Resume

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Jake Harris

22 Magazine Street, #2
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 576-5348
harrisj@mit.edu
http://www.mit.edu/~harrisj/about.html

Objective

A technical programming/software design position with a technology-oriented company, preferably with a focus on Internet applications, computer security, application programming, or system design.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA September, 1993 to present: Completed requirement for B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Literature. Currently enrolled in a combined B.S./M.Eng. degree program to be completed in May 1998.
Woodrow Wilson High School Washington, DC September, 1990 to June, 1993: Graduated with honors as the salutatorian of the class. Member of the National Honor Society and a National Merit Scholar.

Experience

Dimensional Insight Burlington, MA June, 1996 to present (part-time and summer).: Software Designer. Helped to create a network interface using Java to allow remote networked machines on inter- or intranets to perform database information analysis. This software is an integral of the new DataFountain software. This position has provided substantial experience with large Java programming projects.
MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Cambridge, MA June, 1994 to August, 1995: Undergraduate Researcher. Worked on the Global Cooperative Computing project as part of the Reinventing Computing Group. The main task was creating an object oriented database for a web-based collaborative environment for developing and distributing Java code.
National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD June, 1993 to August, 1993: Summer Intern. In charge of a project writing driver software for a lab instrument in C using a serial interface.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC June, 1992 to August, 1992: Summer Intern. Designed a database in DBase III to help lab personnel track urological cancers.

Computer Experience

Familiar with Macintosh and UNIX systems. Programming languages known: Pascal, C, C++, Scheme, Clu, Perl, and Java. While at MIT, took courses in such computer-related topics as Software Engineering (6.170), Computer Systems (6.033), Compiler Design (6.035), Algorithms (6.046), Complexity and Computability (6.045), Advanced Computer Systems (6.823), Programming Languages (6.821), and Computer and Network Security (6.857). Also, have taken courses in literature and holography (MAS.450 and MAS.858). Am currently a Teaching Assistant for 6.035 this fall. Have gained practical experience in software engineering through class work and job experience.

Background/Interests

US Citizen. Born 5/30/75. Unmarried. Interests: glassblowing, holography, literature, computers. References available on request. Check web page for more information.

harrisj@mit.edu