San Francisco, CA • tech.superann.com • email me
Freelance engineer specializing in consulting/contract work in the following areas: custom software applications for the web, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux; website design, programming, and deployment; blog setup and configuration; LAMP (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP) setup, configuration, programming, and deployment; custom Yahoo Store template design, RTML programming, and installation/configuration; home and office systems/networks, including computer hardware/software setup and troubleshooting, web/email/file servers, and data backup solutions; multilingual/localized website/applications programming and translation services (see languages below); home theater, office electronics setup... and more! Please feel free to contact me with any projects that you think may fit my qualifications.
Microsoft Visual C++, IBM Visual Age for Java, IBM DB2 Universal Database for NT, IBM Websphere, Apache, WordPress, Movable Type, Mozilla open source tools, Oracle, AOL Server, ArsDigita Community System (ACS), Matlab, Autocad, Microstation, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word. Mac OS X/9, Windows XP/2003 Server/2000/NT/98/95, DOS, Linux, UNIX platforms. Languages include BASIC, Pascal, Lisp (Scheme), Perl, PHP, CSS, XHTML, HTML, XML, MySQL, TCL, Java, Javascript, and C++.
English (native), Japanese (spoken and written), Mandarin Chinese (spoken, limited reading and writing ability), Korean (reading only)
2005 - current
• Various projects (see summary above). Details of previous work in specified fields can be provided upon request.
NAKAMURA, OYAMA AND ASSOCIATES, INC., Honolulu,
HI
2003 - 2004
• Setup and maintenance of all computer hardware and digital data systems for the office, which includes the following: web/mail/ftp servers running Linux; data repositories running Linux and Windows; an internal user network consisting of Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X machines as well as laser printers, scanners, copiers, and large format plotters; an automated secure backup system for critical data to off-site servers.
Progress Software
Corporation, PSC Labs, Cambridge, MA
2001 - 2003
• Researched opportunities for growth in new/related areas in enterprise software. Specific technology spaces included: data replication/recovery, text search and automatic categorization systems, data portals, application integration, 802.11 (RF) pinpointing, BPM tools, XML databases and tools.
• Tested the capabilities of existing software solutions, recommended for or against an acquisition of technology based on performance.
• In areas where no present solution existed, quickly developed a prototype solution leveraging internal technologies as well as open source efforts for demonstration to other groups within the corporation, sometimes passing on the prototype to another group for further development.
PROJECT VIEW, Cambridge, MA
Summer 2000
• Designed and implemented a Web application for the MIT I-Campus Project VIEW.
• Set up a Redhat Linux server running Oracle 8i, AOL Server 3.0, and the ACS 3.4 release.
• Programmed custom modules using TCL for the portals package.
NTT DATA, Tokyo, Japan
Summer 1999
• Created an internet procurement application with Java Server Pages, Java servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans, and XML and HTML pages for use with the IBM Websphere application server.
• Used IBM's Visual Age for Java, Enterprise Edition and DB2 Universal Database for Windows NT software.
NAKAMURA, OYAMA AND ASSOCIATES, INC., Honolulu,
HI
Summer 1998
• Set up and maintained the office computer network.
• Assembled miscellaneous computer hardware and installed software.
• Scanned and converted existing physical drawings into electronic format.
• Drafted and plotted diagrams of electrical wiring of buildings in Autocad and Microstation.
Summer 1997
• Answered telephones, typed fee proposals and letters, and manned the front desk.
• Drafted simple one-line-diagrams in Autocad.
Saiya-jin Productions, Dearborn, MI
Summer 1997
Script Translator (Japanese to English)
• Translated episodes of the Japanese television animation series "Slayers Next."
NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY, Taipei, Taiwan
September 2004 - December 2004
Mandarin Chinese language studies.
EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY, Shanghai,
China
August 2003 - February 2004
Mandarin Chinese language studies.
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
MA
2001
Concentration in Japanese language studies.
Formal coursework includes: structure and interpretation of computer programs, circuits and electronics, signals and systems, computation structures, artificial intelligence, microelectronic devices and circuits, electromagnetic fields, computer language engineering, computer system engineering, and laboratories in digital electronics, stroboscopy, software engineering, and microprocessor systems.
IOLANI HIGH SCHOOL, Honolulu,
HI
1997
Graduated top 5% of class; awards for top student in Japanese and Chinese, as well as placement in state foreign language speech competitions. Honors courses throughout, Cum Laude Society. 4.0+/4.0 GPA.
Shotokan karate (black belt), Chinese kung fu and lion dancing, aikido, MIT Varsity Fencing, MIT Anime president, Iolani Anime Club founder and president, Iolani Computer Club president, Iolani SF&F Club president, Iolani Math Team (state champions), Robert C. Byrd Scholar, poetry, piano, guitar, music composition, singing, drawing, digital photography, graphic design.