Brant Nathan Kay
412B Tulane Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM  87106
(505) 243 8386, bkay@unm.edu
(Moving to Chapel Hill, NC in June)

Summary of Qualifications
Computational Linguist. Advanced knowledge of linguistics.  Excellent knowledge
of object-oriented computer programming language (JAVA) and of technical
computing (MATLAB). Working knowledge of functional, scripting, and declarative
computer programming languages (SCHEME, ML, PYTHON, PROLOG, C). Fluent Spanish.
Six years experience working remotely for a corporation without supervision.

Education
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (2005-2008)
Master of Arts in Computational Linguistics. Cumulative GPA of 3.8.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1996-2000)
Bachelor of Arts.  Double major in Linguistics and Psychology. Cumulative GPA of
3.8

Professional Experience
L-3 Services, Inc. Enterprise IT Solutions Division, Albuquerque, NM
Behavioral Researcher, Contractor (May 2008 – present)
Analyzing Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program (VDRP) data for the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) using Latent Semantic Analysis. Consulting in the
area of semantics and computational linguistics. Developing and testing text
analysis techniques.

University of New Mexico Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM
Programmer/Linguistics Consultant (December 2007 – May 2008)
Analyzing Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) data for the Federal Aviation
Administration using Latent Semantic Analysis. Consulting in the area of
semantics and computational linguistics. Conducting statistical analyses of
linguistic data. Programming in MATLAB.  Formally documenting experimentation
methodology and results.  Trend analysis of data using large corpora.

Mortgage Banking Systems Inc., McLean, VA	                                      
                
Virtual Coder  (2002-2007)
Forms Coder, Mclean, VA (2000-2002)           
Coded loan data onto mortgage documents using proprietary software applications.
Re-wrote the coding employee training manual. Calculated loan fees and alpha and
numeric registry information. Produced mortgage documents, to include security
instruments, tax sheets, and loans.

Special Skills
Programming and Computers
Object-oriented programming (JAVA). Functional programming (SCHEME, ML).
Scripting (PYTHON). Declarative (PROLOG). Other (C, MATLAB). Coursework in
artificial intelligence, statistics and pattern recognition. Comprehensive
working knowledge of all Windows operating systems (95/98/ME/XP/Vista). Ability
to troubleshoot Windows operating systems. User of MS Office applications and
Linux/Unix environment.  Knowledge of network security.

Linguistics
Natural Language Processing (NLP). Advanced knowledge of linguistics, primarily
of a cognitive-functional orientation. Excellent working knowledge of formal
language theory and formalist linguistic theory.

Awards
Recipient of the New Mexico Graduate Scholars Award for five semesters.

Other
Three years experience tutoring/teaching Spanish. Fluent Spanish. Knowledge of
Hebrew. Life-long musician.