James Hollingshead

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