Hart Simha

604.442.7830

7160 Pandora St. Apt #35 Burnaby, BC v5a1b7

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SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL

Summary

Software developer with one year of experience in web application development. Eager to engage with customers and coworkers by applying software engineering principles and experience towards the development of clear, efficient, and robust solutions to challenging real-world problems

Skills

  • Python
  • Ruby on Rails
  • CSS
  • Semantic HTML
  • Relational databases
  • Chrome Extensions
  • Javascript/jQuery
  • API development
  • Version control with Git
  • Linux/bash shell scripting
  • TCP/IP Networking
  • Web security

Education

Bachelor of Science – conferred December 2012
  • Computer Science with a minor in English
University of Memphis Memphis, TN

Open Source Contributions

Student Intervention Monitoring Services – (http://rti.dpi.wi.gov/rti_sims2)
Ruby on Rails application developed under contract with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for use by the over 60,000 education and administration faculty of the Wisconsin public K-12 education system
Performed custom development and ongoing maintenance while working closely with project creator as part of 1-year internship program.
bitcoinp – (http://hmsimha.github.io/bitcoinp)
JSONP-enabled application programming interface that aggregates rate information from the most popular bitcoin exchanges in order to make it more accessible to front-end developers
Self-developed personal project
Craigsdiff – (http://github.com/hmsimha/craigsdiff)
Browser extension for Google Chrome that enables users to track changes to listings on Craigslist, with in-page diff highlighting. Proof of concept for javascript web diff API in development
Self-developed personal project
Tubalr – (http://www.tubalr.com)
Open source music player that allows users to arrange playlists of Youtube-hosted music videos
Contributed bug fix
Scrapy – (http://www.scrapy.org)
Python-based high-level web crawling and and scraping framework.
Contributed documentation fix
Apache CouchDB – (http://apache.couchdb.org)
High concurrency NoSQL database that accepts operations through JSON HTTP API
Filed documentation issue on JIRA

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Experience

Application Engineer Intern – 2013-2014 Performed custom web application development and maintenance on Student Intervention Monitoring Services, a Ruby on Rails application developed for the Wisconsin public education system
Vegan Tech Portland, OR
Food Server – 2011-2013 Conversed with customers to describe offerings, determine what they would like to order, and address any questions or concerns
Imagine Café Memphis, TN
Technical Assistant – 2011-2012 Assisted customers in troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution of software, hardware, and network problems
DCo Solutions Memphis, TN

Community

Held staff positions with Portland-based software conferences Cascadia Ruby and Open Source Bridge in 2013

Additional Achievements

Post Curricular Certificates Awarded
  • Introduction to Databases (with distinction)
  • Platform: Class2Go in conjunction with Stanford
  • Software as a Service
  • Platform: edX in conjunction with UC Berkeley
  • Social Network Analysis (with Distinction)
  • Platform: Coursera in conjunction with U Michigan
  • Gamification
  • Platform: Coursera in conjunction with U Pennsylvania
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Platform: edX in conjunction with UC Berkeley
  • MongoDB for Developers
  • Platform: 10gen/MongoDB Education