Yifan Zhao
**** ****** ***** *****, **********, IL. 60564
Tel: 630-***-**** (h), 630-***-**** (cell) E-mail:
abm945@r.postjobfree.com
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OBJECTIVE: To seek a challenging position in an IT area
PROFILE
0. Master's degree in Computer Science
1. US citizen
2. Team and individual project development experience
PROGRAMMING SKILLS
. Programming Languages: Visual Studio.NET 2.0: C#, Visual Basic.NET;
Java; C/C++
. Database Development: ADO.NET, Access, SQL Server, Oracle, MySql
. Web Development: ASP.NET, JavaScript, VBScript, HTML, PHP
. Platforms: Windows XP/Vista, UNIX
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
. Personal Creations, Lemont, Illinois. October 2008
> Modified existing web site according to Double Click Performics -
Classic ASP, VB Script, SQL Server 2005
. Castle Rock Innovations, Chicago, Illinois. April 2008
> Modified existing system of automobile claim control by adding
functionality - C#, SQL Server 2005
. Bell-Litho Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois. October 2007 - January
2008
> Maintained internal website which kept track of clients'
information and orders: modified stored procedures in database -
C#, SQL Server 2005
. JLN Consulting, Lisle, Illinois. September 2007 - October 2007: Part-
time web developer
> Worked on stored procedure to correct the information displayed in
a column in a database
> Worked on exportable and printable reports based on information in
a database using VB Script/ASP
. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois. September, 2005 - May,
2006: Teaching assistant
> Tutor students with homework and projects, help teacher grade
tests.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING PROJECTS
. C#: Shipping Dispatcher: This contains a Windows Forms application.
It dealt with exception handling, delegates and events, ADO.NET,
remoting, and encryption (AES, DES, RSA). It contained an ASP.NET
application that allowed customers to log in to their account and
purchase books from an online bookstore. If the customer does not
have an account, it redirects them to another web page where they can
register. The project also contained a Web Service application which
has methods to get the two nearest truck drivers given the latitude
and longitude.
. VB.NET: Drawing bar graphs, display and modify records from a
database table, calculate the costs of a video rental, data
validation, employee paycheck, loan amortization, cash register,
recording checks and deposits.
. Java: Mileage redeeming for a frequent airline flyer, snake
game, networking (client/server, sockets)
. HTML\CSS: keywords, headers, text formatting, lists,
external/internal links, image map, table, forms
. Javascript: mouseover, mouseout, mousedown, mouseup, onclick,
display date, timer, cookie
WEBSITE
3. www.taichimaster2008.com - This website must be opened in Internet
Explorer. It contains my academic projects in HTML/CSS, Javascript,
Flash, and Fireworks.
EDUCATION
. Northern Illinois University
M.S., Computer Science, August 2007
. Northern Illinois University
B.S., Computer Science, August 2005
COMMUNITY SERVICE
. 2001-2003 Naperville RibFest volunteer (3 days for each year)
. 2001 Math tutor at Neuqua Valley High School
HONORS AND AWARDS
. 2001 - 2005 Presidential Scholarship at Northern Illinois
University
. 1995 National recognition for "Best 100 Papers of Naming the
Pathfinder" NASA
young scientist proposal competition.
UNIQUE CLASSES TAKEN
4. Northern Illinois University (NIU) is one of the few colleges that
teach Assembler (System/370). There is a mandatory course that
undergraduate students must take if they want to get into the computer
science program. If they don't pass that course, they will not be
admitted into the program. After this course, there are a couple
other classes that require homework assignments to be done in
Assembler.
5. In the last semester of my Master's program (spring of 2007), NIU
offered an entire class on web services. It introduced the concept of
a web service, including how to model a service using WSDL, SOAP,
UDDI, and XML. The teacher discussed service oriented architecture,
BPEL, and the web services standard stack.
SPECIAL SKILLS
. Bilingual: Fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin) languages.
. Typing Speed: 60 wpm
. Taught tai chi at NIU from 2001 to 2007