Peter Wilson (download as pdf)

Address: Pittsburgh, PA

Phone: 646-***-****

abqldg@r.postjobfree.com

Website: http://peteandbeibei.org

SUMMARY:

Over 5 years experience in Information Technology with emphasis on web development, database applications, and business analytics and processes.Extensive experience in translating business requirements and user expectations into web applications.Solid background in software development life cycle methodologies, including Agile, and iterative approach to software development.Proficient in writing SQL queries and scripting, including data migrationInvolved in defining test procedures, test cases, test scripts, and analyzing and troubleshooting bugs.Extensive experience on developing User Interfaces (UI).Experience working with big data.

EXPERIENCE:

Sep. 2012 – Dec. 2012

The Forum Group

New York, NY

Implemented a REST protocol into existing infrastructure to support scalablity.Worked with PHP Symfony 2 framework.

Apr. 2012 – Sep. 2012

IDT Partners

New York, NY

Managing the continued developement of 2 websites, including a CRM application.Developed using Linux, PHP, CakePHP, MySQL Server, Subversion, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript environment.

Nov. 2007 – Apr. 2012

Guidepoint Global (Consulting / Market Research Firm)

New York, NY

Lead several projects that where cruitial to the business. Major contributor to designing the system framework based on a Linux, PHP, MS SQL Server, Subversion, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript environment; developing database web applications.Conducting data cleaning, integration, and analysis within large business networks.Managing 3 websites, including a custom CRM application.Worked in diagnosing, testing, and deploying help-desk issues to the production in environments.Worked closely with the Compliance Officer to implement custom compliance protocols for Clients.Helped managing an offshore development and QA team in india.

Oct. 2007 – Jun. 2012

NYU, Stern School of Business

New York, NY

Volunteer IT Technical ConsultantBuilt a custom Hotel Search Engine that integrates with the Facebook(using the Facebook API) for the purposes of measuring the effectiveness of the users' behavior from search to puchase under various experimental settings given Facebook users' personal data.Built a Survey Platform on a LAMP environment, that seamlessly incorporates into Amazon Mechanical Turk (a crowd-sourcing platform), collected the data and built reports.Participated in the Microsoft Virtual Earth Award-winning project for improving search engine performance with econometric modeling and data mining.Using C#, Java, PHP and Python, implemented several web crawlers for collecting GB sized data.

Apr. 2007 – Nov. 2007

Phatlinks

Lexington, KY

Full time Software Engineer and Information Technical ConsultantDeveloping database web applications based on Linux environment, using C++, Java, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Communicating and solving real-time problems with customers.Participant in the company decision making procedure, providing feasible strategies on developing future projects.

Aug. 2004 – Apr. 2007

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Teaching and PhD Research Assistant in computer scienceTeaching and research assistant in computer science department. Responsible for evaluating students' work and giving lectures for both a research group as well as groups of 20 or more students regularly. Taught C++ to college students for 1 year.

Apr. 1999 – May. 2004

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Worked under Dr. Ricardo Rademacher in the physics department developing an online real time physic environment using C++ and Direct X.Worked as a math tutor for calculus I and II, and precalculus.

Feb. 1998 – May. 2004

Huntleigh USA INC

Hebron, KY

Cincinnati Airport for Huntleigh USA INC employee where I worked in several departments ranging from assisting people in wheelchairs to security. Last position was checkpoint security supervisor responsible for all operation at a security checkpoint during my shift.

EDUCATION:

2004 – 2008

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

PhD ABD, MS in Computer Science. Specialization: Computer Security and CryptographyCurrent GPA: 3.5

1999 – 2004

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

1995 – 1999

Boone County High School

Florence, KY

RESEARCH:

2005 – 2008

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Researching classes of functions mapping vectors and polynomials of finite fields to the finite fields using invariant properties of both cross-correlation values and Walsh transformations in cryptography.

2002 – 2003

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Developed the "Interacts 3D Floor Plan Viewer" project under Dr. Kevin Kirby in the computer science department. Presented this project at "2003 Posters at the Capital in Frankfort Kentucky and at "2003 Celebration of Student Research".

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Dec. 2009

Annual Cash Award from Guidepoint Global for the outstanding work for playing a key role in integrating two CRMs together.

2004 – 2007

PhD fellowship at University of Kentucky.

Fall 2004

As the team leader, won 3rd place in the ACM programming contest using C++.

1999 – 2004

Greaves scholarship awarded with distinction. Fully Funded by the Scholarship for 2 Years During B.S. Programs.

1999

Distinguished Math award in high school.

SKILLS:

Programming skills in C, C++, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, and PHP (Zend PHP 5.3 Certified), MS SQL Server, MySQL, C#, Java, Open GL, Direct X 8.1, and Matlab. Developed in Windows and Linux environments.Chinese mandarin at an elementary level.Able to solve an 11x11x11 Rubik's Cube in less than 2 hours, and solve a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube in less than 2 minutes.

OTHER EXPERIENCES:

Summer 2012

NYU, Stern School of Business (Guest Lecturer)

New York, NY

I have given a lecture on Database and Data Analysis for an undergraduate core course Information Technology in Business and Society.

Summer 2007,

Summer 2011,

January 2013

Three months home-stay experience in China. (in Beijing, Shanghai Nanjing, Hefei, Xian, and Qingdao) Exploring Asian culture, communicating with Chinese people in both English and Chinese mandarin.

2004 – 2008

Organizer and host of the Thanksgiving Party for International Students and Scholars at University of Kentucky, and Stern School of Business NYU each year.

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