Lizann Epley		
3783 Price’s Fork Rd., Blacksburg, VA, 24060
Cell:  [Send email to request phone number] 18-3515
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OBJECTIVE	
To obtain a full time telecommute position as a Senior Software Engineer or
Senior Programmer.
SPECIAL INTERESTS	
Project Design, Data Structure Design and Implementation, Software Engineering
(code design), GUI Design and Implementation, Usability Engineering, Web
Technologies.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Six+ years experience as Co-Program Manager and architect for major application.
Six+ years experience as Lead Programmer and code designer for major application
(C++, Perl). Four+ years experience as Senior Software Engineer (Java, J2EE, Web
Services, C#, Web 2.0, SaaS). Data Structure and GUI design and implementation
using MS Visual Studio, Netbeans, Eclipse. Technical Writing including tutorials,
manuals, technical papers

EDUCATION
M.S. Computer Science Applications, May 2001, GPA: 3.4/4. 
Focus of Study: Usability Engineering, Software Engineering
Group Projects (as Group Leader): Evaluated design & functionality of
cooperative work application. Design & implementation of prototype for virtual
office hours. 
Independent Study: Development & implementation of document database
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg,
VA.
B.S. Computer Science, May 2000    In-Major GPA 3.5/4.0, Overall GPA: 3.3/4.0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg,
VA.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Platforms: MS-DOS, MS Windows (3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista), UNIX.
Software: Netbeans, Eclipse, CVS version manager, SVN version manager, Putty,
UltraVNC, SecrureCRT, RoboHelp, FrameMaker, Lotus SmartSuite, Adobe Acrobat,
Corel Draw, Corel Photo-Paint, VSS Remoting, VMWare, MySQL (some), Derby DB.
MS: Visual Studio, .NET, SQL Server (some), Word, Access, Excel, Power Point,
NetMeeting.
Programming: Java, JavaScript, J2EE, JMS, RDF, RDF/OWL, Jena, JenaBean, GWT, C,
C++, C#, .NET, Visual C++, Perl, OO Perl, MFC, MS Resource Editor, OWL, php,
Visual BASIC, XML, XSL, DTD, BPEL, VM, Maven, Ant, Jelly, Velocity; various
OpenSource; some: Verilog, VHDL, OpenVera, e, SQL, Prolog, Scheme (LISP), MS
Access w/ VB.
Web Technologies: Web 2.0, Web Services & Clients, WSDL, J2EE, GlassFish,
GlassFishESB, Tomcat Server, Jetspeed 2 Portal, Velocity, HTML, XHTML, DHTML,
CSS, AJAX.

EXPERIENCE
Senior Software Engineer, Blacksburg, VA; Dec. 2007 – Dec. 2009, Harmonia, Inc.
Web 2.0 application design and implementation. SaaS design and development using
Eclipse and Netbeans. Implementation and GUI design for Eclipse-based Mashup
Application. BPEL design and implementation; deployed to ESB cloud. Unit test
implementation, test harness design & implementation

Software Engineer, Brentwood, TN; Jan. 2007 – Oct. 2007, Ecteon, Inc.. 
Developer for C# and .NET web services . Create and build source using Visual
Studio .NET . Develop testing interface application for web services. Manage
database through C# service calls

Software Engineer, Blacksburg, VA; Oct. 2005 - Dec. 2006, VTLS, Inc.. 
Developer for web application using portal and portlet technology. Create and
build source using Maven, Ant and Jelly. Prototype and web-style application
development using Velocity, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Perl, Apache Tomcat.
Design GUI front end for portal. Evaluate customer needs, design and implement
requirements. Design documentation, functional, needs and implementation

Program Manager, Lead Programmer, Technical Writer, Blacksburg, VA; Apr. 1999 -
Oct. 2005, SynaptiCAD, Inc.. 
Co-Program Manager, Lead Programmer for Design and Development of 'flagship'
project. C++ programmer (MS Visual Studio, OWL, OOP, GUI design & development).
Perl programmer (Perl scripts called from C++ application, OOP). HDL and HVL code
generation - Verilog, VHDL, TestBuilder, SystemC, OpenVera, e. OOP source design,
development, testing and debugging. Evaluate customer needs, design and implement
requirements. Tutorial and manual writing (and maintenance) using FrameMaker,
RoboHelp

Contract - Custom Database Application, Blacksburg, VA; Jun. 1998 - May. 1999,
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech. 
Requirements gathering. Application design - GUI and Database. Database
Application development using MS Access, SQL and VB Script

HCI Lab Manager, Blacksburg, VA; Jul. 1998 - Aug. 1999, Department of Computer
Science, Virginia Tech. 
Hardware & software maintenance. Windows (98, 95 & NT) network administration.
Developed custom inventory database.

Network Liaison, Blacksburg, VA; April 1998 - August 1998, Biological Systems
Engineering Department, Virginia Tech. 
Hardware troubleshooting and repair. Network administration (Windows NT, Windows
95, Windows 98). Maintain all department computers and lab computers. Inventory
control.

Other Work Experience: 
database programming, computer lab consultant, artwork design/layout, pool
management, head lifeguard, swim instructor, restaurant management, head
gymnastics coach