Ken Richards Email & Phone Number

Nephi, Ut, Us

Provo, Utah, United States

Develop web applications to support the mission of BYU

Provo, Utah Area

Contributed to cutting edge interaction tracking software:• Wrote php REST interface to backend storage.• Contributed to C# Outlook plugins.• Testing and coding an Angularjs gmail extension.

Springville, Utah

Lead Adobe InDesign plugin team. Balanced future feature development with bug fixes/small features for current software releases. Set priorities for development and support services. Collaborated with other developers to solve problems. Continued software development.• Directed upgrades to InDesign CS5.5 and CS6.• Developed diagnostics to promote software improvement.• Restructured the data store resulting in 50% faster saves, an increase in reliability, and an improvement in software useability.

Sringville, Utah

Developed extensive InDesign plugins in C++ to manage the workflow in newsrooms. Implemented using Model View Controller (MVC) methodology. Wrote methods to store documents and metadata (story position, text, graphics) in database using SQL and Intersystems ObjectScript. Helped write BSD sockets to communicate with Java and with other Adobe applications.• Implemented Boost::threads for faster database communication.• Automated InDesign using Javascript.• Performed on site customer support. Often requested by name.

Koosharem, Ut

Taught math and physics to troubled teens.

Ph.D. Coursework, Space Physics

Completed all coursework. Thesis unfinished. Helped write large scale particle simulation of Earth's magnetosphere. Wrote MHD simulation.

M.S., Physics

B.S, Physics