Software Developer

Benjamin Alexander

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Education

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

B.A. Computer Science (in progress)

Coursework includes Python, Databases, Data Structures, JavaScript, Web Development, Systems, Calculus, Discrete Math

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY

A.A.S. Info Tech (Summo Cum Laude)

Coursework includes Web Development, Mobile Development, Introduction to Programming, Statistics, Databases, Accounting

MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART

B.F.A. Film and Video

Coursework includes photography, cinematography, editing, sound design, animation, and other fine arts. Skills Python JavaScript Selenium Cypress Java C++ PHP Windows Mac Linux HTML SQL Postgres MongoDB Docker React Godot Qt XCode Android SDK Work Experience

COLUMBIA COLLEGE IT

February 2023 - Present

Web Developer

Maintained and updated 24 websites for Columbia University. Wrote code in JavaScript, PHP, HTML, and CSS. Used Jira to resolve tickets. Migrated websites from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. Updated websites to meet 2023 WCAG & ADA website accessibility standards, raising our A11Y from 30% in some cases, to over 95% and fixed issues that prevented content editors from raising the score further. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

June 2022 - December 2022

Research Assistant

Used Python to create Geospatial Network Visualizations from American Civil War Reconstruction-era data. Converted data from over 300 scanned letters into searchable, accurate, complete, and consistent data by using a SQLite database. In addition, the software could import new data, output a comma- separated-values file, and convert data to the gexf format. Created entity-relationship diagrams to ensure comprehension for all working with the database.

KOBOTOOLBOX

October 2021 - June 2022

Web Developer

Developed unit tests using the Cypress framework. Tests involved creation, deployment and submission of user designed survey forms. Stack included React, Django, JavaScript, TypeScript, ES6, HTML, CSS, MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Python. Cypress was incorporated into the continuous integration system through the use of management scripts, and React elements. SOFTWARE MAGIC AND RAINBOWS

May 2021 - October 2021

Coding and Development Intern

Developed plugins for Hobbits (bit-analysis software) and also worked on a "tower defense" style game. I worked directly with C++ and QT to develop an editor for the bit- analysis software. The other part of the internship involved the creation of a game. This was done through GDScript and the Godot engine.

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