Damon Houk
http://www.linkedin.com/in/damonhouk


OBJECTIVE:		

To work independently developing quality software. 

EDUCATION:

BS in Computer Science
-University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

MS in Computer Science Degree Candidate
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
-3.93/4.0 GPA

ACHIEVEMENTS:   

Outstanding Computer Science Student Award 2006
Awarded by USM to a single student each year for their academic achievements 
and other outstanding qualities in the area of Computer Science

President: ACM@USM 2003-2005
Founding member and president of the student chapter of the Association of 
Computing Machinery. During two years as president established framework for 
a meaningful resource that connects USM students to the world pool of ideas 
and enhances the local academic and professional community.

EXPERIENCE:	

2007, 3 mos. contract
Fluid Imaging Technologies 
Software Engineer 
Emerging scientific imaging technology company
-http://www.fluidimaging.com
-Scientific research equipment company
-Develop and implement automated, distributed regression testing
-Develop and improve imaging analysis software
-Technologies most used: Java, C++, Win32
 
2006 - 2007                    
University of Southern Maine Department of Computer Science
Research assistant to Dr. Pierre Fiorini
-Analyze distributed system scheduling policies
-Design and develop simulations based on stochastic models 
-Verify correctness of simulations 
-Format results for analysis 
-Analyze results and formulate theorems
-Technologies most used: C, R, MatLab, GNUPlot

2006              
Wright Express Corp.
Completed internship with enterprise architecture team
-Researched new and alternative technologies
-Tracked progress of current IT projects
-Attended 3rd party vendor presentations
-Developed proof of concept projects
-Reviewed EA strategies and best practices
-Created high level models of complex IT structure 

2006                            
community service project
Designed and Implemented a Website For Local Drug Program
-http://www.namaine.org
-Elicited requirements from clients 
-Managed rationale according to unique client guidelines
-Designed and implemented project
-Tutored client representative for self management
-Technologies most used: Javascript, HTML, CSS

2003-2006		
University of Southern Maine
Grading & Tutoring for Java and other COS courses
-Review and grade student programs for correctness, style, and design.
-Tutor students in basic concepts of object oriented programming.
-Assist students in developing problem solving resources related to 
programming.
-General computer science coursework related tutoring 
-Technologies most used: Java

2004			
Project DOD (community service)
-Automated account management for web hosting
-Designed relational database for MySQL
-Designed and implemented C program to update database according to user 
input and business process logic.
-Technologies most used: MySQL, C, PHP

2000-2003
Freelance Web Development, form processing
-Develop, configure, maintain various web sites
-Javascript, form processing, cgi, layout & design

Partial List of Tools and Technologies Used:
-Linux, Windows, Sun OS
-Java, C++, C, ML, R, Mat Lab, Win32
-PHP, SQL, Ruby, BASH, UML, XML, SOAP
-MySQL, Access, PostgreSQL, Oracle
-Apache, Tomcat, Axis, Eclipse, .NET, SVN, CVS


References are available upon request.