Software Assistant

Location:

Salt Lake City, UT

Posted:

November 20, 2012

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Resume:

Carlos Gamez

http://www.math.utah.edu/~gamez/ ~ *.*****@*******.***

Technical Skills

Statistics, mathematics and computing background. Specific coursework in:

Mathematical Statistics, Linear Models, Statistical Inference, Time Series Analysis, Probability,

Optimization, Numerical Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Mathematical Finance, ODEs, PDEs.

Programming languages and statistical software: JAVA, C, SAS, R, Maple, MATLAB, HTML, CSS.

Platforms, text formatting and office computing: Windows 7, Windows XP, Linux, Solaris, some

Macintosh, MS Office 2007 and 2003, LaTeX, jEdit, Eclipse, some OpenOffice.

Education

August 2008 August 2010

Master of Statistics (expected)

University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

Member of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and Society of Industrial Applied Math (SIAM).

BS in Mathematics Emphasis in Scientific Computing, Cum Laude January 2005 July 2008

University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

Scored in the top 10% nationally on the 2006 Putnam exam.

2nd Place on the US National Mathematics Championship, August 5, 2007 - San Jose, CA.

Top Problem Solver 2006 & 2007: 1st place in a field of 350 undergraduates at the University of Utah.

1st Place Calculus Challenge 2006 & 2007: best score on an exam consisting of 6 advanced problems.

Experience

Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

May 2009 May 2010

SAS labs and Statistical Inference Instructor

Designed class coursework: homework, examinations, projects. Introduced Virtual Network Computing

(VNC) to allow student remote connection to local desktops environments. Introduced a cross platform

syntax highlighter editor for SAS. Updated class module information to accommodate for newer book

version, Desktop Environment and datasets. Instructed methods for faster programming. Demonstrated

annotated output for the SAS statistical package.

August 2008 April 2009

Teacher Assistant in Calculus I and Calculus II

Coordinated problem sessions, tutoring hours. Motivated students through the proposal of challenging

problems in a class of approximately 150 students. Initiated the interest of using mathematical software,

specifically Maple and proposed applied and challenging problems during the sessions. Used WebWork

as tool for online grading, updating content weekly.

Researcher January 2008- May 2008

Worked on a mathematical biology thesis titled Percolation of Neuronal Activity on the Epileptic Brain

under the supervision of Dr. Peter Roper from the Math Department at the University of Utah.

Developed and tested MATLAB codes simulating simplified neural networks.

May 2007 August 2007

World Trade Center Utah (WTCUT) Salt Lake City, UT

Summer Intern

Designed the original WTCUT s website using HTML and CSS code.

Remodeled approximately 80% of the website and increased end-user ability by adding pictures, Google

calendars, maps, video and dynamical content.

Miscellaneous

Fluent in Spanish and English.

September 2007 April 2008

Treasurer of the Math Finance Honor Society, University of Utah.

Avid soccer fan, love solving creative math problems and enjoy reading technological and software-