Resume
- Education
- Skills
- Work Experience
- Professional Accomplishments and Leadership
- Volunteer Experience / Civic Leadership
- References
Education
- Currently pursuing a certificate in Accessible Information Technology from the University of Southern Main via a partnership with Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
- M.S. in Computer Science from Western Kentucky University (December 2004)
- Graduated with 3.9 GPA
- Research project: Cracking the Substitution Cipher: An Artificial Intelligence Approach
- B.S. In Computer Science from Murray State University (May 2003)
- Graduated summa cum laude
- Dual minor in Mathematics and Technical Writing
- Named Outstanding Senior in Computer Science
- Received the Elizabeth Residential College Academic Achievement and Outstanding Service awards
Skills
- Web Programming Experience
- HTML / CSS
- JavaScript
- Java Server Pages (JSP)
- Section 508 / ADA Accessibility
- Application Programming Experience
- Java
- C++
- Software Experience
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Macromedia Contribute
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Acrobat
- Apache Web Server
- Apache Tomcat
Work Experience
Madisonville Community College - Madisonville, KY
- Webmaster (January 2005 - present)
- Update, upgrade, and maintain Madisonville Community College web site
- Create new web-based applications to support student and faculty needs
- Retrieve institutional data through web-based interface with remote database
- Community Education Instructor (Fall 2006 - Spring 2008)
- Teach Introduction to Web Page Design
- Adjunct Professor (June 2004 - May 2006)
- Taught CIS 100: Introduction to Computers
- Maintained course web site to make course resources available to enrolled students
- Created lecture slides using Microsoft PowerPoint
Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court
- Contractor (July 2006 - June 2007)
- Created and maintained web presence for Believe in Education campaign
- Registered domain name http://www.believeineducation.com
- Secured hosting service
- Designed and created web site
- Performed maintenance as requested
- Created and maintained web presence for Believe in Education campaign
Western Kentucky University - Bowling Green, KY
- Graduate Assistant (January 2004 - May 2004)
- Assessed academic curricula from other institutions for possible incorporation into WKU's curriculum
- Staffed departmental computer lab
- Assisted students with assignments
- Fulfilled other duties for assigned professor as requested
Mid-City Gallery, Inc. - Greenville, KY
- Computer Consultant (May 2002 - December 2002)
- Made recommendations regarding hardware and software purchases
- Prepared promotional documents
- Updated company web site
Edge Sports U.S.A. / Rymm, Inc. - Greenville, KY
- E-Commerce Consultant (May 2001 - August 2001)
- Maintained database of products sold on company web site
- Made recommendations regarding hardware and software purchases
Professional Accomplishments and Leadership
- Co-presented Web-Based Strategies for Supporting Student Success at the League for Innovation in the Community College's Innovations 2008 (March 2008)
- Co-presented Web-Based Strategies for Supporting Student Success at Kentucky Convergence 2007 (November 2007)
- Co-presented Online Orientation - Making the Most of New Student Orientation at 2007 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence (May 2007)
- Presented Responsible Computing, co-presented Online Orientation - Making the Most of New Student Orientation and Creating / Maintaining An Instructor Web Site, and led roundtable discussion Developing an Early Alert System at 2007 KCTCS New Horizons Teaching and Learning Conference (May 2007)
- Madisonville Community College web site recognized as "Honorable Mention" in KCTCS Marketing Awards (March 2007)
- Believe in Education web site featured in February 2007 issue of News to Use, the official newsletter of Kentucky Adult Education
- Presented Responsible Computing professional development session at Hopkinsville Community College Fall Kickoff (August 2006)
- Received a rating of "Consistently Exceeds Expectations" on annual performance review (2006, 2007)
- Founded and co-chair Madisonville Community College Web Page Redesign Committee (June 2005 – present)
- Solicit input from various college constituencies to achieve site-wide consistency in layout and functionality
- Implemented a ground-up redesign of Madisonville Community College web site
- Conformed all pages to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML 4.01 Strict standards
- Made accessibility improvements consistent with Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1.0
- Presented Responsible Computing professional development session at KCTCS Western Kentucky Regional Staff Conference (June 2006)
- Co-authored "Accessibility for All?" article published in April/May 2006 issue of The Exchange, the KCTCS Newsletter
- Created electronic submission of Madisonville Community College's Reaffirmation of Accreditation document (March 2006)
- Converted compliance narrative to web-based format
- Complied index of supporting documents in electronic form
- Provided supplemental submission on CD-ROM to off-site review team
- Presented technology-related professional development workshops locally
- Invited as commencement speaker for Elizabeth Residential College – Murray State University (May 2005)
Volunteer Experience / Civic Leadership
- Serve (by appointment) as Parliamentarian of Muhlenberg County Baptist Association (2005 - present)
- Teach "College and Careers" Sunday School Class (2005 – present)
- Serve as Assistant Audio-Visual Technician for Carter Creek Baptist Church (2003 – present)
- Perform with Carter Creek Community Choir (1999 – present)
- Served as Assistant Director of Carter Creek Baptist Church Vacation Bible School (2003, 2006, 2008)
- Participated in Murray, Kentucky Relay for Life (2003)
- Served as Carter Creek Baptist Church Webmaster (2002 – 2004)
References
References available on request
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