Michael R. Laux

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Dearborn, MI 48128

313-***-**** (home)

313-***-**** (cell)

abmmc2@r.postjobfree.com

Professional

Urban Science

Detroit, MI

Modeling Software Developer

October, 1999 - present

Development and integration of mathematical models into company's business

systems for use by internal and external clients. Solutions developed

globally and for global use, in Europe and Asia, as well as in North

America. Development and maintenance of data mining system, winner of the

KDD 98 Gold Cup data mining competition. Development and integration of

models into Geographic Information System for choice of optimal network of

retail locations to maximize sales, maximize retail network profit, for

prediction of vehicle sales, and for determining best geographical areas of

interest. Software development in R, SAS, .net, C#, C++, C, Fortran,

Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Python, ASP.NET, VBScript, Visual Basic, VBA

for Excel, and Microsoft Access. Also using SQL Sever Analysis Services,

SAS Enterprise Miner, Statistica, flex, bison, TFS, ESRI ArcGIS, Business

Analyst, and ArcView. MSF/Agile, Rational Unified Process, and Waterfall

Methodologies.

Software Developer

June, 1993 - September, 1997

Development of Geographic Information System for retail network management

and analysis.

Accounting Aid Society

Detroit, MI

Volunteer Tax Preparer. October, 2007 - April, 2008. Preparation of

income tax returns for disadvantaged.

H&R Block

Dearborn, MI

Tax seasons 2004 and 2005. Tax Associate and Tax Specialist (part-time,

seasonal).

New World Systems

Troy, MI

Senior Software Developer. September, 1997 - October, 1999.

Development of public safety and public administration software, including

computer-aided police and fire dispatch, and public safety records

management systems. Real-time mapping showing locations of active critical

incidents. Analytical mapping showing incident rates. On-site support of

systems.

Michigan State University

Department of Computer Science

Teaching Assistant

September, 1991 - May, 1993

Cincinnati Bell Information Systems (Convergys)

June, 1991 - August, 1991. Intern. Software development in C. Unix

platform.

Northern Kentucky University

Learning Assistance Center. September, 1990 - May, 1991. Tutored students

in writing and mathematics.

Administrative Computing. October, 1987 - May, 1991. Application

development and staff support.

AT&T Bell Laboratories (Alcatel-Lucent)

Holmdel, NJ. Intern. Summer, 1990. Graphical software development in C

and Unix.

Education

Economics Courses

Wayne State University

September, 2008 - December, 2009. Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and

Econometrics courses.

GPA: 4.00

Paralegal / Legal Assistance Program

Henry Ford Community College

September, 2005 - May, 2007

GPA: 4.00

Applied Mathematics Courses

Wayne State University

Courses in Probability, Statistics, and Abstract Algebra (Group Theory).

June, 1996 - May, 1997

GPA: 4.00

Master of Science, Computer Science Major

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

September, 1991 - May, 1993

GPA: 3.68

Master's project and published research paper, co-authored with Betty H.C.

Cheng (advisor) and Robert H. Bourdeau (doctorate student), about an

integrated development environment for formal specifications, presented at

SEKE 1993 (Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering) Conference.

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Major. Honors Program minor.

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

August, 1987 - May, 1991

GPA: 3.92

Received full-tuition university's Presidential Scholarship (1987 - 1991)

and Pugh Memorial Book Scholarship for Outstanding Math/Computer Science

Student (1990 - 1991)

Other Affiliations and Activities

Member, ACM and Detroit Association of Business Economists.

Other Technologies and Tools

LaTeX document preparation system, Stata, PHP, Linux, Unix sockets, perl,

awk, and sed.

Microsoft Certified: 70-316 Developing and Implementing Window-based

Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

(2007).

Microsoft 029 Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL

Server 7.0 (2000).

References available upon request.

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