Project Manager Developer

Joel E. Kemp

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. Computer Science; CUNY Graduate Center; June 2014

B.S. Computer Science; Minor in English; the City College of New York, CUNY; June 2008;

Cum Laude

High School Diploma; Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School; New York, NY; June 2003

PROJECTS

NYC Find a Fountain: Designed and implemented a free, open-source, geo-location based

Android

application and RESTful server to expose the locations of the NYC public drinking

fountains. The system

was an experiment in user interface design with the restriction of having a single

graphical user interface.

The system was built using the Android SDK, Google Map API, Java, Sqlite, and CakePHP.

(Summer 2011)

Shape Indexing Segmentation Survey: Developed a system that tested several (custom and

pre-built)

segmentation algorithms about the MPEG CE Shape database to determine the effectiveness

of the

clustering techniques in yielding results aligned with human -based segmentation. This

project was built

using Matlab and served as the final project for the Machine Learning course at the

Graduate Center.

(Spring 2011)

Shape Indexing in Digital Media: Collaborating with Dr. Jie Wei (CCNY) in designing and

implementing an

experimental object recognition system that decomposes an image s object into primitive

shapes to

facilitate the fast and accurate indexing and retrieval of matching images about the MPEG

CE Shape

database. The system is built using Matlab. (Fall/Spring 2011)

Project Gesture: Designed and was the lead developer for a Windows-based, 2D,

experimental, airplane

shooter prototype with gameplay utilizing gesture recognition. The system was built using

C#, the XNA

rendering engine, and subversion. (Summer 2010)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Lecturer, New York University01/2012Present

Currently serving as the primary lecturer for the Introduction to Programming course

using the

Python programming language.

Spring 2012 Teacher Evaluation: 4.57 / 5.0 (Class size: 51)

Co-Founder,

Unlockable.com01/2012 - Present

Currently serving as the lead developer for an early -stage, Internet, advertising-

technology startup company. The tech stack includes Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS,

Javascript, Redis, Postgres, Heroku, and Git.

Founder and Tutor, Mr. Joel Kemp s Programming Lessons 07/2011 Present

Founded a small, private tutoring service offering both online and offline classes to

teach

non-programmers to become proficient developers of small to medium scale systems

using the C++ programming language.

Currently serving half of a dozen students and growing.

Adjunct Lecturer, CUNY Hunter College08/2009Present

Currently serving as the primary lecturer for the courses: Introduction to Computers,

Introduction

to Computer Science, Analysis & Design 1, and Supervised Programming Lab using the C++

programming language.

Received perfect scores on faculty-observation evaluations for the 2009/2010 and

2010/2011

school years.

Fall 2011 Teacher Evaluation: 6.61 / 7.0 (Class size: 50

)

Adjunct Lecturer, CUNY City College of New York08/200801/2011

Currently serving as a lecturer for the Software Engineering Lab sessions.

Reorganized the structure of the lab that resulted in both the best attendance and

student

productivity record over the last four years.

Web Developer, CUNY Graduate Center08/200805/2010

Served as the project manager and developer for a team that redesigned and extended the

website

for the Computer Science department at the Graduate Center. The website was built using

the

PHP-based Drupal Content Management System, HTML/CSS, MySQL, and subversion.

Web Developer, NYC-LSAMP06/200808/2008

Worked on a team that designed and implemented an indexed search engine to extend a

social

networking platform. The platform was built using ASP.NET, VB.NET, and the DotNetNuke

framework.

Skills

Leadership, public speaking, writing, creative, independent thinker, hard working, and

analytical.

Primary Programming Languages: Matlab, C++, and Python

Other Programming Languages: Javascript/Coffeescript, Java, C#, PHP, VB.NET

Other Technologies: HTML/HAML, CSS/SASS, Git, Subversion

SCHOLARSHIPS/ AWARDS

HackNY Fellow, 2012

Presenter, Einsteins in the City Research Conference, Spring 2011

NYC LSAMP Graduate Scholarship Recipient, 2010

Featured Graduate Student in the CCNY Grove School of Engineering Annual Report, 2009

Golden Key Honor Society, 2008

Featured Undergraduate Student in the CCNY Grove School of Engineering Annual Report,

2007

Citation in Who s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 2007

Verizon Scholar, 2007

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