Résumé of

ROBERT TURKNETT

rturknett at austin dot rr dot com

SUMMARY

Experienced Java web applications developer with a background in art and design.

· 7 years Java programming experience

· 4 years J2EE experience

· 6 years experience designing and building user interfaces

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Understanding of human factors and HCI

· Talent for translating customer needs into product requirements

· Education in design, human psychology, and computer science

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Java, C++, C, Perl/CGI, Lingo/ActionScript, Pascal, Basic, Lisp, Max, Mathematica.

Methodologies: OO design, UML, Design Patterns (esp. MVC)

Technologies: J2EE, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, SQL, XML, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Swing, WAP, WML, LDAP, Sun/iPlanet Directory, Active Directory, Ant, Tomcat, Sun ONE Application Framework

Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Fireworks, Flash, Director, Alias Wavefront and many others.

Operating Systems/Platforms: UNIX/Solaris, Windows, Macintosh.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (hired in acquisition of Innosoft), Directory and Security Division, Austin, Texas, 1999-2003

Software Developer

· Wrote code in Java & JSP for database driven web applications.

· Performed extensive testing, debugging, and troubleshooting.

· Installed and configured servers for testing, including iPlanet/Sun Application Server, Apache Tomcat, Microsoft IIS, Active Directory, iPlanet/Sun ONE Directory, etc.

· Developed requirements documents for projects.

· Gave presentations to team in India, brought programmers up to speed on project.

· Created and maintained LDAP databases for projects.

· Developed applications using Sun ONE Application Framework, similar to Jakarta Struts.

· Built applications using JSPTL – a custom JSP tag library for building dynamic, LDAP-based web applications.

· Wrote documentation for user’s guide.

· Designed user interface components for UDDI registry browser.

· Designed and implemented a system management Java object model (MVC pattern) for Sun Java Identity Synchronization for Windows, and met aggressive product release schedule.

Acuity, (formerly iChat), Austin, Texas, 1999

Software Developer

· Implemented JDBC/SQL database connectivity and email filtering for web-based call center software.

· Developed a Java application to enable voice chat over IP.

Austin Museum of Digital Art, Austin, Texas, 1998-2002

Vice President

· Established grassroots digital arts organization in Austin, Texas. Grew organization from two people to over twenty staff and volunteers.

· Developed organizational mission and vision. Organized events, wrote business plan and grant proposals. Designed business cards and established graphic identity. Recruited and managed staff and volunteers on various projects. Developed exhibition ideas and worked with staff to produce inaugural show.

BellSouth Telecommunications, E-commerce IBU (now BellSouth.net), Atlanta, GA, 1995

Manager of Strategic Development

· Researched market and customer needs to develop Internet service product offering for Bellsouth customers.

· Organized focus group interviews of Internet users. Developed questions for the groups, compiled and presented results, which were used to develop product offering proposal.

· Led TOI to bring new team members up to speed on the project.

EDUCATION

M.S. 1998. Advanced Design Research, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, GPA 4.0

B.S. 1994. Computer Science with Honors, minor in Cognitive Science, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, GPA 3.5, Major GPA 3.8

Vienna, Austria, 1994. Institute for European Studies.

PUBLICATIONS

"Artificial Evolution for Computer Music," National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 1994.