CHRIS HATHAWAY
5509 Rutledge Dr
The Colony, TX 75056
972.689.1806
chrishathaway@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE

TECHNICAL/KEYWORD SUMMARY

PROGRAMMING: Java (7 years), C++ (4 years), C# (3 years),
PHP, C, Perl
DATABASE: SQL (4 years), Oracle (3 years), MySQL (3 years),
SQLite, Hypersonic
WEB: JSP, JBoss, J2EE, Hibernate, Apache, Tomcat, Struts, 
HTML, XML, Javascript, CSS, AJAX
OTHER: Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora), Windows (95 through Vista),
Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, Eclipse, CVS, Subversion,
UML, Visio, B.S. Bachelor of Science, M.S Master of Science

CAREER SUMMARY

Skilled professional looking for career in software/web 
development, with expertise using the Java platform, both
in standalone  software and rich web applications.  
Experienced in an agile environment, working directly with
clients in the planning, production, and support of custom
solutions, particularly with data driven projects.

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Dallas
Master of Science, Computer Science (MSCS)   
Planned Graduation: May 2008
Current GPA: 3.88
Recipient of The Jonsson Distinguished Research Fellowship

Brigham Young University
B.S, Computer Science   Graduated: Aug. 2006
GPA: 3.65
Recipient of Heritage Scholarship (covers full-tuition for
8 semesters)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HUMAN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUE
University of Texas at Dallas    Richardson, TX
Research Assistant    Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2007
* Developed experimental information retrieval system in
  Java, using text-based semantic data. 
* Received second place at SemEval-2007 for Task #19, 
  Frame Semantic Structure Extraction.

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (BYU TALL GROUP)
Provo, UT   Aug. 2003 - Dec. 2006
Tester/Developer    
* Started as Software Tester on large scale Java-based 
  language learning software (>500 TLOC), soon became team
  leader.
* Created a new Automated Testing initiative using several
  technologies, including IBM Rational Robot. 
* Took on role as Java developer, and eventually as PHP 
  developer, using Oracle as a back end. 
* Worked as Assistant DBA on large-scale Oracle database, 
  with distributed Hypersonic instances. 

E-KIWI, LLC (SCREEN-SCRAPER.COM)
Provo, UT   Dec. 2005 - Aug 2006
Java/Web Developer
* Worked with clients to build custom data extraction 
  systems, using Java/JBoss JSP/Hibernate/MySQL stack. 
* Introduced and developed a novel approach to extracting
  unstructured data, expanding the company's current 
  offerings. 
* Assisted in marketing strategies, including Search Engine
  Optimization (SEO). 
* Continue to provide consulting services to the company,
  through present day. 

OTHER PROJECTS
AGGDATA.COM, Founder   May 2006 - Present
Provide structured, web-extracted data (often geo-coded),
and customized data sets

SMALL TIME PRODUCTIONS, Founder and Lead Developer   
Jun. 2006 - Present
Develop websites for smaller organizations (Campaigns, 
Non-profit organizations, Small Businesses), using 
customizations of open-source CMS Drupal

FRESHARRIVAL, Writer   Oct. 2007 - Present
Contribute periodic reviews on new and innovative products
and services