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Education: - Northeastern University, Boston, MA. September 2005 - Present. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, concentrating in Artificial Intelligence. - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. February 2004 – January 2005. Course Work: Intelligent Machines: Perception, Learning, Uncertainty; Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing Graduate Seminar. - DePaul University, Chicago, IL. Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computer Science (minor in Theatre Studies). 1996 to 2000. Awards, Honors, Test Scores: GRE General Test: 800 Quantitative, 800 Analytical, 610 Verbal. $7,000/year Dean’s Computer Science scholarship, Dean’s List throughout enrollment at DePaul University. Technical Skills - Programming / Markup Languages: • Perl (incl. OO Perl), Apache / CGI • MySQL, Oracle and other RDBMS systems • HTML / XHTML / DHTML / CSS / JavaScript • Python • XML • Flash / Flash Comm. Server / Actionscript • C, C++ • Java • PHP • ANSI Common Lisp • Scheme - Operating Systems: • UNIX / Solaris / Linux (many distributions) • MS Windows 9x / NT / 2K / Me / XP • MacOS 8.x / 9.x / X.x • BeOS - Application Packages (current & prior versions): • Adobe Photoshop / Premiere • Microsoft Office, Access • Microsoft Visual Studio • CVS • Flash MX 2004 Pro, MDM Flash Studio • Vim/Vi, Emacs Related Work Experience [login to view URL] / Performance Communications Group, Chicago, IL. September 1999 to present. • Lead programmer and researcher for an innovative Macromedia Flash / Actionscript and CGI-based content management and syndication system. Developed several Flash Communication Server conferencing and presentation applications. This work has resulted in three pending patents. • Lead developer for a suite of web site management software based on a Perl/CGI platform connected to MySQL, Oracle and/or MS-SQL. Included powerful, full-featured content management, detailed user tracking and reporting system, commerce package, database and legacy software integration, remote content syndication, database management, much more. Designed and developed feature sets and enhancements for future versions of the software. • Created and/or maintained several web sites and/or intranet systems for clients (including FiServ, Grainger, General Growth Properties, the California Office of Emergency Services, many others) based on the abovementioned software • Trained developers to work within our environment; wrote technical documentation. Market Access International, Chicago, IL. Jan. 1997 to Sep. 1999 part time, consulting thru June 2002. • Technical Support - Paradox, Photoshop, Premiere, Word, Excel. Hardware, Software installation • Scanning, Digital photography. Video Processing. Also wrote How-To manuals for these tasks. -- For references and examples of my work, contact me. --