Andrew Young

Software Engineer and Computational Linguist

Austin, Texas Area

Past
  • Software Developer at IBM / Tivoli
  • Helpdesk / Jr. Network Engineer at Texas Networking, Inc.
Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • The University of Texas at Austin
Connections
60 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Andrew Young’s Summary

Software Developer and Linux Administrator with a diverse background and a solid understanding of software development concepts. Experienced in a wide range of programming languages, including Java, C/C++, Perl, Ruby, C#, Python, and PHP among others. Particularly interested in web technologies, internationalization, and computational linguistics. Highly experienced with working with a geographically diverse team on complex projects.

Andrew Young’s Specialties:

object oriented design, design patterns, enterprise application design, database design, web standards, internationalization (i18n), globalization, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, C, C++, Perl, C#, Ruby, Rails, Python, PHP, bash, J2EE, JSP, Linux, apache, mysql, certified java programmer, certified java developer, certified java web component developer


Andrew Young’s Experience

  • Software Engineer

    Rackspace Cloud

    (Public Company; RAX; Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2008October 2009 (1 year 7 months)

  • Software Developer

    Blogging Systems

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2007April 2008 (9 months)

  • Software Developer

    ARM

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    January 2006August 2007 (1 year 8 months)

    Developed Java software to automate the hardware design process.

  • Software Developer

    IBM / Tivoli

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)

    August 1999December 2005 (6 years 5 months)

    Developed various software components in Java and Perl for the customer support organization, including web interfaces, middleware, database integration, metrics generation tools, and internationalization tools. Also maintained a lab of around 20 servers, including systems running Linux, AIX, and Solaris.

  • Helpdesk / Jr. Network Engineer

    Texas Networking, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)

    June 1996August 1999 (3 years 3 months)

    Supported customers with problems using their internet connections. Helped maintain networking hardware and servers.


Andrew Young’s Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    M.A. , Computational Linguistics , 20092012 (expected)

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    BA , Linguistics , 20042009

    Linguistics Honors Program

    Activities and Societies:
    UT Esperanto Club, Texas Linguistics Association

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Andrew Young’s Interests:

computer programming, linguistics, teaching, hiking, camping, scouting, anime

Andrew Young’s Groups:

  •    Texas Exes/University of Texas at Austin
  •    Austin High-Tech
  •    Machine Learning Connection
  •    Natural Language Processing People

Andrew Young’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
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