Summary of Qualifications:

• Experience using Visual Basic and ArcView GIS programming tools
• Working knowledge of Perl script, Perl CGI, CSS and JavaScript
• Good communication and team participation skills

Professional Experience:

8/2009 - Present: ZedX, Inc., 369 Rolling Ridge Drive, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Customer Support/Programming

• Perform customer support for the AgFleet web agricultural product
• Assist in development of various Web-based applications using Perl CGI programming language
• Perform QA/QC of GIS imagery for use in the various AgFleet user modules

7/1997 – 2/2009: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Research Assistant - Penn State Institutes of Energy & the Environment

• Created GIS Applications for use in water quality and other environmental applications
• Designed interfaces for water quality models using ArcView GIS
• Developed computer models related to water quality assessment
• Applied problem solving skills to program development
• Proficient in using VB.NET to customize GIS functionality for use in water quality assessment and pollution control modeling
• Familiar with ESRI’s ArcView and MapWindow GIS development tools

7/1991 - 7/1997: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Senior Research Technologist - Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department

• Developed AI applications for use in water quality assessment, agricultural non-point source pollution control, and effectiveness of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) using decision support systems (DSS) and GIS applications
• Developed graphic illustrations for use in our technical DSS manuals, and also acted as resident climatologist/meteorologist for certain projects

5/1989 - 7/1991: ZedX, Inc., Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

• Technical Support - (part-time position) Performed technical support for the development of climatological data
• Performed data entry, error checking and quality control of climatological data

7/1990 - 7/1991: MESO, Inc., Troy, New York and ZedX, Inc., Boalsburg Pennsylvania

• Technical Support - Assisted in performing literature search for technical reports
• Developed benchmarks for numerical modeling programs
• Created database files for the company's technical literature and technical reference library

7/1985 - 7/1989: NET, Inc., Santa Rosa, California

• Lab Technician - Assisted in performing wet chemical analysis of water and soil samples
• Prepared glassware and analytical lab equipment for various analyses
• Assisted in writing reports documenting chemical laboratory results

7/1980 - 7/1983: ALMEGA Corporation, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

• Lab Technician - Assisted in performing wet chemical analysis of air pollution samples returned from the field; primarily coal-fired boiler stack sampless
• Prepared chemical reagents used in specific lab procedures of analyses
• Assisted in writing reports documenting chemical laboratory results

Education:

Occupational Interests: Working computer programming and modeling software, in addition to data collection, entry, quality control and analysis. I am also interested in learning how to use different databases for analysis, or research, or other types of environmental field data.

References: Available upon request