Software Management

Kurt G. Raschke

http://www.kurtraschke.com

**** ****-**** ***. #****, Silver Spring, MD 20910 ****@***********.*** 410-***-****

Software Developer and Consultant

Solution-driven technology professional specializing in software development using software lifecycles, software engineering and system analysis, network and customer support, system administration, data modeling and database management, and web site management. Expert in assessing client requirements and formulating effective technology solutions to complex problems. Experienced in harnessing open-source software to develop technology solutions for diverse user communities.

Education

University of Maryland College Park, MDGraduate studies in Information Management, 2010Performed usability analysis of major software product4.0 GPA

New York Institute of Technology New York, NY

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, 2010Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA, with Dean’s List commendationsReceived Information Technology Faculty Award, 2010Completed coursework in software engineering, project engineering, database management, networking, Internet programming, and operating systemsSuccessfully completed multiple individual and group software development projects including TCP/IP networking simulator, database-backed applications in Perl and PHP, JSP and JavaScript-powered web sites, and MySQL data warehouse

McGill University Montr al, QC, CanadaUndergraduate courses in Philosophy, Linguistics, Computer Science, 2005 2007

Professional Experience

Intersect Healthcare, Inc. Lutherville, MD, 2008

Software DeveloperDesigned and developed custom Microsoft Word toolbar using Visual Basic to maximize usability of customers’ business solutionPerformed user acceptance testing and deployed software in production environmentAuthored user manual for web-based business process management tool to improve user experience and reduce support burdenPerformed software testing to identify and isolate reported software deficiencies Performed root cause analysis to facilitate debugging

Denial Research Group Lutherville, MD, 2006

Software DeveloperCreated data model for web-based contract administration toolProgrammed and implemented software patches to improve software performance and address deficienciesServed as system administrator for office environment

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Colophon Towson, MD, 2004–2005

Technology EditorTeam lead responsible for technical support of production of Colophon, national award-winning creative arts magazineSystem administrator for network of Macintosh computers running Adobe InDesign CSProvided technical training and guidance to magazine staff; developed and led workshops and authored documentation

Network Business Solutions Baltimore, MD, 2001–2003

IT SpecialistPlanned, installed and serviced all aspects of small and medium-sized business networks for IT outsourcing companyMaintained physical and network infrastructure, Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and 2003 servers, Windows 98, XP, and 2000 desktops, and software to suit end-user requirementsAssisted in disaster recovery planning and executionDeveloped and conducted one-on-one and small group training for end-usersAnalyzed IT infrastructure and recommended system improvements and upgrades to improve operational efficiency

raschke.net Towson, MD, 1999–2008

System AdministratorSystem administrator for multi-platform network providing Internet mail and web services on Linux and Sun Solaris serversManaged file and printer sharing and network infrastructureDeveloped and operated testbed environment to enhance skills in network and system administration

Open-source community contributionsJointly maintaining Python implementation of Textile text markup languageDeveloped Python library for parsing and generating RFC 3339-format timestampsContributed patches to Textpattern content management system, FormAlchemy form generation libraryOther software development projects available at http://github.com/kurtraschke

SkillsOperating systems: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, SolarisProgramming languages and technologies: Python, Java, SQL, XML, XPath and XSLT, PHP, HTML, Perl, AppleScript, CDevelopment tools: NetBeans, Git, Mercurial, Subversion, make, JUnit, noseServer software: Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PostfixDesktop software: Microsoft Office, Visio, Access, emacs, nmap, Wireshark, LaTeX, GIMP

AssociationsGolden Key International Honour SocietyAssociation for Computing Machinery

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