Jill A. Brady
Xtreme Programmer
User Interfaces, Databases, Artificial Intelligences



Home

About Me

Resume

Teaching

Projects

Papers

Random



The Golden Rules:

  • Inherently Readable Code
  • Build to the Test
  • Modular Code is Reusable Code.
  • Automation is Policy.
    (Automate build, test, installations,
    or they won't happen the same way twice.)
  • Work under a code repository.
  • Don't Break the Build!

Objective:

Seeking Programming Nirvana, utilizing my diverse Design, Human Interface, LAMP, Database, & XP experience, in an energetic environment emphasizing both individual responsibility and peer collaboration.

Education

• University of California at Riverside, December 2007. Master of Science, Computer Science
• University of California at Riverside, August 2005. BS: Computer Science, BA: English

Selected Projects

• 2009-10 JOINT FIRES MULTI-FUNCTION DOME: User Interface, Versionable DB, Build & Testing Harnesses.
• 2009 URBANSIM: Integrating Voice Recognition A.I./Hardware into existing software for client.
• 2008 CAD-TS ECS2: (GPS) Distributed Radar Stations Simulator, Role: Distributed Synchronization
• 2005-09 NEMASCOPE: Designed/Built Web Interface/DB for Visual Search, contracted by Nematology Dept.
Tour the system using Username and Password: "guest"
• 2007 ABET CERTIFICATION Requirements Interface: for UCR CS/CE Dept: Project Coord, Open Source programming. (Moodle)
• 2007-09 ADAPTIVE INTERNET FILTERING INTERFACE: A.I. and PostgreSQL, Adaptive guided-web-browsing via individual and community training data. Distributed computing model w/P2P data sharing.
• 2005 CUSTOMER DATABASE: Created Customer/AR Database in Access for BMS Machine.

Employment History

• Aug. 2008
- Present
 PROGRAMMER Game Production Services, Albuquerque, NM.   'Serious Video Games' and immersive environments. Highly diverse roles with emphasis on Interface Design & Programming, Databases & ORM, and Build Infrastructure.
 
• Jan. 2009
- May 2009
 INSTRUCTOR Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM  Part-time Instructor for two sections of IT1010 (Introduction to Computers).
 
• Jan. 2008
- July 2008
 LECTURER  Univ. of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA.  Responsible for course design, implementation, and text selection. CS 5 (Programming for Non-Engrs), CS 6 (Effective Use of WWW), CS 8 (Intro. to Computing), and CS 100 (Software Const.).
 
• Oct. 2005
- Dec. 2007
 LECTURER, GRADUATE RESEARCHER, TEACHING ASST Univ. of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA.  Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering: Associate In (Lecturer: 4 quarters), Grad. Student Researcher (1 quarter), Teaching Asst. designing and leading labs, (5 quarters).
 
• May 2007
- Aug. 2007
 SENIOR STAFF PROGRAM OFFICER University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA.  BRITE 2007: a summer residential research and enrichment opportunity for undergraduate students.
 
• Aug. 2000
- Sept. 2002
 IT HELPDESK /
IT SECURITY ASSISTANT
 Provident Savings Bank, Riverside, CA  App/networking/hardware support. 24 branches/500 employees. Created Security DB, reducing risk.
 
• 1998-1999 PERSONNEL SUPERVISOR Select Personnel, San Leandro, CA.  Employee Placement/Translator.
 
• 1997-1998 WEB SITE ADMIN. Government, Social Sciences Information, Doe Library, U.C. Berkeley.

Papers

Languages

  • Human: Fluent Spanish.
  • Computer: C#, Managed C++/CLI, SQL, Python, PHP, Batch Scripts. Linux/Windows/Mac
References, CV, and even Student Evaluations available upon request.