Joseph Toscano
1 Relampago
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

e-mail: [Send email using form at bottom]
phone:  [Send email to request phone number] 36-5167

Objective
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To continue my career within a progressive, forward-thinking environment which
will fully utilize my skills as a programmer and application designer.


Education
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- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, December 2008 from Worcester State
College in Worcester, MA
- GPA 3.25/4.0
- Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the national honorary computer science society
- Made the Dean's List of Distinguished Students, 2004 and 2005.


Experience
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June 2009 - Present: Centimouse Games in Orange County, CA.
    Role: Platform Designer / Software Engineer
    Duties:
        - Designed a full-featured game engine for Windows, UNIX, OS X, and
iPhone OS
        - Created and published a product on the iPhone App Store
        - Organized business, including contracting artists.

March - June 2009: TC Communications in Irvine, CA.
    Role: Software Engineer
    Duties:
        - Designed and programmed in-house network management software.
        - Learned ActionScript and Flex programming in 1 week.
        - Created GUI mockups for future projects.

Summer 2006: Dulcinea Farms in Ladera Ranch, CA
    Role: Software Engineer
    Duties:
        - Designed and implemented custom database maintenance applications
using .NET/C#.
        - Deployed applications on Windows Server 2003 via CITRIX thin client
platform.
        - Was offered full-time position; unable to accept due to college
commitments.


Skills
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- Extensive knowledge of object-oriented and procedural programming.
- Expert-level proficiency in C#, C/C++, Objective C, Java, Ruby, and PHP.
- Experience with most major frameworks, incl. .NET, ASP.NET, Mono, and Rails.
- Able to quickly learn new programming languages and frameworks.
- Comprehensive understanding of Windows, UNIX, and Mac OS X.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills.


References available on request.