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Cell Phone: (512) 633-5031 Email: kai at jedi dot net |
702 W. 32nd Austin, Texas 78705 |
To obtain a computer software design or management position requiring increased human interaction.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric/ Focus in Computer Science: May '95
Per request by owner, rewrote entire class sales e-commerce site from scratch including payment, search, and audio and video downloads and streams. Migrated large amounts of often erratic existing customer and transaction data.
Web design, maintenance and development primarily using LAMP.
Designed and built lead management database under contract using PHP, MySQL and Apache. Built and maintained Linux web host.
Developer: Designed and developed custom web applications using a large number of in-house software and tools such as ASP, JSP, SQL Server, C++, Perl, Windows, NT, Linux, etc.
Project Manager: Maintained customer relationships and managed up to seven concurrent design and development projects and up to fifteen personnel.
Worked with XML standards organization to design PC-specific shopping cart DTD including multiple nested component hierarchies. Patent applied for.
As "Internet and Web expert", wrote CGI scripts and dynamic Web forms for clients such as Sun Microsystems, Novell, and Macromedia. Researched and applied new areas of Internet technology and remained current on Internet related events and products. Redesigned Harte-Hanks corporate website.
Wrote GUI geometry file editing tool and interface for subatomic particle collider detector simulation project using Motif and C on an SGI. Designed web site for computer simulation and B physics groups.
Produced a computer animation simulating a molecular bonding sequence using the Softimage graphics animation package on a Silicon Graphics Indigo2.
Employed by Beckman Institute Systems Services (BISS) as a Macintosh consultant and supported over 300 Macintosh machines/ users. Answered user questions, installed network connections, maintained network connectivity, and remained current on new software and hardware.
Worked for Professor Gerald Dejong at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Studies: Beckman Artificial Intelligence Group. Programmed a computer-to-robot interface for the real-world implementation of a robotics planning system using LISP, BASIC, and C.
Helped to install and maintain several particle tracking adjustment systems for the D0 detector experiment at the Tevatron Collider. Wrote two programs for continually updated visual display of tracking information using LabView, and modified data collection software.
As a Fermilab Summer Intern I assisted in the design and production of a prototype high-energy calorimeter. Was also in charge of design and construction of a system for the measurement of scintillating optic fiber attenuation.