DAVID M. CHAMPION

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Columbus, Ohio 43235-5905

614-***-**** • acggw0@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/pub/david-champion/1/786/b68

APPLICATION DEVELOPER

Computer and Information Systems (CIS) professional with extensive teaching, tutoring, and

course development experience in CIS and Mathematics. Developed new sub-curricula and

new courses. Guided students in the development of applications that were utilized in non-

academic environments. Known as a resource for the business community to transfer

technical needs into practical applications. Core strengths in:

• Web application programming (ASP.NET)

• GUI-based, event-driven programming (both .NET and Java)

• Web interface design with HTML and JavaScript

• Object-oriented programming

• Procedural programming

• Systems analysis and design (both object-oriented and structured and structured)

• Effective user of web conferencing tools (Adobe Connect, Cisco Webex)

• Effectively interacted with non-IT, business professionals.

• Consultant for student groups working on projects with outside businesses

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: C#, Java SE, VisualBASIC .NET, C++, C, COBOL, Basic Assembly

Language, Pascal, BASIC, PL/I, PL/C

Platforms/IDEs: Visual Studio .NET (through 4.5), Eclipse, IBM Systems Architect, Rational

Rose

Database: Access, MS SQL Server, Oracle, ADO.NET, JDBC.

Web-related: HTML, XML, XSLT, web services

Course delivery: eCollege

Web Conferencing: Adobe Connect, Cisco Webex

Remote

Development: Citrix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY 8/2014 - PRESENT

Adjunct Professor, Math/CIS Department

• Onsite delivery of Business Applications course

DEVRY UNIVERSITY 1981 – 2013

Senior Professor, CIS Department

Course Delivery

• Onsite and Online Course Delivery:

o Delivered over 25 onsite courses in CIS and mathematics

o Earned Innovation in Teaching Award in 2007

o Pioneered the use of web conferencing tools for weekly help sessions

Course and Curriculum Development

• Participated on Local Industry Advisory Boards

Gathered opinions and critiques regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the

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CIS program from local industry representatives.

o Summarized information that was then sent to corporate for analysis for improvements

to courses and sub-curricula.

• Lead as subject matter expert in the redesign of courses and sub-curricula in the CIS

program.

o Co-lead with one other faculty member in the redesign of the advanced web

application development course.

Completed the analysis phase of course to define changes in the scope

and weekly material and assignments.

Course was approved by corporate for the design phase.

o Performed compatibility tests of course labs with remote development system.

Checked and modified C# OOP labs so that they worked correctly with

Visual Studio under Citrix

o Co-designed a Course Instructional Plan for a second course in object oriented

programming.

o Represented CIS program in the Columbus School in designing an object-oriented

sub-curriculum.

o Developed detailed lesson plans for an Assembly Language Course

Produced over 140 pages of course instruction plans and week-by-week

notes

According to the National CIS Dean at the time, he had never seen such

detailed work.

Tutoring

•Tutored students in Support Our Students (SOS) Program.

o Areas: multiple CIS, algebra/Calculus courses, and in the mathematics portion of

the entrance exam.

o Average of 10 point improvement (out of 120 points) on that exam.

EDUCATION

MS Computer and Information Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

BS Mathematics with cognate area in systems engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute, Troy, NY

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Co-presented, along with PhD Advisor, Jerome Rothstein, a long paper at the 1987 International

Conference on Parallel Processing, the top tier conference on parallel processing at that time

• Wrote an Appendix and did all of the programming for a technical report done by Jerome

Rothstein for the Army Office of Research

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Association for Computing Machinery

IEEE Computer Society

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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