Dackral Scott Phillips 141 Possum Trot Road Altoona, AL 35952 ________________________________________________________________________________ codermeister@hotmail.com Home: (205) 589-6091 Cell: (205) 837-3442 Professional Summary ________________________________________________________________________________ Multifaceted experience with computer systems including design, assembly, operating system and other software installation, and networking across a variety of platforms. Experience with software application design, authoring, installation and maintenance. Experience in website and web-application design, implementation, updating, and maintenance. Skills ________________________________________________________________________________ OS: MS-DOS, Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Linux, Sun OS/Solaris, BSD UNIX Languages: C, C++, HTML, Java, JavaScript, OpenGL, Perl, PHP, SQL (Oracle & MySQL), Visual Basic, Voice XML, XHTML, XML (RDF, RDFS, DAML+OIL) Software: High familiarity with a wide variety of Windows, Linux, Sun OS/Solaris, and BSD UNIX applications Hardware: IBM Compatible PC Hardware, Sun Microsystems Hardware Networking: Linux Networking, NFS, RJ-45 Cable Fabrication (Crossover and Patch), Samba, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP Networking Process: CMM, Structural and Functional Testing, Software Metrics, Systems Integration, Process Models (Waterfall, Incremental, Cleanroom, Scrum, XP, PSP, etc.) Work History ________________________________________________________________________________ 8/2004 – Present Part-Time Instructor at Wallace State Community College * Taught two (2) night classes with approximately twelve (12) students in each * Designed tests, and assignments to be completed by students to gauge subject proficiency 3/2004 – Present Video Editor/Graphics Artist for Take One Productions * Digitized video footage and used computerized digital editing to create television commercials and local cable access television shows * Created web banner ads, print ads and graphics elements for use in these ads * Responsible for equipment set up (video, sound, and lighting) for television filming * Performed minor Network Administration tasks (installing software, running Cat 5 cable, solving network problems, etc.) as necessary * Made software and hardware recommendations and purchases for upgrading computer equipment * Redesigned the company website, www.alpine . , with a more aesthetic design 4/2003 – Present Volunteer Webmaster/Network Administrator for Union Hill Baptist Church * Designed, updated, and maintained www.unionhillbaptist.org website * Authored web-applications using Javascript, PHP, and MySQL for use on the site * Installed Cat 5 Networking cable to connect three computer systems * Installed Windows 2000 and Windows 98 SE operating systems on computers * Networked computers running Windows 2000, Windows 98 SE, and Windows XP * Provided technical support and consultation for computers and software 9/2001 – 8/2002 Webmaster for the Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering at Auburn * Maintained and updated an existing website with new information as needed * Reformatted old information into more aesthetically pleasing formats 8/2001 – 5/2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant for COMP2210 (Data Structures in Java) at Auburn * Supervised approximately 45 students per semester * Lectured on Java data structures and algorithms * Assigned and graded quizzes and programming assignments * Aided students with problems 2/2001 – 8/2003 Programmer and Webmaster for the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn * Developed software to extract weather data from the internet * Converted the data into HTML format * Designed, updated, and maintained a web site front end to display the data Personal Experience ________________________________________________________________________________ * Designed and built IBM compatible PCs for friends and acquaintances * Upgraded computer hardware for personal use including motherboards, RAM, video cards, sound cards, CD-RW drives, and Ethernet Cards * Installed a variety of operating systems including Windows 95/98/2000, Red Hat Linux, Slackware Linux, and FreeBSD for friends, acquaintances and personal use * Networked Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux computers for personal use * Utilized Samba under Red Hat Linux to provide network storage for personal use * Fabricated and installed Cat 5 cable (crossover and patch) for friends, acquaintances, and personal use * Provided website consultation (CSS, HTML, Javascript, MySQL, PHP) for friends Education ________________________________________________________________________________ 8/2002 Auburn University - Auburn, AL GPA: 3.73/4.00 M. S. of Computer Science and Software Engineering Magna Cum Laude * Specialization in Intelligent and Interactive Systems 5/2001 Auburn University - Auburn, AL GPA: 3.49/4.00 B. S. of Computer Science Cum Laude * Concentration in German 8/1998 Wallace State Community College - Hanceville, AL GPA: 3.90/4.00 A. S. of Computer Science Summa Cum Laude * Specialization in Computer Programming 5/1996 Oneonta High School - Oneonta, AL GPA: 3.96/4.00 Advanced Academic Diploma Academic Concentration ________________________________________________________________________________ Graduated with a concentration in Intelligent and Interactive Systems, allowing a graduate study focus on applications in artificial intelligence; human-computer interaction; and user-interface design, development, and evaluation. Academic Defense ________________________________________________________________________________ Master’s degree defense explored a software product, designed and implemented in Java to allow web developers to add content to websites that can be understood not only by humans, but also by artificially-intelligent computer agents via the semantic web. Academic Research ________________________________________________________________________________ Performed directed graduate study on a context-based image retrieval system. Used Oracle Database in conjunction with the Pro*C/C++ language, as well as PHP and a MySQL database to construct mock e-commerce websites; Authored an artificially-intelligent system in Java capable of solving a classical artificial intelligence problem using six different methods including genetic search, steepest-ascent hill climbing, and next-ascent hill climbing; Authored a case study in web design; Designed and implemented a restaurant phone menu system in Voice XML;