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Logic Enthusiast / Dancing Bad Ass

objecTive
To reevaluate technological paradigms in order to initiate the constructive acruation of innovative leverage. And make a boat-load of money doing it.

eduCation
Carnegie-Mellon University
May 2005, M.Sc. in Logic and Computation.
Falling somewhere between computer science and pure logic, the program emphasizes programming skill and an understanding of the logic and limits of computing. My thesis work involved the development of an algorithm for DARPA to identify the command structure of social networks based on communication logs. Patent pending, biotch.

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
May 1999, B.A. in Philosophy
Logic and the Philosophy of Language. I would have majored in skiing, but they didn't offer that.

Goethe Institut, Germany
May 1997, Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache
August 1997, Mittelstufe-3
Six months of intensive German study.

University of Maryland, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany
May 1998, A.A.
General university studies.

eXperience
1/2005 to 6/2005
Clairvoyance Corporation
Research Programmer, intern: Research, develop, implement, and test network search algorithms.

6/2003 to 8/2004
Community West Bank
Systems administrator: Network, server, user machine, printer, software support and maintainence.

10/2002 to 6/2003
Travis County Elections
Elections coordinator: Organized elections, trained poll workers on electronic voting equipment, ensured security and reliability of polling equipment, and enforced elections law and resolved disputes during polling periods.

8/2000 to 12/2001
Carnegie-Mellon University
Technical Support: Network support, machine maintenance, and fire suppression in the Dept. of Philosophy.

8/99 to 8/2001
Carnegie-Mellon University
Instructor/Teaching Assistant -- Professional Ethics: Lead sections of 50 students for 4 terms and instructed 2 terms independently.

abiliTeez
Years and years of computer experience on MacOS, Windows, Unix, and PlayStation.

Programming Languages: C/C++, Perl, Java, JavaScript, HTML, and LaTeX

Experienced in Internet website design and surfing.

Excellent skier and snowboarder (skied three days per week during college).

A bitchin' CD collection that I can bring to work.

refeRences
Fabricated upon request.