Education
2006-May 2010
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) at Baltimore, MD
2005-2006
Frostburg State University at Frostburg, MD
- Degree (was pursuing): B.S. in Computer Science
Skills
- Computer Programming: Java, PHP, MySQL/ORACLE, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery
- Graphics Design: Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Flash, and Illustrator (Vector graphics portfolio: http://bit.ly/vectors_gallery )
- Working with computers: Upgrading hardware, troubleshooting/installing operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows XP and Ubunu linux, setting up Active Directory for users, debugging and maintaining small and large websites
- Languages: Hausa language
Work Experience
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April 2010-Present
Research Developer, iHire LLC
- Conducts data extraction from variety of sources on the web
- Develop, QA, test, run, and maintain complex and intelligent XML based information-gathering agents
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January 2010-March 2010
Foreign Language Linguist/Analyst, CACI
- Conducts translation of Hausa text material from a variety of sources
- Identifies and tags Hausa text to show names of persons, places, organizations, and other entities
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October 2007-May 2010
IT Assistant, UMBC Graduate School (umbc.edu/gradschool)
- Maintain and make updates to the graduate school website
- Created new web pages, update lists and the course catalog
- Implemented technologies such as useful jQuery scripts that are later modified to fit the website's needs, a mySQL database, and the open source framework CodeIgniter
- Assist co-workers with technical problems
- Organize and alphabetize large amounts of documents (i.e. transcripts)
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December 2006-May 2010
Web Designer, UMBC Student Affairs website (umbc.edu/saf)
- Redesigned the entire student affairs website to be more functional and have a more modern look
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Summer 2007
IT Intern, Office of Speaker Newt Gingrich
- Assisted the staff there with technical problems including the former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
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November 2006-May 2007
Video Board Operator, UMBC Athletics
- Display various items on a big screen during sporting events
Awards/Honors
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Spring 2010
UMBC Dean's List
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Fall 2005
Frostburg State University Dean's List
Interests/Motivation
Web design and development, information architecture, information systems, data mining and analytics, modern technology and trends, learning, family, gaining experience, art, vector art, music, social web.