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Software Developer and Consultant

Solution-driven technology professional specializing in software development using software lifecycles, software engineering and system analysis, network and customer support, system administration, data modeling and database management, and web site management. Expert in assessing client requirements and formliating effective technology solutions to complex problems. Experienced in harnessing open-source software to develop technology solutions for diverse user communities.


Education

University of Maryland—College Park, MD

  • Graduate studies in Information Management, 2010
  • Performed usability analysis of major software product
  • 4.0 GPA

New York Institute of Technology—New York, NY

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, 2010

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA, with Dean’s List commendations
  • Received Information Technology Faculty Award, 2010
  • Completed coursework in software engineering, project engineering, database management, networking, Internet programming, and operating systems
  • Successfully completed multiple individual and group software development projects including TCP/IP networking simulator, database-backed applications in Perl and PHP, JSP and JavaScript-powered web sites, and MySQL data warehouse

McGill University—Montréal, QC, Canada

  • Undergraduate courses in Philosophy, Linguistics, Computer Science, 2005—2007

Professional Experience

Intersect Healthcare, Inc.—Lutherville, MD, 2008

Software Developer

  • Designed and developed custom Microsoft Word toolbar using Visual Basic to maximize usability of customers’ business solution
  • Performed user acceptance testing and deployed software in production environment
  • Authored user manual for web-based business process management tool to improve user experience and reduce support burden
  • Performed software testing to identify and isolate reported software deficiencies
  • Performed root cause analysis to facilitate debugging

Denial Research Group—Lutherville, MD, 2006

Software Developer

  • Created data model for web-based contract administration tool
  • Programmed and implemented software patches to improve software performance and address deficiencies
  • Served as system administrator for office environment

Colophon—Towson, MD, 2004–2005

Technology Editor

  • Team lead responsible for technical support of production of Colophon, national award-winning creative arts magazine
  • System administrator for network of Macintosh computers running Adobe InDesign CS
  • Provided technical training and guidance to magazine staff; developed and led workshops and authored documentation

Network Business Solutions—Baltimore, MD, 2001–2003

IT Specialist

  • Planned, installed and serviced all aspects of small and medium-sized business networks for IT outsourcing company
  • Maintained physical and network infrastructure, Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and 2003 servers, Windows 98, XP, and 2000 desktops, and software to suit end-user requirements
  • Assisted in disaster recovery planning and execution
  • Developed and conducted one-on-one and small group training for end-users
  • Analyzed IT infrastructure and recommended system improvements and upgrades to improve operational efficiency

raschke.net—Towson, MD, 1999–2008

System Administrator

  • System administrator for multi-platform network providing Internet mail and web services on Linux and Sun Solaris servers
  • Managed file and printer sharing and network infrastructure
  • Developed and operated testbed environment to enhance skills in network and system administration

Open-source community contributions

  • Jointly maintaining Python implementation of Textile text markup language
  • Developed Python library for parsing and generating RFC 3339-format timestamps
  • Contributed patches to Textpattern content management system, FormAlchemy form generation library
  • Other software development projects available at http://github.com/kurtraschke

Skills

  • Operating systems: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Solaris
  • Programming languages and technologies: Python, Java, SQL, XML, XPath and XSLT, PHP, HTML, Perl, AppleScript, C
  • Development tools: NetBeans, Git, Mercurial, Subversion, make, JUnit, nose
  • Server software: Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Postfix
  • Desktop software: Microsoft Office, Visio, Access, emacs, nmap, Wireshark, LaTeX, GIMP

Associations

  • Golden Key International Honour Society
  • IEEE Computer Society
  • Association for Computing Machinery