Purpose

I’m interested in data analysis and management with applications to business strategy and customer relations.  I’m looking for a company with innovative ideas that uses cutting edge analysis where I can work part time while earning a second degree in business.  I want to bring my knowledge of probability and statistics to the table with people who have venerable business experience where I can collaborate and learn while continuing my education. I am also interested in work for this summer.

Below I have outlined some of my experience and I have included examples of my work. Please contact me with any questions or opportunities that you have.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics  

Graduated magna cum-laude, August 2008

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Coursework:  Statistics, probability, and computer science.

Volunteering

Open Source Bridge Logistics coordinator:

Conducted facility setup and service arrangements for 14 meeting spaces at two different venues including: Arranging A/V contract, catering orders, wifi, and room setups.  Worked with volunteer coordinator and confernce board to satify budget and labor requirments.

Math and Society Senior Capstone:  Designed and gave multimedia presentation on digital audio synthesis to a advanced class of high school students.  Volunteered for mathematics and engineering outreach activities to middle and high school children.

Work Experience

Quality Assurance Technician

Harry's Fresh Foods, Portland, Oregon (Feb. 2009 - present)
Pacific Coast Fruit, Portland, Oregon (Sept. 2008 - Feb. 2009)
HACCP and GMP monitoring, food quality control, and records keeping.

Computer Programming Contractor

Portland, Oregon (Summer 2008 - present)
Data conversion and analysis, KML (using Google Maps), geocoding, and Perl scripting.

Skills

   CAS and Statistics Software:  Maple, SPSS, familiar with SAS 

   Programming Languages: C, C++, Perl

   Markup: HTML, XML, KML

   Other Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop.

Work Examples

Perl 

Poker hand ranking in plain English, I have a web API and command line version:

Use my Poker Hand API

View Online: poker.pl

Download: poker.pl.zip

A bug in my host service's software interferes with downloading plain Perl documents, so I have zipped the file.

Sudoku solutions quickly. My online Suduko solver is a perl cgi script I wrote.

C++  

my_string  a simple string library 

View Online:  my_string.h  my_string.cpp

Download: my_string.h  my_string.cpp

Quaternion a library for computing with quaternions

View Online: quaternion.h  quaternion.cpp

Download: quaternion.h  quaternion.cpp

C   

UserIO code for simplified and safe user input in c.

View Online: user_input.h  user_input.c

Download: user_input.h  user_input.c