Entry Level Software Engineer

Objective To obtain employment as a software engineer or software

developer

Relevant Experience in Java, C++, C, MySQL, Perl, and Javascript

Skills Extremely proficient computer skills, including Microsoft

Office, HTML, and Adobe Acrobat

Fastidious attention to detail

Work well individually and as a part of a team

Master new skills quickly and willing to try new things

Innovative in problem solving difficult tasks

Education University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Degree awarded December 2014

Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics and Computational

Biology

Minor in Computer Science

Work Connections Education, Baltimore, Maryland

Experience Project Associate (September 2014 - Present)

Research and troubleshoot issues reported by teachers and

students

Review work completed by Project Assistants

Interface with multiple departments to solve issues

Project Assistant (November 2012 - September 2014)

Integrate course material into online education management

system

Make requested modifications to lessons to improved quality

Work in Adobe Acrobat, DreamWeaver, Excel, and HTML to

produce interactive course work

DHL Global Mail, Elkridge, Maryland

Quality Control for the Encoding Department (January 2012 -

June 2012)

Ensured that all work met the quality standards for

customers

Addressed unsatisfactory performance issues within the

department

Identified ways to improve overall productivity

Trained new employees and retrained current employees for

updated procedures

Distributed work based on rapidly changing circumstances

Kann Lab, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Undergraduate Research (October 2008 - March 2011)

Worked on various bioinformatics projects in an on-campus

research lab

Compared computer generated outcomes to published data to

ensure completeness of results;

Developed a process to categorize results and instructed a

team in its use

Learning Resources Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore

County

Tutor (March 2008 - January 2011)

International Tutor Training Program Certification level 2

certified

Tutored students as individuals and small groups in a

variety of courses

Java and C++ programming

General Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and Genetics

General Chemistry 1 and 2

Awards Undergraduate Research Award (April 2009), a grant awarded

to further undergraduate research at the University of

Maryland, Baltimore County

Presidential Scholar (March 2006), the top academic

scholarship at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Congress-Bundestag scholarship (May 2006), a competitive

scholarship promoting cultural exchange between American and

German students

Publications Doughty E, Thompson G, et al. Toward an automatic method for

extracting cancer- and other disease-related point mutations

from the biomedical literature. Bioinformatics. Feb 1, 2011

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