Last Updated: 03/14/2002
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F. Grahame Murray

1596 140th Ave.
San Leandro, CA 94578
Tel: 510.357.3484 (h)   Fax: 801.729.2917 (h)
E-mail: jobs @ grahame.com    Web: http://www.grahame.com/


KEYWORD SUMMARY

Java, J2EE, Servlets, XML, XSL, JSP, SQL, Database, Web Applications, ATG, Rational, Javascript, PERL, ACS, Cold Fusion, CGI

OBJECTIVE

I'm looking for a full-time position as a software engineer, developing challenging and interesting dynamic, Internet standards-based applications.


HIGHLISTS

  • 3+ years software development experience
  • Product development and consulting experience
  • Depth in educational and community projects

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Java application development (applets, servlets) on mainstream application servers
  • Application design and modeling
  • Presentation layer coding and scripting (JSP, ColdFusion, XSL/XSLT, Javascript)

EXPERIENCE

Java Engineer, September 2001 - January 2002 James Irvine Foundation San Francisco, CA
  • Independently contracting with the James Irvine Foundation to complete Coral Connect project.
  • Designed and implemented message boards, file storage, address book, and other interactive sections of the project using Arsdigita Community System, XML, XSL, and Oracle 8i.
  • qmail, Courier IMAP, JWMA Web mail, and ACS integration on Solaris 2.8.
Java Systems Engineer, March 2001 - September 2001 Liquid Thinking San Francisco, CA
  • Designed and implemented binary parsing, scoring, and other educational algorithms for an interactive educational product using Rational Rose and ATG Dynamo 4.5.
  • Architected and designed file system integration for Liquid Thinking Intranet using Arsdigita Community System 4.6, XML, and XSL/T.
  • Implemented product family parametric search for Cypress Semiconductor using JavaScript, PERL, and ColdFusion.
  • Led Quality Assurance effort for Certicom site redesign using Logigear TrackGear.
Software Engineer, June 1999 - Present SRI International Menlo Park, CA
  • Architected and implemented many web applications, online surveys, and web assessments using Java Servlets, JSPs, XML, and MySQL databases.
  • Designed and coded various in-house and open source toolkits and libraries, for instance, lightweight database object proxies.
  • Co-developed and designed ChemSense, a Java-based Knowledge Building Environment to assist high-school chemistry students.
  • Designed and authored TeamLab, a Palm Pilot-based open-ended assessment application, desktop conduit, and website that allows data to be collected and the user to do statistical analysis
  • Helped port URLex, a server-based bookmark managing system, from its original Python code to its current Java servlet form.
  • System administration on Solaris servers.
Student Associate, September - December 1998 United Parcel Service Timonium, MD
  • Zuckerberg internship to work for UPS's Internet Development Team
  • HTML coding
  • CGI maintenance for UPS's international websites
Student Intern, June - August 1998 SRI International Menlo Park, CA
  • Added functionality to Java applets and standalone Java applications for TappedIn, an online community of educators.
  • Worked on URLex, an online community and web-based bookmark management web application, written in Python and Javascript.
Student Worker, September 1995 - September 1998 Goucher College Towson, MD
  • Worked on campus desktop computers.
  • Staffed the technical support/helpdesk.
  • Helped administer the MS Network and Sparc and SGI UNIX servers.
  • Did HTML coding for some of the college's academic departments and centers.
Site Assistant, Summers 1994 - 1997 University of Delaware Newark, DE
  • General hardware and software maintenance of PCs and Macs.
  • Maintained a Novell server.
  • Web and multimedia development (interactive kiosks) for the College of Education and its departments.


COMPUTER SKILLS

Computer Languages:
Java, JSP, XML, XSL, PERL, C, C++, ColdFusion, Python, Lisp, HTML, assembly, PHP, and various scripting languages (Javascript, csh, bash, etc.)

Databases:
Oracle 8, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, SOLID, FileMaker Pro, Access, mSQL

Application Servers: ATG Dynamo, Arsdigita ACS, Jakarta Tomcat, Resin, ServletExec, ColdFusion

Dev Environments/Tools:
Rational Rose, JBuilder, Perforce, CVS, TrackGear, InstallShield, Emacs, vi, GNU tools, Cygwin, CodeWarrior, Visual Studio, ColdFusion Studio, Visual Cafi, Jakarta Ant, make

OSes:
Windows NT/2000, Linux, PalmOS, Solaris, BSD, MacOS, SunOS


EDUCATION

1995 -- 2000 Goucher College,Towson, MD
BA in Computer Science (courses in Java, LISP, Graphics, AI, Assembly, Software Engineering, Algorithms, HW Architecture, and Computation)

1994, 1997, & 1999 University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Graduate & undergraduate courses in C, C++, compiler design, computer graphics and multimedia design.


REFERENCES

Available upon request