Associate and Software Developer
Charlottesville, Virginia Area
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- Associate - Biometrics Intelligence Resource at Booz Allen Hamilton
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- Software Engineer/Senior Consultant (Global Disease Sentinel Network & Intrack) at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Software Developer/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
- Education
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- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia
- The University of Georgia
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Kathy Lin’s Summary
I have five years of experience working with Java, J2EE, and cutting edge web development technologies that provide a rich and full featured user experience. I have worked on development of client side applications and user interfaces as well as server side / back end data ingestion and manipulation systems.
I have also taken part in project management and helped facilitate communication between developers and clients. I am extremely well organized and committed to seeing successful products released on a timely schedule. I am extremely comfortable with the entire software development lifecycle.
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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Associate - Biometrics Intelligence Resource
Booz Allen Hamilton
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2007 — Present (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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Software Engineer/Senior Consultant (Global Disease Sentinel Network & Intrack)
Booz Allen Hamilton
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software 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. -
Software Developer/Consultant (NGA Performance Analysis Tool)
Booz Allen Hamilton
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software 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.
Authored and performed test procedures for the government client. -
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 (expected)
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University of Virginia
BS, Computer Science, 2000 — 2003
Dean's List: Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
- Activities and Societies:
- Society of Women Engineers, School of Engineering Tour Guides
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The University of Georgia
Computer Science 1999 — 2000
Presidential Honors: 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)
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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