WORK EXPERIENCE

Employers

• Design lead and development team member for ORNL Sensorpedia project, applying Web 2.0 social networking standards to sensor data sharing.
• Provide Human-Computer Interaction design and consulting for ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) emergency management software.
• Developed a Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Tool web application prototype for the Department of Homeland Security using CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery technologies.
• A lead developer for SensorNet, a system for the detection and assessment of CBRNE threats.
• ORNL representative to Open Geospatial Consortium WFS and Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) working groups
• Develop and maintain the GML Application Schema for SensorNet.
• Develop ORNL prototype WFS services incorporating security and other experimental enhancements.
• Developed Google Earth interface for SensorNet sensors and alerts.
• Train other SensorNet and third-party developers on the use of WFS within sensor networks.
• Coordinate with University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University, and other professors to support graduate student research based on the SensorNet program.
• IPSN '06, Best Large-Scale Demonstration Award
• Provide design and consulting services for Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) projects.
• Present and defend design decisions to development team, upper management, and clients.
• Direct programmer teams to apply good coding practices to maintain code consistency and maintainability.
• Mentor ORNL student interns and co-ops.
• Program and assess security sensitive systems and applications.
• Configure commercial software packages for system integration.
• Document research and development efforts.
• Provide support for new program development opportunities at ORNL.

2007
ITT Technical Institute
Instructor

• Taught Programming in Java I course as part of the Information Technology - Software Applications and Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree.
• Received highest possible student evaluation scores.

2000 - 2005
University of Tennessee, Center for Information Studies
Senior Computer System Designer

• Developed SensorNet web services using Java Web Service Developer Pack technology.
• Designed SensorNet XML message interface based on OGC standards.
• Heavily involved in the defining of the SensorNet system architecture and regional data center database model.
• Presented current SensorNet research and development efforts at the University of Tennessee College of Communication's 26th Annual Research Symposium.
• Obtained FBI and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) security clearances.
• Developed web-based and standalone applications for the FBI using Java Servlet and Swing technology.
• Designed and implemented a Swing-based windowing framework for an FBI application.
• Developed a web-based class registration and reporting application for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) using Perl and SQL.
• Ported Linux based NNSA application to Windows 2000 server.
• Integrated new platform-independent client software with legacy systems.
• Proposed and implement usability improvements to software applications.
• Devised procedures to test and debug software to ensure project requirements were met.
• Consulted with users to identify current operating procedures and clarify program objectives.
• Evaluated user requests for new programs and features to determine feasibility, cost and time required, compatibility with current system, and computer capabilities.
• Wrote documentation, UML use cases, and data flow diagrams.

2003 - 2004
IdleAire Technologies
Independent Software Design Consultant

• Designed and implemented an electronic door access system for site access control using Java and LDAP technology.
• Developed an event-driven framework for handling interactions between hardware and software.
• Created a fully functional GUI hardware simulator for development and testing of application using Java Swing technology.

1999 - 2000
Cedar Springs Christian Store
Computer Programming & Web Development

• Planned, developed, tested, and documented innovative Database Marketing and RFM analysis application now used for automating and analyzing direct marketing procedures using Perl and MySQL.
• Automated statistical analyses of sales data and created custom user interfaces.
• Optimized existing data analysis scripts for speed and operating efficiency.
• Produced web-based applications for customer information and inventory maintenance.
• Presented demonstrations and provided technical assistance to program users.
• Served as webmaster for growing e-commerce website.

1997 - 1999
Bass, Berry, & Sims PLC
Law Clerk

• Responsible for Court document filings.
• Broadened knowledge of commercial law

Computer Experience

Programming

• Javascript, jQuery, AJAX
• Java, Swing, Servlets, JSP
• XML, XSL
• C/C++
• PHP, Smarty, HTML, CGI, CSS
• Perl, Regular Expressions
• GIS, OGC, GML, KML
• DBI, SQL, JDBC

Special Interests

• Human-computer interaction
• Interface design and usability
• Tagging systems and multifaceted classification
• Social networking and collaborative software interfaces
• Informal interfaces
• Touch- and sketch-based computing
• Cooperative robotic teams and software agents
• Wide-area sensor networks
• Data visualization and presentation

Applications

Development Tools

• Eclipse, JBuilder, Netbeans, Geany
• make / ant
• Microsoft Visio
• SVN, Teamware / SCCS / CVS
• Firebug

Web / Application Servers

• Tomcat
• Apache
• iPlanet Enterprise Server
• Netscape Fasttrack Server

GIS

• Google Earth / Keyhole
• Google Maps / Open Layers
• Galdos Cartalinea WFS
• Ionic RedSpider WFS
• Oracle WFS

Databases

• Oracle
• mySQL
• PostgreSQL

Word Processing

• Excellent typing skills
• Microsoft Office
• OpenOffice.org
• vi / vim

Graphic Arts

• Adobe Photoshop
• Gimp
• Media Shout
• CorelDraw Graphics Suite
• Macromedia Studio MX
• Photo Morph

Operating Systems

• Linux
• UNIX
• Microsoft Windows

Theory

• Data structures
• Finite automata
• Complexity Theory
• Decidability
• NP completeness
• Dynamic Programming
• Fundamental algorithms
• Object-Oriented Design Patterns
• Model-View-Controller (MVC) Architecture
• Display Management
• Concepts of Programming Languages
• Combinatorics
• Logic
• Set theory
• Induction
• Relations
• Boolean Algebra
• Numerical Analysis

Security and Integrity

• Public-key infrastructure (PKI) / PGP
• Digital certificates
• WWW security
• Scripting Security
• Cryptography, DES, RSA, Rijndael, Diffie-Hellman
• Hashing, MD5, SHA
• Risk Assessment

Other

• Saturday Academy of Computing and Mathematics (SACAM)
  Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL)
• Freshman Honors Computing Seminar - Honors Teaching Assistant
• Courses - Classes taken at University of Tennessee

Leadership