Joshua Smith Email & Phone Number

University Of Illinois Springfield

As the Director of the Orion Lab, my role is to provide visionary leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight to ensure the lab's success and growth. I am responsible for fostering a vibrant and collaborative environment where faculty, students, and researchers can thrive. I oversee the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, facilitate research initiatives, and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. Additionally, I actively seek partnerships, funding opportunities, and resources to support the lab's mission. With a focus on innovation, inclusivity, and excellence, I strive to create an environment that nurtures creativity, drives impactful research, and prepares the next generation of leaders in technology and academia.

Springfield, Illinois, United States

Requested to teach courses in Java, Visual Basic, Game Development, GWT, and NoSQL for both Computer Science majors and Data Analytics majors.Developed course material including lectures, tests and assignments to help guide the students through the course, while making sure the material is accessible.Demonstrated ability for public speaking and making difficult material easily understood.Organized class materials and presentations.Guided students through the course providing help and guidance when needed.Managed online grading, conferences, tests and collaboration.

Software Developer using Java and J2EE technologies along with HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, XML and JSON. Also dealing with relational databases using MySQL

Requested to teach Introductory courses in Java and Visual Basic for both Computer Science majors and non-Computer Science majors.Developed course material including lectures, tests and assignments to help guide the students through the course. Demonstrated ability for public speaking and making difficult material easily understood.Organized class materials and presentations.Guided students through the course providing help and guidance when needed.Managed online grading, conferences, tests and collaboration.

Provided support of administrative functions such as clerical support, technical/support services, advising, and outreach duties. Provided professors with the extra support they need to perform well.Helped set-up and oversee conferences, meetings and coding competitions.Helped with the installation of networking devices used by students.Received awards for my dedication and involvement with the Computer Science Program.

Serving as a production support team member using VB.net with the goal of fixing production issues while allocating much of my time for programming and discussing issues with clients. Determine the priority of system issues and delegated time in such a way to complete all tasks in a timely manner.Collaborate with a team to implement and maintain a new tax system.Utilize SQL queries to manage data in various databases.Create and maintain templates for correspondence and reports.Develope UI controls and referenced business object classes.Produce documentation for developers and end users.

Master Of Science, Computer Science; Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: Computer Science Club - Founding President; Girl Tech - Team Leader; Cyber-Defense Conference - Volunteer.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science; Software Engineering

I co-presented "Building a supercomputer out of old machines" on the University's Technology Day.

Associate Of Science, Computer Science