926 Dacian Ave, · Apt 105 · Durham,
· NC · 27701 · Home: · 919-667-0550
· Work: · 919-530-1911 ·
mattdesvoigne@yahoo.com
300 W Morgan St, Ste 1100 ·
Durham, NC 27701 |
Objective
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Seeking a development,
technical support, or trainer position in a professional
environment analyzing and addressing client or departmental
needs.
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| Education |
Oregon State University
| June 1999 |
Master of
Science
Computational Physics |
Corvallis,
OR |
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Pacific Lutheran University
| May 1996 |
Bachelor of
Science
Applied Physics |
Tacoma,
WA |
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| Experience |
Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
| October 2002 - Present |
Computational
Scientist, Lead Developer, Mentor |
Durham,
NC |
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Apex Learning, Inc
| June 1999 - October
2001 |
Software
Engineer |
Bellevue,
WA |
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Oregon State University
| September 1996 - June
1999 |
Graduate Teaching
Assistant |
Corvallis,
OR |
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Synergic
Activities
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Project Interactivate Lead
Developer, ( http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/index.html )
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· Lead Developer,
Mentor, and Tester for teams of five to ten high school and
undergraduate interns for Project Interactivate, Shodor
Education Foundation. Main focus on mentoring student work,
testing for quality, and migrating student work to a test
environment.
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· Program Manager,
Business Systems Analyst, and Lead Developer in several
contract agreements with the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (http://www.shodor.org/nctm).
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Co-principle investigator for NSF
Computational Physics Education for Physics Educators
Proposal. Primary responsibility to manage intern and personal
development of software using a range of development tools:
Easy Java Simulations, Maple, Excel, Ptolemy, Visual Python.
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· Authored test scripts
for over one hundred educational applets.
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· Control development
environments from intern development to corporate staging
environment.
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· Joined a software
development team of seven in developing a Java 2 Enterprise
Application to deploy gigabytes of online course material to
thousands of customers. Product is used today to deploy four
times the amount of material as the previous year and reduce
operations labor costs involved in copying content to
production servers by 75%.
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· Lead developer for a
variety of online computer-scored activities. Ported these
activities to three different learning environments, as
different implementations were required to support changing
business needs.
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Collaborations
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David Barnes, Director of
Electronic Resources, National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Design and Implementation of Instructional
Applets. dbarnes@nctm.org
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Bethany Hudnutt, Project
Interactivate Program Manager, Applet Development,
Enhancement, and Modification for Targeted Audiences.
bhudnutt@shodor.org
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Kenneth Jones, Principal
Investigator for Computational Physics Education for Physics
Educators Proposal. Primary responsibility to manage team for
Physics Education Material Development.
kjones@mail.nwmissouri.edu
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