Phong Bao Nguyen
Objective
Entrepreneurial and inquisitive individual seeking a challenging and fast-paced development position that connects people with technology.
Experience
Developer, 01/2009 - 12/2010
Maverick Software Consulting, Ames, IA
- Developed an AJAX reporting and administration interface and backend for KPIs for an internal CI monitoring web application.
- Developed reports to monitor the progress of an employee training initiative.
- Analyzed and improved the UI of reports and performance of underlying stored procedures.
- Analyzed and resolved issues relating to UI code and XSLT templates as part of an issue resolution group for the Westlaw product line.
- Trained new members in an issue routing and escalation group.
Web Developer Intern, 10/2007 - 12/2008
The Schneider Corporation, Ames, IA
- Developed a SharePoint component to monitor issue resolution progress.
- Developed, analyzed, and improved stored procedures and XSLT templates in support of performing ETL operations on 3rd party data sources.
- Developed components for the beacon GIS web application.
- Remotely troubleshot customer issues regarding the beacon application and general ArcGIS application usage.
- Aided in the production of the annual corporate GIS convention.
Webmaster, 07/2005 - 10/2007
The Schnable Laboratory, Ames, IA
- Researched and implemented web applications to enhance collaboration between researchers, and performed routine IT maintenance.
- Implemented enhancements that increased the usability of the lab's website and sister sites.
Education
Iowa State University, 12/2010
Bachelor of Science, Major in Computer Engineering, Minor in Entrepreneurial Studies
- Developed a visual IDE using the Qt framework for a software development practices class.
- Developed an AJAX note taking and sharing application using the ASP.NET MVC framework for a user interface design class.
- Developed a Silverlight Google Reader clone on the Windows Azure platform for the senior capstone project.
- Implemented a subset of the MIPS instruction set and simulated a multi-cycle CPU in Verilog.
- Compromised simulated UNIX environments as part of laboratory coursework relating to information security.
- Studied middleware systems and implemented distributed applications in Java and Python.