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A talented Software Engineer with in-depth programming and software development training.

• Knowledgeable in multiple programming languages.

• Completed a wide array of academic projects using a variety of tools and applications.

• Experience with procedural and especially Object-Oriented programming.

• Trained in AI, networking, database, algorithm design.

• Hard working, detail oriented, efficient multitasker.

Education

BS in Computer Science with a Mathematics minor, Troy University, Troy, AL (May 2011)

Technical Skills

Languages: C++, C#, Java, Objective-C, SQL, MySQL, Visual Basic, JavaScript,

PHP, HTML, XHTML, XML, MATLAB

Tools/Applications: MS Office, Access, PowerPoint, Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010, XNA

Game Studio 4.0, jGrasp, NetBeans, MySQL Server, Xampp, Wamp,

Notepad++, phpMyAdmin, Apple's Xcode and Interface Builder.

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X 10.6.6, Ubuntu

Projects

• Built a website that gives new car purchase recommendations, pulled from a database of

cars, based on user preferences using multiple web languages, including MySQL and

phpMyAdmin.

• Created a Frogger-type computer game using C# and Microsoft's XNA Game Studio 4.0

with the additional element of AI-embedded obstacles.

• Created a networked two-player card game Tonk, using TCP/IP protocols and

NetworkStreams with C# and XNA.

• Made a Java Applet that finds the quickest path around objects with the A* algorithm

using the jGrasp IDE.

• Wrote an Object-oriented University Registration System simulation in Java with jGrasp.

• Wrote multiple procedural programs in C++ with Visual Studios 2005, 2008 and 2010,

including a paycheck calculator, a program that reads, searches, and writes back to a text

file, and a theater seating assignment program.

• Developed an iPhone app for Troy University's school newspaper in Objective-C using

Xcode and Interface Builder.

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