Objective
I recently returned from Japan after teaching English there for two years and am
eager to start a career in the IT industry that will be challenging and will help
me develop my skills as much as possible.

Education
1998-2002	Bellevue Senior High	Bellevue, WA
Cumulative GPA: 3.87
2002-2006	Willamette University	Salem, OR
Cumulative GPA: 3.82
*	Bachelor of Arts
*	Computer Science Major, Japanese Minor, Math Minor 

Academic awards received
*	Bellevue Senior High class Salutatorian (2nd in class)
*	Awarded Honors Scholarship to Willamette University
*	Graduated Cum Laude in 2006

Work experience
11/25/2006-11/24/2008
GEOS language school
Tokyo, Japan
English Teacher

Summer 2004
PACCAR Corporate
IT Department
Bellevue, WA
IT Intern

Summer 2001/2002 	
TSG (Technical Support Group)	
Redmond, WA (provides technical support for Microsoft’s events)
Shipping/Tech Intern

Programming	
•	Well versed in object oriented programming concepts
•	Intricate knowledge of data structures
•	Excellent problem solving skills utilizing dynamic programming, divide and
conquer, and incremental programming to minimize debugging time
•	Experience with artificial intelligence concepts such as genetic algorithms
and neural networks

Computing Skills
Java, Functional Programming (Haskell), HTML, and Windows Networking

People Skills
Proficient at working with, engaging and communicating with many different kinds
of people, even if their English language skills are minimal.  Experienced at
teaching a variety of people, in a group or individual setting, a variety of
topics in an engaging, fun and effective way.  As a teacher, I was responsible
for selling study materials to students, making sure they renewed their
contracts, and interviewing prospective students.

Foreign Languages
Japanese
*	I studied abroad in Saitama, Japan in the fall semester of 2004 at 
Tokyo International University.
*	I lived and taught English in Japan for two years and both studied privately
and took lessons from the Japanese English teachers at my school.

Interests and activities
Weight Lifting, Playing and Listening to Music, Reading, Snowboarding, Former
Jujitsu Club (self defense) President in College