Pat Kujawa

Pat Kujawa

Practical Application Developer, Problem Solver

Location
Missoula, Montana (Missoula, Montana Area)
Industry
Computer Software

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Pat Kujawa's Overview

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Education
  • The University of Montana
  • Montana State University-Bozeman
  • University of Limerick
  • Butte High School

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Pat Kujawa's Summary

I love to learn and try out new things while delivering practical solutions. I am a pragmatic programmer eager to work directly with clients and users to deliver the right product, on time and with a smile. As one of two application programmers at a (then) twelve-person electronics engineering consultancy, I worked with a number of diverse technologies to deliver, support, and maintain over a dozen custom desktop applications. As a Master's candidate, I am immersed in disparate languages and algorithms, learning the best tool for the job. I am eager to use my skills at a company that shares my interest in providing creative and practical solutions where technology can be of help!

Pat Kujawa's Experience

Research Assistant (Dr. Rosulek)

University of Montana

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

September 2012 – Present (10 months) Missoula, Montana Area

Designing and implementing a framework for algorithm visualizations (particularly graph algos) using only client-side browser technologies.

Computer Science Master's Student

University of Montana

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

August 2011 – Present (1 year 11 months) Missoula, Montana Area

Taking and auditing as many classes as possible! Pursuing the portfolio option which requires at least twelve courses. Enjoying machine learning, artificial intelligence, data visualization, and algorithms courses.

Test & Build Intern

Visual Learning Systems (Overwatch)

Public Company; 201-500 employees; TXT; Computer Software industry

2012 – 2012 (less than a year)

Researched and set up automated build/test environment (TeamCity). Updated legacy code to facilitate automated testing. Began prioritization of test areas using NDepend. Supervisor quote: "I have worked with a lot of coders in my time and you are one of the top 10."

Research Assistant (Dr. Raiford)

University of Montana

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

January 2012 – May 2012 (5 months)

Researched classification methods for metagenomic data using RapidMiner software. Pulled data from web APIs using python; parsed output of linux bioinformatics tools. Presented conclusions with poster at local research conference.

Software Engineer

Advanced Electronic Designs

June 2008 – August 2011 (3 years 3 months) Bozeman, Montana

Designed, implemented, and tested over a dozen Windows applications and several Linux/Mac applications.

Learned and used unfamiliar languages and paradigms on a deadline.

Coordinated efforts with internal and external teams.

Interfaced with electronics through Ethernet (TCP, UDP, SOAP), USB, RS-232.

Regularly employed multithreaded/parallel programming, test-driven design, and proven GUI design patterns (MVVM, MVC).

Used Microsoft .NET ecosystem: C#, WPF, WinForms. Comfortable with SQL, JSON, XML.

Delivered applications relying on device drivers, 64-bit targets, localization, performance profiling, legacy code, multiple OSes.

Enterprise Systems Development Intern

RightNow Technologies

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RNOW; Computer Software industry

2008 – 2008 (less than a year)

Began adoption of a commercial single sign-on solution.

Web programmer

Big Sky Penguin, LLC

May 2006 – August 2006 (4 months) Butte, Montana

Server-side programming in PHP with MySQL database on Apache web server in FreeBSD and Linux. Taught myself the technology required to hit the ground running.

Client-side scripting and design in XHTML 1.0, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS 2.0), and JavaScript.

Worked independently on four projects - three from the ground up - and consulted on several more. Implemented client's design for the first version of writtenonthecity.com; eventually, a book was made of the site's uploaded images (http://amzn.to/w6ntS8).

IT Assistant

Montana State University Physics Dept IT

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

September 2005 – May 2006 (9 months) Bozeman, Montana

* Hardware troubleshooting and integration.
* Software troubleshooting, instruction, and optimization.
* General computer maintenance, troubleshooting, and building.
* Web design and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) authoring.
* Sole employee reporting to head of physics IT.

