Christopher Wamble

Objective:
Full-time or part-time position developing software applications, and/or user in
terface
technologies.
Education:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
* Master of Science in Information Systems, May 2010
* GPA: 3.65
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
* Master of Science in Computer Science, May 2009
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
* Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Computer Skills:
* Language Proficiency: Java, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Perl, IDL, HTML, PHP,
SQL, Python
* Operating Systems Proficiency: UNIX, Linux, Windows XP, Mac OS X
* Application Proficiency: Adobe Fireworks, Netbeans IDE
* Website management: www.youramericanexperience.com (developed in PHP a
nd MySQL)
requirements documentation at www.youramericanexperience.com/requirements
Related Courses:
IS 676, Requirements Engineering
* Theory, principles, and practical application of methodologies and tool
s of requirements
engineering. Focus on development of large software systems and integration
of multiple
systems into a comprehensive, domain dependent solution.
IS 663, Advanced System Analysis and Design
* Focus on systems analysis and design techniques employed in the develop
ment of software
applications.
CS 673, Software Design and Production Methodology
* Modern techniques and methods employed in development of large software
systems.
* Class project: www.youramericanexperience.com. Developed through proce
ss of a Vision
Document, Use Case Diagrams, and a Software Requirements Specification.
Work Experience:
Research Assistant, SmartCampus, Newark, NJ, 5/2007 a" present
* Designed user interface mockups to convey interaction concepts for applicati
on development.
* Programmed email application to integrate gmail and Highlander pipeline (stu
dent) email.

Programmer, University of Maryland Institute for Advance Computer Studies, Colle

ge Park, MD, 9/2004 a" 8/2006
 * Tested and used NASA's XML Formatted Data Unit (XFDU) tools to create archiv
al packages
for repository export.
* Developed java software tools supporting METS (Metadata Encoding Transmissio
n Standard)
and XML documents for testing Preservation Archive Workflow Network (PAWN)
used for
long-term preservation of digital content.
* Custom designed a web crawler to archive websites by writing METS files for
long-term
preservation of web content.
* Created Java Servlet Pages to read METS files used for viewing archived webs
ites.
Intern, Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience Program, Chapel Hill, NC, 5/200
4 a" 8/2004
* Developed Java zoomable interface for visualizing a representation of a nano
circuit. Extensive
experience with Java Swing and zoomable user interfaces.
Intern, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 7/2003
a" 12/2003
* Designed user interface for best fitting neutron scattering data in IDL (
Interactive Data
Language). Program intended to be added to a collection of other neutron s
cattering tools to be
used by researchers worldwide.
Intern, McNair Scholars Summer Program, College Park, MD, 6/2003 a" 7/2003
* Designed Java Swing interface to visualize performance of distributed st
ream processing system.
Intern, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 6/2001 a" 8/2001, 6/2002 a" 8/2
002
* Programmed functionality to C++ orbital mechanics toolkit to calculate m
issile trajectories.
* Customized IDL mapping demo program to visualize missile trajectory pred
ictions on a globe.
* Created record/playback capability for 3D modeling application in Open I
nventor to replay
movements made around a 3D model.
Intern, International Business Machines (IBM), Austin, TX, 6/2000 a" 8/2000
* Created Perl program to extract and post server simulation test results
on simulation team webpage.
Extracurricular:
* GSA (Graduate Student Association) President (2007-2008) a" gsa.njit.edu
* Lead an executive board of 5 other officers
* Managed a budget of $100K
* Distributed funds to 14 graduate clubs supported by GSA
* Delegated the planning and coordination of GSA hosted trips and events
* Oversaw decision making in general body meetings with 14 departments and 14 c
lubs
represented
* GSA Member Emeriti (2008-2010)
* Mentored next GSA executive board
* Member of ODK (Omicron Delta Kappa)
* Wushu (Chinese martial arts) a" YouTube azebman95a