[Biojava-l] I would like to volunteer for BioJava

[Veni Kunche]

Hi everyone,

I hope to start grad school in Fall '08 to do M.S. in Bioinformatics. I
would like to volunteer at BioJava to gain experience related to
Bioinformatics.

Below is a brief review of my skills and experience. Please let me know if I
may contribute in some way. Thank you!

Education:
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Bachelors in Computer Science, December 2003

Technical Skills:
- Languages: JAVA, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++, MATLAB
- Web Design/Programming: Apache, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, AJAX
- Web Services: XML/XSLT, RDF/XML, SOAP, VoiceXML
- Developmental Tools: Eclipse, Visual Studio .NET, XMLSPY, BeVocal Café,
TellMe Studio, ESRI ArcWeb Services, Google Maps API
- Certification(s): Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform SE 5.0

Experience:
US Geological Survey: Web Developer/Database Administrator (9/06-Present)
- Implementing Bulletin's Live, a JAVA application which lets users view
pesticide restrictions in a certain county. Pesticide enforcement officials
can aslo log onto the site and record their findings.

UW Madison, Coon Research Group: Volunteer Programmer (7/07 – Present)
- Developing a MATLAB application that analyzes Mass Spectrometry data to
remove noise

Phone2Car: Application Developer (02/05 – 12/05)
- Developed a VoiceXML based automated ride-sharing prototype

CUNA MUTUAL: Business Systems Developer (Intern) (03/04 – 11/05)
- Main developer for three connectivity solutions to download financial
information (XML docs) from Loanliner.com to data processor's host system
(XML, XSLT, VB6, SOAP)
- Developed a parser to transport TransUnion Credit Report data into a host
system using XSLT and JavaScript
- Implemented a .Net wrapper for CUNA's calcEngine

ResponsComm: Web Developer (11/04 – 11/05)
- Developed several Mambo components

Open Collaborative Leadership Organization: Web Developer / Associate
Director of IT / Volunteer (01/03 – 02/05)
- Designed and developed an non-profit knowledge-management system
(PHP/MySQL) serving such organizations as the United Nations, Lt. Gov.
Barbara Lawton, and the U.S. Congressional Foresight Seminars
- Provided technical support to the UW-Madison Collaborative Leadership
Course which included installing and maintaining PHP based wiki's and
Mambo's (CMS) to serve as eDemocracy communities