Education
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX Fall 2009 Present
Fast-track M.S., Computer Science, expected graduation: December 2014
Information Assurance, Network Security Specialization
B.S., Software Engineering, expected graduation: May 2013
Overall GPA: 3.760
Major GPA: 3.92
Allen High School Fall 2006 Spring 2009
Allen, TX
Top 3% Graduating Class
Experience
Software Developer Intern June 2012 – Current
ARGO Data Resource
Testing, documentation, and programming of various business solution tools using Java, MSSQL, Prot g, Maven, TomCat, SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio 2010, and JUnit.
Was assigned a coding project to work on, a SQL Script Generator, which dynamically created SQL scripts to pass information from prot g to SQL, Oracle, and DB2 databases
Wrote various unit tests and integration tests for the main software project and wrote high-level documentation for various parts of the project.
Software Developer Intern Summer 2008, Summer 2009
UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
Competitive summer internship; renewed in 2009
Developed and tested various applications in Java and Objective-C that analyzed research data. In addition, performed various data entry and data analysis tasks
Technical skills
Languages
Proficient in: C++, C#, Java, SQL, .NET environment
Familiar with: Prolog, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Objective-C, C, ASP.NET
Software & Technologies
Database: MySQL, Microsoft Access, SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Other: Microsoft Visual Studio, NetBeans IDE, Eclipse IDE, Cocoa, Prot g, Maven, TomCat, SVN, CVS, JUnit testing, Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), CISCO
Awards
UT Dallas Dean s List (3 semesters)
1st place at UT Dallas Computer Programming Competition
3rd Place at UT Dallas Computer Programming Competition
UT Dallas Academic Distinction Scholarship
Relevant Projects
SQL Script Generator
Main programmer
Created a program that read in a certain script which I created and provided documentation for and then searched the Prot g knowledgebase for the wanted information and output a SQL script with support for SQL, Oracle, and DB2 databases which the user could use to transfer information from prot g to a SQL database.
Stock Exchange Simulator
Lead Programmer
Simulated a stock exchange using an SQL database with real time stock prices using C#, .NET environment, and windows forms in Visual Studio 2010. In addition, provided simple P/E analysis to analyze possible future price of stocks
Student Service Hours Database
Lead Programmer
Built a database in SQL and connected it to a windows form using Visual Studio 2010 and C# to keep track of student s service hours in schools. Additionally, the student s information was encrypted using bit encryption techniques.
Won 1st Place at UT Dallas programming competition
Multiplayer First-Person Shooter
Team Leader / Lead Programmer
3D multiplayer first person shooter using DirectX for graphics and DirectPlay for networking
Won 3rd place at UT Dallas programming competition
Other Employment
Walgreens Retail/Pharmacy
Certified Photo Specialist January 2010-September 2010
Performed various photo development tasks
Certified Pharmacy Technician September 2010-February 2012
Promotion. Assisted the pharmacist in entering prescription information into Walgreen s system and filling prescriptions. In addition, answered patients questions and solved insurance claims problems
Affiliations & Interests
Networks Application Domain Track at UTD
.NET Software Development
English and Spanish Native Speaker
U.S. Citizen
ACM Officer / Member
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