using Hibernate. -
Consultant - NGA Performance Analysis Tool
Booz Allen Hamilton
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; BAH; Management Consulting industry)
August 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 2 months)
Primary developer supporting the operation and sustainment of NPAT, the NGA Performance Analysis Tool.
- Integrated changes seamlessly into existing code on numerous occasions for various subsystems: data integrity, data loading, business tier, and user interface.
- Refactored large sections of code to take advantage of new and dynamic technologies.
- Facilitated cross-group interactions between non-technical clients and developers, interacted directly with the customer to determine the nature of the defects and provide routine support.
- Lead data analysis efforts, wrote software/scripts to parse and ingest data files.
- Authored and contributed to a wide variety of documentation: software design, implementation, test procedures, and standard operating procedures.
- Developed NPAT website used by analysis and system maintainers for everyday communication and tool deployment. -
Software Developer
L-3 Communications, Government Services Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
Contributed greatly to JSP/EJB web application replacing a legacy system. Created and implemented a professional layout and interface for all web pages for that application.
Wrote technical documentation (unit test plan and software user’s manual) with great detail and clarity.
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Web Developer
University of Virginia, Cardiovascular Research Division
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2003 — July 2003 (3 months)
Updated the text and images on a published HTML website and incorporated dynamic content using PHP/MySQL to allow non technical staff to update the website.
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University of Virginia, Computer Science Department
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 5 months)
Worked as an assistant to the graduate student teaching CS 101, Introduction to Computer Science. Responsible for moderating weekly labs, holding office hours to help students with lab and homework programming assignments, and grading assignments.
Kathy Lin’s Education
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University of Virginia
MS , Management of IT , 2008 — 2009
The M.S. MIT program has been recognized as a leader in developing technology-savvy business decision makers. By understanding how current and emerging technologies can best be applied to make their organizations more profitable, productive, and competitive, McIntire graduates are well-positioned to face the challenges of management in the 21st century.
For my master's degree Capstone Strategic Project, I worked with a small group to research and propose an IT initiative that would help further the strategic of SnagAJob.com, the #1 source of hourly employment. Towards this end, we conducted an enterprise strategic assessment to determine the company's strategy, prepared a business plan, and presented a comprehensive solution to the company that contained a technical project plan as well as a financial analysis and forecast. Throughout the entire process we worked closely with C-level executives and were able to collaborate and communicate effectively. -
University of Virginia
BS , Computer Science , 2000 — 2003
Dean's List: Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
Graduated with Distinction.- Activities and Societies:
- Society of Women Engineers, School of Engineering Tour Guides, Undergraduate Computer Science Teaching Assistant
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The University of Georgia
Computer Science 1999 — 2000
Presidential Honors (4.0 GPA): Fall 1999, Spring 2000.
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Kappa Literary Society
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Kathy Lin’s Interests:
Professional Interest: Software development, in particular projects that combine useful and innovative technologies with great visuals and easy to use interfaces. Personal Interests: Movies, video games, special effects/media, Apple Computers, blogging, books, college football, coffee, traveling.
Kathy Lin’s Groups:
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University of Virginia Alumni (UVA) -
Charlottesville Tech
Kathy Lin’s Honors:
-- Booz Allen Awards --
3 "High Five" Awards (2005, 2006)
Team Appreciation Award (2006)
Performance Recognition (2006)
Attitude Performance Excellence Award for the Charlottesville Office (2008)
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