CHRISTOPHER D. HOLLEMAN

* ******* **.

Asheville, NC 28804

828-***-****

abpj1m@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION WaveRider 900 MHz training - May, 2003

Three day intensive hands-on training for WaveRider 900MHz wireless

systems. Topics included theory of operation, site engineering,

troubleshooting, RF propagation basics and system

benchmarking.

Rice University - May, 1999 to September, 2000

M.S. in Computer Science

Co-taught senior level algorithmic robotics course.

Thesis: "Path Planning with Medial Axis Hints"

Publications on request.

Rice University - August, 1995 to May, 1999

Computer Eng. (BSEE), Computer Science (BA) GPA 3.7

courses include: operating systems/concurrent

programming, team programming, algorithmic robotics,

digital design, languages, graphics. Senior project:

Design and implementation of the electrical subsystem

of a small tethered submarine.

North Carolina School of Science and Math - August, 1993 to May, 1995

Co-taught programming seminar with two other

students.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Applied Network Solutions, Senior Application Developer - April, 2005 through present

Lead developer for a wide variety of primarily web-based applications. Development

of interactive GIS-enabled web application for the real estate sector, systems integration

spanning multiple Windows and Unix platforms for real-time data transport.

Independent Contractor - November, 2004 through present

Contract with nonprofit ISP designing and implementing open-source

integrated account

management and billing system.

Internews Network Afghanistan - January, 2004 to April, 2004

GIS trainer and head of mapping section in Kabul office for an

international open-media non-profit. Developed ArcView extensions for

predicting FM transmitter coverage based on Longley-Rice terrain models.

Created nation-wide signal coverage

maps for AM and FM radio and evaluated prospective transmitter sites.

Trained four Afghan staff in applying ArcView

and other packages to radio-mapping projects.

Mountain Area Information Network - March, 2003 to January, 2004

Wireless network administrator for 900 MHz wireless broadband project.

Included developing in-house web-based GIS system for geocoding customer

addresses and correlating subscriber location with RF propagation predictions.

Work included a significant amount of time in the field evaluating tower

sites for 900 MHz and 5.8 GHz deployments as well as installing antennas

at customer sites. Also directed tech support for wireless-related issues

and trained installation and support staff in outlying counties.

Self-employed - August, 2002 to March, 2003

Crafting handmade, affordable 5-string open-back banjos.

Zocalo, site developer - February, 2003 to April, 2003

Contract for handling bug fixes and feature requests for OpenACS-based

school administration website.

Consulting software engineer, Innovai.com - November, 2002 to March, 2003

Developing marketing recommendation system for San Francisco-based

startup. Postgres and Cloudscape database programming coupled

with Java algorithm implementations.

Sandy's Music - October, 2001 to March, 2002

Instrument repair and restoration, primarily guitars and early banjos.

Instructor for claw-hammer banjo.

3GWT Consulting - January, 2002 to March, 2002

Independent contractor with small technical consulting partnership.

Software development for database-backed websites. Work included

developing a content management system for small organizations, authoring

technical portions of proposals, and a document conversion service.

ArsDigita University - January, 2001 to July, 2001

Teaching assistant

and system administrator for non-profit post-baccalaureate CS

program. Preparing short lectures, one-on-one assistance and

tutorials. Lead a short course on general Unix literacy, as well

as recitations on a wide variety of topics.

Troubleshooting network issues and handling database

and Unix administration.

Rice Computer Science department - May, 1997

to May, 1999

Research assistant in algorithmic robotics. Developing

and implementing algorithms in C++ to perform path

planning for flexible surfaces. Also included software maintenance,

initiating new directions for research and contributions to several

papers.

Rice Computer Science department - August, 1996 to

October, 1996

Lab assistant for intermediate level

programming course. Included work with object oriented techniques

and Java, and helping students one-on-one.

Charlotte's Web - May, 1996 to August, 1996

Summer intern with fast-paced freenet and community information

provider. System administration on Linux and Solaris, including

development of Linux-based touchscreen kiosk solution. Also created

a web interface to the user database and network usage statistics.

TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming LanguagesC/C++, Java, Scheme, PERL, HTML, Python, SQL, Tcl, Avenue, Ruby, JavascriptExperience with Linux, various Unices, Windows XP, COM programming SoftwareMatlab, Powerview, Oracle, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Cloudscape, SQL Server, Apache, Aolserver,

GRASS, MapServer, ArcView, OpenLDAP, GDAL, Numeric Python

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