Timothy Styer
Las Vegas, NV 89119
tlstyer@gmail.com
http://www.tlstyer.com

Objective
To use my education and experience to attain a Software Engineering position.

Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 2002
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Experience
Software Engineer, May 2008 - June 2011
eCommLink, Las Vegas, NV

• Designed and implemented along with teammates multiple Stored Value Card customer acquisition, card management, and administration web sites in a PCI DSS compliant environment.
• Work focused mainly on server-side and behind-the-scenes code.

Web Developer, May 2007 - May 2008
Selling Source, Las Vegas, NV

• Worked with teammates to develop a sports fan website using Linux, PHP, HTML, jQuery, AJAX, MySQL, and Apache.
• Database normalization.
• Developed Unit Tests. Found and fixed bugs in the process.

Computer Programmer, October 2005 - May 2007
Independent Developer, Las Vegas, NV

• Developed a client for an internet board game using Java J2SE, Swing, TCP networking API, other Java packages, Ant, and Java Web Start.
• Developed various programs using Python.

Computer Programmer, January 2004 - October 2005
Budcat Creations, LLC, Las Vegas, NV

• Conceived and developed the image processing tool we used for a Playstation2 title. Coded the project using Python and C++. Implemented new functionality as requested by colleagues.
• Ported and created various pieces of the User Interface for a PC title. Wrote SQL queries. Worked closely with an artist in getting widgets working and looking correct in the game.
• Developed portions of the User Interface and portions of the core logic for a Playstation2 and XBox title. Used C++ as the implementation language.

Computer Programmer, April 2002 - April 2003
Statistical and Software Analysts, Inc., Las Vegas, NV

• Designed, developed, and documented a video codec using modules developed by colleagues.
• Worked as a research assistant on image and video compression algorithms. Implemented algorithms in C++ and MMX (assembly language). Developed GUIs in MFC and Win32 to visualize algorithm effectiveness.

Selected computer languages and software
PHP, JavaScript, Python, Java, C, C++, MySQL, PostgreSQL, NetBeans, Git, Subversion, GNU utilities

Awards
"The Computer Programming Award", May 2002, Senior Dinner for the College of Engineering, UNLV
1st place in a programming contest at UNLV
Valedictorian, Basic High School, Henderson, NV, 1998
Eagle Scout, May 1998