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Curriculum Vitae

Employment | Academic Degrees | Research Activities | Organizational Memberships | Interests and Skills

Employment

Fidelity National Financial
CTT Development—Performance Testing and Test Automation, Jacksonville, FL
SQA Engineer: 1/2010 (Current)

University of West Florida—College of Arts and Science
CAS Technology Services—CAS Helpdesk, Pensacola, FL
Senior Technical Support Specialist: 10/2007–6/2009
Technical Support Specialist: 12/2005–10/2007

Santa Rosa County
Tax Collector's Office, Milton, FL
Web Designer: 6/2005–8/2005

Pensacola State College
Distance Learning—Multimedia Support Services, Pensacola, FL
Student Assistant: 9/2003–5/2005

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Academic Degrees

Master of Science, Computer Science
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL (May 2009)
Specialization in Computer Science
Certificate in Medical Informatics
Certificate in Database Systems
Computer Science Graduate Merit Scholarship: 2 semesters
GPA: 3.98

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL (May 2007)
Specialization in Computer Science
Certificate in Biostatistics
Minor in Mathematics
Dean's Honor List: 3 semesters
Phi Theta Kappa Merit Transfer Scholarship: 4 semesters
Florida Bright Futures Merit Scholarship: 4 semesters
GPA: 3.42
GPA (including transfer credits): 3.61

Associate in Arts, Computer Science
Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL (May 2005)
Magna Cum Laude Graduate
Scholastic Achievement Award
President's Honor List: 2 semesters
Dean's Honor List: 2 semesters
PSC Academic Scholarship: 4 semesters
Florida Bright Futures Merit Scholarship: 4 semesters
GPA: 3.81

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Research Activities

D. L. Wells, E. M. El-Sheikh, M. A. Sutton, V. Di Santo, & W. A. Bennett. (2009). "Automated Image Processing of X-Radiographics of Digestion in Stingrays", The 2009 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, July 13-16, 2009.

D. L. Wells, E. M. El-Sheikh, M. A. Sutton, V. Di Santo, & W. A. Bennett. (2009). "An Application for Automated Image Processing of Stingray Digestion X-Rays", SEASTARS 2009, School of Science and Engineering, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, April 16, 2009.

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Organizational Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery
Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Alpha Beta Gamma
Phi Theta Kappa

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Interests and Skills

Experienced in C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, R, SQL, T-SQL, JavaScript
Basic knowledge of Objective-C, C#, Lisp, Fortan90, and GNU Octave
Theoretical computer science, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, image processing, and data mining
Socket programming in C, Java, and Perl
Distributed and parallel middleware, including RPC, RMI, and PVM
Biostatistics, including parametric and nonparametric methods
Familiarity with healthcare and medical informatics terminology and issues
Basic knowledge of genetics and DNA annotation
Software quality assurance, including automation testing
Web development, including (X)HTML, CSS, Java applets, Adobe Flash, PHP, ColdFusion, database sources, Ajax, Apache, and DNS
Over five years in technical support, including computer repair, networking, and AV equipment

Operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and multiple Linux/Solaris distributions
Office suites including Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and WordPerfect Office
Microsoft network software including Active Directory and Exchange Server
Database systems including MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
Statistical tools including SAS, SPSS, and R
Development environments including GCC (plain text), Eclipse, Netbeans, and Microsoft Visual Studio
Bioinformatics software including BLAST, ClustalW, and AntiClustAl
Automation testing in IBM Rational Functional Tester, .NET Framework UI Automation, and FoneMonkey
Source tracking with IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest

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