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Bend, Oregon, United States

Industrial Hemp Production• Assisted in the production of feminized seed, vegetative cloning, field selection for breeding programs, IPM, and general care for a 10,000 sq. ft. greenhouse.• Assisted in the production of more than 2 million seedlings annually to be planted in over 200 acres.• Developed and installed irrigation systems and performed maintenance and repairs on greenhouse components as needed.• Provided technical support for farm and production facility computers and remote moisture probes.Commercial Mushroom Production• Developed initial processes and procedures for a commercial mushroom growing operation.• Assisted in development of large-scale sterilization equipment capable of producing up to 295 kg of sterile medium every 48 hours.• Produced grain and wood-based substrates.• Performed inoculation and propagation of several species of fungi cultures.

Philomath, Oregon, United States

• Identified invasive and native flora.• Performed targeted application of herbicides and hand pulling of several invasive flora.• Released aquatic species of native flora.• Replanting of timber industry sites.

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• Aided students with plant identification as part of the laboratory section of the course: Plant Systematics.• Gave lectures on the topic of “Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes”.• Assisted with the collection and preparation of Plant Material.

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• Collected morphological data from herbarium specimens for use in various projects.• Assisted with the proofreading of discussion sections, floral treatments, and dichotomous keys for drafts of Flora of Oregon, Vol. 2.• Wrote floral treatments for the genera Lupinus and Cercis, which have since been published in Flora of Oregon Vol. 2.

Reno, Nevada Area

Member of Tools Team in the PA Tools and Automation Group.Responsible for development and maintenace of tools used by PA engineers to perform quality assurance for gaming products. The tools team maintains over 100 applications, develops new tools as needed, and consumes products developed by other teams but are not currently being maintained. Support is provided to over 180 customers spanning Reno, NV, Las Vegas, NV, and Beijing, China.Developed multiple applications and services used for automated testing of gaming systems.Became familiar with technologies such as VMWare PowerCLI, Adobe Flash, ASN.1 DER standard formatting, F#, Microsoft Entity Framework.Developed an understanding of cryptographic technologies such as DSA and ECDSA algorithms and HSM interaction using the PKCS11 standard.

Reno, Nevada Area

Member of the remote configuration and download development team since its creation . This system allowed for the configuration and downloading of games to slot machines without requiring physically interaction. Primary developer of the user interface, and played a key role in the development and design of almost all feature implementations. Later transitioned to lead user interface designer for all new products created by my team, while maintaining current development responsibilities.Developed majority of user interface components for second generation interface. Provided designs and documentation as necessary including wireframes, collection of functional requirements, demonstration of application to team and management.Developed majority of user interface components for second generation interface. Provided designs and documentation as necessary including wireframes, collection of functional requirements, demonstration of application to team and management.Participated in prototyping of web based remote configuration and download application utilizing Silverlight, RIA services, Entity Framework, Prism 2.0, and MVVM.Promoted to Principle Software Engineer in 2011 for demonstrating an ability to take on an additional role as lead user interface designer while retaining my role as a developer and continuing to heavily support prior generations of software.Solely developed a status monitoring application for the Wide Area Progressive operations center using WPF, MVVM, and Microsoft Prism 2.0. Provided extensive user customization including the ability to move and dock display sections as required. The application was lauded for its ease of use, responsiveness, and visual appeal. The application was capable of being adjusted for use on large overhead displays or desktop monitors.Used my knowledge of graphic imaging applications such as Expression Design, Adobe Photoshop, and GIMP 2.0 to support all department art needs.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Developed applications responsible for monitoring video devices and associated recording systems. This included solutions for systems that resided behind closed networks as well as accommodating legacy monitoring systems to provide real time status for approximately 25 customers and over 1000 individual devices. In addition to the monitoring systems, a client web based application that was developed for use by support staff allowing for fast reaction time.Configured hardware and software prior to customer installation including determining hardware requirements, installation of operating systems and all required systems such as IIS and SQL Server. Installed and configured SmartConnect software according to customer requirements. Configured and tested video capture devices prior to field installation.Provided upper tier technical support including: software modifications and patches, firmware updates, data recovery, and third party coordination; locally and nationally.

Master Of Science - Ms, Biodiversity And Taxonomy Of Plants

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Botany/Plant Biology