Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
Master of Science in Computer Science
August 2002 to May 2004
GPA: 4.80/5.00
University of Illinois at Urbana-Illinois
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Computer Science
August 1998 to December 2000
GPA: 3.78/4.00
Skills
| Languages | Python, C#, Java, XML, XSLT, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, C++, Erlang |
| Technologies | ASP.NET, SQL Server, Windows Forms, Flex, Django, wxPython, PostgreSQL |
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris |
Experience
Application Developer
August 2005 to January 2008
- Train and mentor developer intern
- Data change notification system used by most Morningstar products
- XML-based web app for data retrieval
- Maintain hundreds of stored procedures using code generation.
- Web apps that aggregate and transform data from other XML-based web apps
Contract Programmer
Unnamed Startup
July 2004 to August 2004
- PocketPC app that fetches and updates order information for agents in the field
- Web app that communicates with PocketPCs using custom message format
Technical Consultant
Legal Runners Inc
May 2004 to July 2004
- GUI app that generates invoices and checks from spreadsheets to Quickbooks
- GUI app that generates PDFs of legal documents from MySQL database
Research Assistant
UIUC Speech Communications Department
May 2000 to December 2001
- Implement C++ app that models and simulates social networks
- Manage two undergrad programmers
Presentations
March 14, 2008
Practical intro to concepts and techniques for using .NET from within CPython (video available)
Secrets of the Framework Creators
March 13, 2008
Hands-on tutorial exploring four advanced features of Python (frame hack, metaclass, magic method, and decorator)
Unicode for Small Children (And Children at Heart)
Chicago Python User Group Meeting
March 8, 2007
An allegorical explanation of Unicode, suitable for small children (except for the Python-specific material in the second half)
Projects
WxPython wrapper library for painless layout and event binding
Presentation tool that generates DHTML slides and handouts from reStructuredText
Screen scraping console that allows you to visually inspect the DOM of a web page
Writing
Semantic Integration of XML Using a Global RDF Mediator
Master's Thesis
May 2004
I propose a system for the integration of multiple heterogeneous XML data sources, using a global ontology expressed in RDF Schema
CFX: Finding Just the Right Examples for CS1
Conference Paper (Coauthor)
March 2004
CFX is a system for authoring and finding relevant programming examples