Email: h3 at halcanary dot org
Telephone: +1-239-313-9375
A challenging and creative position in the technical arts.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill., 2011–
• Will enroll in the fall of 2011 as a graduate student in the Computer Science Department.
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, 2010–2011
• Took five undergraduate-level computer science courses in prepration for graduate school
• GPA 4.0.
Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, 2004–2005
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Pursued a teaching certificate in secondary mathematics.
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Worked as a supervised student teacher in middle and high schools.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003–2004
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Took upper-level math classes while evaluating the possibility of
graduate school.
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Continued as a student researcher and freelance tutor.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bachelor of Science, May 2001
Majors in Physics and Math, GPA 3.52, Major GPA 3.70
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Student jobs in physics research, tutoring, and mathematics research.
Receiving Manager, Barnes & Noble
April 2008–April 2011
• Responsible for receiving operations, returns, and inventory.
Lead Bookseller, Barnes & Noble
October 2006–April 2008
• Served customers.
• Maintained a section of the sales floor.
• Assisted in training and development of
other employees.
Driver, Rosati's Pizza
April 2005–June 2006
• Delivered pizza and answered phones.
College Math Tutor,
Edgewood College.
September 2004–August 2005:
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Tutored a wide variety of college math students.
Programmer and Student Researcher,
UW-Madison Math Department.
September 2003–May 2004 and January–May 2001:
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Wrote software that explains aspects of the research.
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Proved theorem about Baxter permutations and alternating sign
matrices.
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Collaborated with other students on combinatorics research.
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Wrote papers summarizing our research.
(See the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, volume 17
and arXiv:math/0407115)
Interface Analyst and Programmer,
Epic Systems Corporation.
September 2001–December 2002:
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Wrote database interface software.
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Worked with customers to install and configure our software.
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Troubleshot customer issues.
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Wrote custom software for customers.
System Administrator, UW-Madison Physics Department Computational Physics Lab,
Fall 2000–Spring 2001:
• Installed programs and set up user accounts for linux network.
Undergraduate Researcher, UW-Madison Physics Department Magnetohydrodynamic
Dynamo Experiment. Summer 1999–Summer 2000:
• Designed group web site.
• Built equipment in the machine shop.
• Wrote software to control experiment machinery.
• Ran computer simulations of the experiment.
Programming: Object oriented programming, data structures, Java applets, combinatorial systems, databases and database interfaces, web-related programming.
Operating systems: Experience operating, and maintaining Unix and Linux workstations and servers. Experience using Windows desktops and Microsoft Office.
Web Design: Experience with HTML, PHP, CSS and Javascript. Designed and maintained several web sites.
Activities: Vice President of University Physical Society. Secretary of Math Club. Madison Linux Users Group. Hobbies include sailing, photography, painting, cooking, hiking, backpacking, programming, and reading.
Awards: Albert Augustus Radtke Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement in the Study of Undergraduate Physics (May 2001), Gough Wheat Mathematics Scholarship (May 1997), National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist (1997), Eagle Scout (1993)