Pat Kujawa's Education

The University of Montana

Master's degree, Computer Science

2011 – 2014 (expected)

Grade: 3.95/4.00 GPA

Montana State University-Bozeman

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering and B.S. Physics

2003 – 2009

Grade: 3.89/4.00 GPA

Activities and Societies: Highest Honors (magna cum laude), IEEE (chair/president), Alpha Phi Omega, Engineering Ambassadors, Cat Crew, Alpha Lambda Delta (vice president and webmaster), National Society of Collegiate Scholars (executive vice president), Society of Physics Students (president, treasurer, webmaster), Golden Key (treasurer), Intramurals

University of Limerick

Study Abroad, Computer Software Engineering and Irish Culture

2007 – 2007

Ireland

Activities and Societies: Ultimate Frisbee Club, Outdoor Pursuits Club

Butte High School

1999 – 2003

Pat Kujawa's Courses

  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering and B.S. Physics

    Montana State University-Bozeman

    • Electrical Engineering Design (EE 492)
    • Advanced Embedded Systems Lab (EE 467)
    • Computer Architecture & System Organization (EE 466)
    • Hardware/Software Engineering Systems (EE 475)
    • Digital Signal Processing (EE 477)
    • German I and II
    • Microcontroller Applications (EE 465)
    • Logic Design (EE 367)
    • Electronics (EE 317)
    • Signals & System Analysis (EE 308)
    • Elementary Particle Physics (PHYS 451)
    • Quantum Mechanics I and II (PHYS 411, PHYS 412)
    • Techniques of Applied Math (MATH 348)
    • Computational Physics (PHYS 331)
    • Electromagnetic Theory I (EE 334)
    • Microprocessor HW & SW Systems (EE 371)
    • Applied Engineering Data Analysis (I&ME 350)
    • Circuits I and II (EE 206, EE 207)
    • Data Structures (CS 221)
    • Logic Circuits Lab (EE 262)
    • Software for Mathematical Computation (MATH 394)
    • Classical Mechanics (PHYS 301)
    • Electricity & Magnetism (PHYS 317)
    • Solid State Physics (PHYS 441)
    • Program Design With C (CS 201)
    • Matrix Theory (MATH 221)
    • Discrete Math (CS 222)
    • Chemistry I Honors (CHEM 141)
    • Differential Equations (MATH 225)

  • Study Abroad, Computer Software Engineering and Irish Culture

    University of Limerick

    • Software Testing & Inspection
    • Software Engineering I
    • Irish Language
    • Irish Traditional Music
    • Irish Folklore

  • Master's degree, Computer Science

    The University of Montana

    • Operating Systems (CSCI 460)
    • Intro to Bioinformatics (CSCI 558)
    • Theory of Computation (CSCI 595)
    • Game & Mobile App Development (CSCI 491)
    • Machine Learning (CSCI 557)
    • Human-Computer Interaction (CSCI 576)
    • Advanced Algorithms (CSCI 531)
    • Artificial Intelligence (CSCI 555)
    • Simulation & Modeling (CSCI 477)
    • Pattern Recognition (CSCI 548)
    • Networks (CSCI 466)

Pat Kujawa's Honors and Awards

  • Various

    Various

    Montana State University (MSU) Award for Excellence, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. (2008): Given to top 40 seniors

    Septemviri (2006/07): Recognized as one of seven top-achieving seniors at MSU

    AJM Johnson Outstanding Physics Senior (2009)

    Micron Scholar (2006/07, 2007/08)

    Gilman Scholar (2007)

    Nat'l Soc. of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Study Abroad Scholar (2007)

    Member of Golden Key and Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies

Pat Kujawa's Volunteer Experience & Causes

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Coordinator, volunteer

      Many different organizations while in college
      August 2003 – May 2009 (5 years 10 months)

      While studying at Montana State University (MSU), I volunteered for over 306 hours with organizations ranging from Relay for Life to the Montana Science Olympiad, from being a conversation partner to a Korean ESL student to building the College of Engineering's Homecoming float. I participated in many of these volunteer opportunities while serving as a leader in various clubs and activities (positions have included president, chair, vice president, treasurer, secretary, webmaster, committee head, and volunteer coordinator).

  • Volunteer Interests

    • Organizations I support:

      • FIRST Lego League

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Best practices, user-centered design, software engineering, project management, soccer, racquetball, board games

Groups and Associations:

IEEE

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