Jennifer Lynn Neighbors' Resume (Last updated October 1st 2009)

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Jennifer Lynn Neighbors


(804)908-6735
7218 John Taylor Mews
Ruther Glen, VA 22546 USA

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OBJECTIVE:

I am looking for work with Web Development in either Java/JSP and/or PHP, with front end development which takes advantage of CSS and AJAX technologies.

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CLEARANCE:

Active Secret Clearance

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

Future Technologies, Inc, Computer Scientist, Dahlgren, VA (November, 2007 - September 2009)
  • Subcontractor to CACI
  • Worked as part of a team supporting PEO IWS developing features for Enterprise-level Portal Application (primarily part of Maintenance phase, with full life-cycle experience for new modules) Application connects thousands of users, allowing them to share files and events. Similar in purpose to Sharepoint, but customized for government needs.
  • Technologies used included: Java Server Pages (JSP), PL/SQL, Oracle SQL Queries, HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML (light), JavaScript and AJAX (using Prototype/Scriptaculous libraries)
  • Created stored procedures and complex SQL queries for Oracle Database.
  • Developed application using Agile Methodologies
  • Provided mentoring and help to colleagues
  • Minor graphics work, using Gimp for graphics creation.
  • Development Environment: Netbeans on Solaris host machine
  • Version Control: Subversion

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EDO EVI, Software Engineer, Fredericksburg, VA (May 2007 - September 2007)
  • Worked with a team developing the web application portion of a multi-tiered enterprise-level application for a government client.
  • Technologies used included: ASP.NET, C#, Ajax.NET, Javascript, CSS, HTML, and DHTML
  • Minor graphics work using Adobe Photoshop CS.
  • Developed using Waterfall Model
  • Development Environment: Visual Studio on Windows

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Intellibot Robotics, LLC., Junior Software Engineer, Richmond, Virginia (January 2007 - May 2007)
  • Worked as part of an R&D team to improve and develop new features for a vacuum that uses artificial intelligence to clean a room, avoiding any obstacles it may encounter.
  • Maintained and developed terminal software in Qlarity (similar to Visual Basic)
  • Developed Embedded Applications in C/C++ to communicate between graphical terminal and robot.
  • Developed lean PHP application to send commands to the robot and to get status of the robot over a WLAN connection. Took full advantage of CSS technologies to allow for a clean an extensible interface.
  • Developed thorough documentation of all new and pre-existing code.
  • Coordinated with senior engineer at remote location to ensure that communication between graphical terminal and robot worked without error.
  • Minor graphics creation using Adobe Photoshop CS.
  • Development Environment: Qlarity Software on Windows, Xcode on Mac OS X
  • Version Control: CVS

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CorpComm, Inc., Multimedia Programmer, Fredericksburg, Virginia (February 2005 - January 2007)
  • Major technologies used included: ASP, PHP, Ruby on Rails (light), MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, CSS, AJAX, Javascript, XHTML(light), XML, XSLT(light), and Adobe Flash
  • Worked with primarily DoD clients, but occasionally commercial as well, developing custom solutions to allow for the effective dissemination of information to other government organizations and/or the public.
  • Worked as part of a very small development team.
  • Responsible for full development of custom Government News Portal Web application in ASP with Microsoft SQL Server Database.
  • Made all government sites meet 508 Compliance standards.
  • Developed several small one-shot web sites, most using PHP with MySQL database.
  • Developed common framework to allow for re-use of code for smaller projects, and to allow for a common interface for users to maintain their own sites.
  • Integrated custom web applications using corporate Active Directory server for user authentication.
  • Developed Microsoft XML Web Services.
  • Created Flash Applications using XML for data manipulation.
  • Used XSLT to develop site templates and to process XML data into a more user-friendly format.
  • Customized corporate Sharepoint site.
  • Developed custom Java applications to allow for automatic transfer of dynamic site data from a local server to a remote server that could only handle static HTML files.
  • Developed custom Windows photo management application in C# using Visual Studio 2005 for government client.
  • Provided occasional IT support by configuring servers and desktop systems using Windows XP Professional, Debian Linux, and Mac OS X
  • Minor web design/print work using Adobe Creative Suite Products.
  • Development Environment: Eclipse on Linux (light), Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 on Windows, jEdit on Mac OS X

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SKILLS:

Web Languages
JSP, J2EE, PHP(Advanced, Object Oriented), CSS, AJAX (Prototype/Scriptaculous and Microsoft AJAX), JavaScript, XML, XSLT(light), ASP, ASP.NET, DHTML, XHTML, HTML
Web Frameworks
CakePHP, Ruby on Rails
Databases
Oracle PL/SQL, MySQL, MSSQL, Microsoft Access
Application Development Languages
C, C++, C#, .NET, Java, Objective-C(light), iPhone SDK(light), Visual Basic 6 w/ Crystal Reports(freelance project)
Operating Systems
UNIX (Sun Solaris, Mac OS X, HP-UX), Linux (Ubuntu, Debian), Microsoft Windows XP
Virtualization Tools
VMware, Parallels, Sun VirtualBox

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EDUCATION:

  • BS, Computer Science, International Affairs, University of Mary Washington (May 2005)
    3.1 Grade Point Average

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  • AA&S, Liberal Arts, Germanna Community College (May 2002)
    3.3 Grade Point Average

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REFERENCES:

Joseph Blair Parsons
CACI

tel: (540)644-2621

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Larry Leonhardt, Vice President
Future Technologies, Inc

tel: (540)663-0966

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Dan Daly, Senior Software Engineer
Intellibot Robotics

tel: 800.297.0391
Richmond, VA

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Tom Zamberlan, Senior Programmer
CorpComm, Inc.

tel: 540-834-2467
Fredericksburg, VA

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon honors society, 2004-2005
Member, Association for Computing Machines, 2004-2009
Member, IEEE, 2004-2008

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KEYWORDS:

JSP, Java, J2EE, AJAX, Web 2.0, User Interface Design, Web Development, PHP, JavaScript, XHTML, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Linux, Human-Computer Interaction, DHTML

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