Hal W Canary 3

8492 Southwind Bay Circle
Fort Myers, FL 33908-6029
h3 at halcanary dot org
608-347-5844

Career Objective

A challenging and creative position in the technical arts.

Education

Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, 2004–2005
    • Pursued a teaching certificate in secondary mathematics.
    • Worked as a supervised student teacher in middle and high schools.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003–2004
    • Took upper-level math classes while evaluating the possibility of graduate school.
    • 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
    • Student jobs in physics research, tutoring, and mathematics research.

Experience

Lead Bookseller, Barnes & Noble
October 2006–present
    • 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:
    • Tutored a wide variety of college math students.

Programmer and Student Researcher, UW-Madison Math Department.
September 2003–May 2004 and January–May 2001:
    • Wrote software that explains aspects of the research.
    • Proved theorem about Baxter permutations and alternating sign matrices.
    • Collaborated with other students on combinatorics research.
    • Wrote papers summarizing our research. (See http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0309135 and http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0407115)

Interface Analyst and Programmer, Epic Systems Corporation.
September 2001–December 2002:
    • Wrote database interface software.
    • Worked with customers to install and configure our software.
    • Troubleshot customer issues.
    • Wrote custom software for customers.

Computer Skills

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.

Background

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)