Education

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

Master of Science in Computer Science, May 2007. GPA: 3.74/4.0
Project: Retention Time Prediction of Peptides with Data Mining for LC-MS/MS Analysis
   Recipient, UB Half-Tuition Scholarship, 2005–2006
   Recipient, UB Research Assistantship, 2006–2007
Nonmatriculated undergraduate in Computer Science, August 2003–May 2005. GPA: 3.9/4.0

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Master of Science in Chemistry, June 1995.
Thesis: High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of the Ar₂CO₂ and ArCO₂ van der Waals complexes

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Bachelor of Science with Honors in Chemistry, June 1992.

Work Experience

June 2007–present:

Software Engineer, Lockheed Martin, Niagara Falls, NY.

May 2006–May 2007:

Graduate Research Assistant, Buffalo Center for Biomedical Computing, University at Buffalo, Amherst, NY. Provided data mining, clustering, and computational support for Pharmaceutical Sciences research.

August 2004–May 2006:

Network Programming Intern, CIT/OSS, University at Buffalo, Amherst, NY. Supported network software group applications. Monitored firewalls and network throughput. Enhanced and patched monitoring and administrative software.

August 2003–December 2003:

Software Engineer, Computer Task Group, Amherst, NY. Supported databases and applications for major banking client. Enhanced cross-platform client-server and internet applications; remediated security for internet application.

October 2000–June 2003:

Programmer/Analyst, Citigroup Global Corporate & Investment Bank, New York, NY. Designed databases and applications. Performed function point analysis, implementation, and support for client-server and intranet applications. Served as development group DBA; provided data warehousing support.

September 1998–August 2000:

Programmer/Analyst, WebMD/Medical Manager R&D, Alachua, FL. Designed and coded web-based tools to support software development process. Served as DBA for internal applications.

December 1996–August 1998:

Data Administrator, Acxiom/May & Speh, Downers Grove, IL. Designed, implemented, and maintained data warehouses created from legacy systems for direct marketing clients. Tuned data warehouses, developed data refresh scripts, supervised loading of data.

July 1995–May 1996:

Technical Writer, Comtech Services, Denver, CO. Led documentation team for Hewlett-Packard UNIX-based laboratory management systems. Designed and prepared online documentation for Java SDK. Office UNIX consultant.

January 1993–June 1995:

Graduate Research Assistant, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Coded data simulations; performed minimum energy calculations.

August 1992–May 1993:

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Taught undergraduate General Chemistry laboratory courses.

Skills

• Technical and scientific writing
• Biostatistics, machine learning, and data analysis
• Application design and development:
  • client-server and intranet/internet
  • object-oriented design and patterns
  • Java / Perl
  • C++ / C
  • Microsoft .NET / Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
  • ASP / JSP / CGI / JavaScript / VBScript
• Databases:
  • Relational/object relational/XML database design, implementation, and administration
  • transactional and data warehouse environments
  • triggers, stored procedures, indexing, optimization
  • XML, XSL, XPath, XQuery
  • Oracle 7, 8, 9, SQL*Loader, SQL*Plus, PL/SQL
  • SQL Server; Progress RDBMS
  • Sybase 10–11; DB2; mySQL
• Operating systems: Linux (Red Hat, Gentoo, Knoppix), UNIX (HP-UX, Solaris), Windows
• Other languages: Python, TCL, Pascal, Matlab, Mathematica, Fortran, Tripos Sybyl SPL

Publications

1. "Sublimation dynamics of CO₂ thin films: A high-resolution diode laser study of quantum state-resolved sticking coefficients", Journal of Chemical Physics 105, 749-766 (1996), with M. J. Weida and D. J. Nesbitt.
2. "IR spectroscopy of Ar₂CO₂ trimer: Vibrationally averaged structures, solvent shifts, and three-body effects", Journal of Chemical Physics 104, 2202-2213 (1996), with M. J. Weida and D. J. Nesbitt.
3. "High-resolution IR diode laser spectroscopy of (CO₂)₃: Vibrationally averaged structures, resonant dipole vibrational shifts and tests of CO₂-CO₂ pair potentials", Journal of Chemical Physics 103, 7685-7699 (1995), with M. J. Weida and D. J. Nesbitt.
4. "Signatures of large amplitude motion in a weakly bound complex: High resolution IR spectroscopy and quantum calculations for HeCO₂", Journal of Chemical Physics 101, 8351-8363 (1994), with M. J. Weida, D. J. Nesbitt, and J. M. Hutson.
5. "The Play's the Thing: Deception in Hamlet", in The Norton Introduction to Literature (J. Beaty and P. Hunter, Editors, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 3^rd edition-7^th edition, 1990-1998).

Selected Professional Coursework

• Java Advanced Topics
• Microsoft ASP.net
• Oracle Performance Tuning workshop
• Oracle PL/SQL Advanced Techniques
• Function Point Analysis
• Business Objects Fundamentals and Designer
• Rational Fundamentals and Administration