"Programming with a People Purpose"
If there was one phrase that could give you the best perspective on who I am, I would say:
"Individual success is only achieved through the number of people you can positively affect in your life."I grew up right outside of Portland, Oregon with a great family supporting me in whatever I became passionate about in life. I was always busy and active playing sports, learning the piano, or hanging out with family and friends. Going through high school, I dedicated myself to academics and athletics, playing soccer for the varsity team, the premier local club team, and the state development team year round. Winning two state championship titles in soccer for high school and club along with my acceptance into Santa Clara University was the culmination of my life before college.
In college, I narrowed my focus of study to computer engineering, a subject that always caught my interest and would allow me to develop technical skills in an ever-growing industry, leading me to the next greatest successes in my life. As part of my college years, I joined Sigma Pi Fraternity in my freshman year and earned the position of president of our eighty man chapter by my junior and senior year. I also held the events coordinator and vice president position in ACM, the computer engineering club at Santa Clara. These positions simultaneously allowed me sharpen my leadership skills and technical skills, essential attributes to have heading into the working world.
The best is yet to come and I know my future will only get better and brighter!
The current project I am working on is for my senior design project. We call it Skoolbook! The idea behind Skoolbook was very simple and logical: we have social networks, like Facebook and Myspace, that allow us to make friend and communication socially, and we have professional networks, like LinkedIn, that connect us with people in many companies and areas of study, so why not create a network for students and teachers to communication in a virtual classroom environment to improve overall learning and retained knowledge. Details of the project will be revealed upon completion in May 2010.
C Programming - General programming skills
PHP - Scripting for database communication
MySQL - Creating Databases
HTML/CSS - structuring and styling web pages
JavaScript - Making web pages more dynamic
Perl - Creating scripts for reading data
C# - Using ASP.NET to create web pages
Intern
-Official documenter and tester for prototype circuit broads
-Data recording, organization, and manipulation using Excel & Visual Basic
-Schematic drawings using Visio
Sigma Pi Fraternity International (April 2009-April 2010)
President
Associated Computer Machinery (2009-2010)
Events Coordinator/VP
Engineering Graduate Office (October 2007-July 2008)
Office Assistant
-Communicate with US and international students about the school
-Evaluate international transcripts using Excel and Visual Basic
1-800-905-GEEK (June 2006-2007)
Marketing Assistant
Graduation Date: June 2010
Relevant Courses:
Advanced Programming in C
Abstract Data Types and Data Structures in C
Web Programming I and II
Senior Design Project: Skoolbook.net
-Educational Networking: Communication with a Learning Purpose
-Web application platform that allows better and further classroom communication
-Bridging the communication gap between students and with teacher
-LAMP technologies (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) + JavaScript
