James Hollingshead 108 Goodale Drive Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 Phone: 740-707-5876 james@jameshollingshead.com Experience Software Developer Freelance Software Developer – Southeast OH 12/2003 – present Self-managed contract * Plan and implement custom software and tools * Development and programming of Windows and Linux software using Visual Studio, Eclipse and other technologies * Provide strong written and oral communications with clients Executive Editor o3 Magazine 10/2005 – 02/2006 Full Time; 02/2006 – 06/2006 Editorial Advisor * Authored an article reviewed as being "a must read for any person who uses a computer for business." * Release and promote an Open Source technology magazine read by over 500,000 people in more than 140 countries * Co-ordinate efforts between authors and editors * Approve articles for publication * Correspond with advertisers, companies, and user’s groups * Represent the magazine at events Lead Network Analyst and Assistant Network Administrator ILGARD/Voinovich Center at Ohio University – Athens, OH 06/2000 – 03/2004 Part Time; concurrent with education * Created IT department * Supervised and taught less experienced technicians * Set network security policies including equipment and network usage policies for a network with approximately 200 users * Troubleshot, resolved, and maintained network services on windows workstations and servers * Advised and implemented purchasing, installation, and use of new products & technologies * Advised in planning of software development projects Skills Programming: C#, .NET, SQL, Ruby, Regular Expressions, C, C++, Java, JDBC Programming Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, Ant, Source Control Tools (Subversion and CVS) Database: MS SQL Server, MS SQL Server Compact, MySQL, Oracle Operating Systems: Windows (all), Linux, Unix, DOS Published Articles “An Introduction to Linux and Open Source.” o3 Magazine Nov. 2005: 23-26. “Rapid Web Development.” o3 Magazine Dec. 2005: 25-27. “PostgreSQL.” o3 Magazine Dec. 2005: 38-40. (co-author) “Evaluating your Internet Infrastructure.” o3 Magazine Jan. 2006: 17-19. “Providing High Performance Web Services.” o3 Magazine Jan. 2006: 20-22. Education Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Ohio University – Athens, OH 03/2004 Computer Science Major Broad spectrum curriculum focus including, but not limited to: * AI and Operating Systems: created a distributed simulation of a “fish-tank ecosystem” in C/C++ * Network Communications: Implemented the TFTP client and a web server in C/C++ * Engineering Fundamentals: computational mathematics, algorithm design, analysis, and development, chemical and electrical engineering * Activities: Ohio University Fencing (2001 – 2004) Up to date copies of my resume and example programs may be found at www.jameshollingshead.com