Stephen Clower
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JOB OBJECTIVE
Seeking a position in a company or federal agency in the area of information
systems that provides a career path to a software, server or database management
position or accessibility compliance/tester.

EDUCATION
B.S. in Business Administration, Major: Information Systems, University of North
Texas, Denton, Texas, Graduation Date: August, 2008, GPA: 3.698/4.0 scale.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in BASIC (numerous variants), C++, Cobol, HTML, Java, PHP, ASP, JSP,
Python, SQL, and XML.
Working knowledge of Windows, UNIX, Active Directory, Group Policy, Apache,
Postfix, Dovecot, Access, DB2, MySQL, postgreSQL, Oracle, Excel, Word, Visual
Studio 6 and .Net, and the internet.
Expert in various assistive technologies including JAWS for Windows,
Window-Eyes, Book Port, Victor Stream, MobileSpeak Pocket, Mobile Geo, Kurzweil
1000, and popular note taking devices.
Experienced with development of Window-Eyes 7.0 scripts and configurations.
Experienced with performing strategic business audits.

WORK HISTORY
September 2008-December 2008	Project Administrator Intern, IBM

Responsibilities included working with delivery project executives to ensure
their projects’ outsourcing requirements complied with internal global resourcing
standards.

January 2008-Present	Freelance Window-Eyes script writer.

Responsibilities include gathering customer requirements, analyzing an
application’s technical structure, communicating with fellow script developers
and software engineers, and writing scripts to improve the program’s
accessibility with the Window-Eyes screen reader from GW Micro.

June 2006-August 2006	Information Systems Intern, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services

Responsibilities included working with the Maryland Office on Disability to
create a one-stop shop for federal and state disability programs, designing and
conducting usability tests for the new site design, writing a database
application to compile and analyze constituent issues, and mailing status reports
to federal partners and state agencies.

November 2005-April 2006	Web Site Administrator, The Beyond Radio Network

Responsibilities included writing web content and managing the station’s web,
E-mail, Shoutcast, and Icecast audio broadcast servers.

June 2005-Present		Software Developer, Steve-Audio.net
Responsibilities include updating Steve’s Talking Clock to eliminate bugs and
fulfill customer requests, promoting the program, ensuring web server stability,
and managing all software sales.

May 2004-March 2005	Audio              Producer, DanZ Games
Responsibilities included creating sound effects, music, and voice overs, and
beta testing prerelease versions of software.

HONORS & ACTIVITIES
Exclusive recipient of the Business Computer Systems undergraduate scholar award
for 2008.
Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma in Spring, 2008.
Computer Information Systems Organization (CISO) webmaster from November 2007 to
May, 2008.
Voluntary web accessibility analyst for the U.S. Navy in June, 2006.
National Society of Collegiate Scholars from Spring 2004 to Spring 2006.
Dean’s list from Spring 2004 to Fall 2007.
President’s list for Fall, 2007.
Special events musician and audio producer at Trinity United Methodist Church.