Timothy J. Tucker
30710 Campbell
Warren, MI 48093-2565
(586) 574-0293
Career Goals:
- To design and implement technologies that change people's lives.
Education:
- M.S., Human Computer Interaction - Indiana University, June 2006
- GPA: 3.767
- Classes in: HCI Design, Usability, Ethnography
- Research on new means of physical interaction, including weight-lifting and wheelchair-based interfaces.
- B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Fine Arts - Michigan Technological University, May 2004
- GPA: 3.56
- Classes in:
- Computer Science (Java, C++, OOP, Architecture, Graphics, Algorithms, Team Software Design)
- Studio Art: (Watermedia, 2D Design, 3D Design)
- Mathematics, Physics, Technical Writing, Literature
Experience:
- Indiana University, EVIA Digital Archive Project (Bloomington, IN)
- Maintained and built upon a web application for collecting metadata using Tomcat/Struts/JSP. (August 2005 - June 2006)
- ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client) (http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net)
- Administered and lead development for open source project through multiple releases. (May 2004 - Present)
- Indiana University, School of Informatics (Bloomington, IN)
- Taught as Associate Instructor for I201, "Mathematical Foundations of Informatics" (Fall 2004, Spring 2005)
- Hayden Twist Drill and Tool Co. (Warren, MI)
- Redesigned company database and created XSLT to auto-generate a product catalog from a database source.
- Administered a network of OSX Macs, including migration from OS9 to OSX (June 2004 - August 2004)
- IBM Software Security/Directory Services (Rochester, MN)
- Co-op, developed and tested Java port of Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) APIs. (January 2003 - July 2003)
- IBM Global eBusiness Solutions Center (Boca Raton, FL)
- Co-op, worked as part of a development team on a proof of concept design integrating Websphere, DB2, MQSI, and LDAP on AIX including extensive performance testing with Segue Silk Performer. (January - July 2002)
Computer Skills:
- System Administration: Windows, Unix-based systems, OS/400, Apache/Tomcat, LDAP
- Programming: Python, Java, C++, XML/XSLT, OpenGL, Perl, HTML/JavaScript/CSS, JSP, PHP, CGI, SSI
- Software: Eclipse.org IDE, Most major office suites and design programs
- Typing: 65 WPM