Bellingham, WA 98226
www.j-dude.com/resume
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." -Confucius
My pursuit is a career in Information Technology and/or Software Development; to be a valuable asset to my employer; to look back proudly upon past accomplishments and continually forward to new challenges.
Whatcom Community College, 237 West Kellogg Road, Bellingham, WA 98226
Associate in Science; Computer Information Systems, Networking, 2007
[Degree Program Number, A673, 2005-2007 Catalogue]
Emphasizing the following:
Cisco Networking: LAN and WAN technologies, routing protocols, network design
Programming: C# - group client/server application
Java - individual client/server email application
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Computer Support: Windows XP, Windows 2000, A+ software, A+ hardware
Graphic Design: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
Awards and Honors
3.81 GPA
AS in Computer Information Systems, completed with honors, March, 2007
Dean's List for Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall of 2005
Winter & Spring of 2006. Winter of 2007
National Dean's List for the 2005/2006 & 2006/2007 academic years
Technology Alliance Group Scholarship recipient, 2006
Operating Systems: Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7; Linux: Ubuntu, Fedora, Ubuntu Server
Networking: Routing protocols, physical and logical network communication, troubleshooting
Programming: C#, Java, PHP, SQL, MySQL, plus some experience with Oracle SQL, Perl and Bash
Environments: Visual Studio.net, NetBeans
Web Design: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
Strong work ethic and attention to detail
Dec. 2006 – July 2007 : Dec. 2007 – Present
Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225 Ph: (360) 650-6883
Assisted with the transfer of data from their Job Cost system into WWU's new Facilities Management application FAMIS. I now manage the creation of new reports for gathering information from FAMIS using the Hummingbird Report Writer, along with independently querying the FAMIS database for both known and possible errors and correcting those errors.
Sept. 2007 – Dec. 2007 Haggen, Inc., 2211 Rimland Drive, Bellingham, WA 98226 Ph: (360) 733-8720
As Retail Systems Specialist, I was the main point of contact for the organization's printers, UNIX based inventory system, and handheld inventory devices. This included troubleshooting, installing new printers, reprogramming hand held devices, along with coordinating repair and/or replacement with the vendors. I also assisted with setting up new computers for deployment in our corporate office and stores.
1992 - 2004 D-Tech, 1501 Kentucky St., Bellingham, WA, 98229 Ph: (360) 647-0110
Worked independently on a variety of tasks including: creating new accounts in the database, creating database reports using SQL, creating electronic forms in Word and Excel, as well as interacting with customers on a daily basis.
Trail running, learning Ruby on Rails, and continuing to expand my alternative OS knowledge.
References available upon request
Updated 5/21/2010