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ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTIST
Career Overview

Driven, versatile LAMP Stack Developer with several years of experience designing and implementing front and back end solutions for dynamic, responsive scientific websites.

Qualifications
  • Front-End Web Design
  • Back-End Web Development
  • Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming
  • Web and System Administration
  • Database Administration
  • Analytical and Troubleshooting skills
  • Methodical scientific background
  • Effective communicator with national media and customer relations experience
Technical Skills
SkillsExperienceTotal YearsLast Used
PHP/HTML5/XMLExpert10+
mySQL/PostgreSQLExpert6
Javascript/AJAX/JSON/JqueryExpert6
CSS3Expert6
Linux/Apache/bashAdvanced6
Python/Perl/Matlab/TclAdvanced3
PhotoshopAdvanced10+
git/mvc/mongoDBIntermediate2
Content Management SystemsIntermediate2
Java/Ruby on RailsBeginner0
Work Experience
02/2010 to Current
Atmospheric ScientistUS Department of Commerce - National Weather Service - Weather Forecast Office STO － Sacramento, CA
  • Dramatically improved office efficiency by analyzing deficiencies and writing scripts to streamline data flow and automate data dissemination.
  • Coordinated with managers to develop numerous web sites to analyze, retrieve, and store forecast and weather information to improve National Weather Service meteorologist forecast skill and confidence.
  • Contributed via git to high-profile organization-wide javascript framework GUI that displayed real-time weather and weather related information to aid National Weather Service forecasters in viewing, understanding, and disseminating vast amounts of information.
  • Served as primary database administrator and debugger for a nationwide hydrological web site that I developed at my previous job.
  • Shared webmaster and social media responsibility for a local branch of the National Weather Service.
  • Responsible for clear and professional oral and written communication to politicians, emergency managers, local and national media, and the general public regarding technical and scientific matters.
  • Local expert and mentor on programming, web technology, and proprietary software.
07/2008 to 02/2010
Computer Scientist InternUS Department of Commerce - National Weather Service - Colorado Basin River Forecast Center － Salt Lake City, UT
  • Authored numerous system scripts and web pages, including high-exposure organization-wide web applications
  • Assisted IT officer with routine duties including: hardware troubleshooting, hardware configuration, software troubleshooting, networking analysis, software patches and scans, webmaster duties, and database management.
  • Provided scientific support and technical training to staff
01/2008 to 07/2008
Research Assistant (Programmer)University of Utah - Geology Department － Salt Lake City, UT
  • Developed modular user-friendly computer programs using PHP/SQL and Matlab to aid in the analysis of tropical mesoscale convective system rainfall data and their correlation with deuterium isotopes.
Education and Training
2009
Bachelor of Science: Atmospheric ScienceUniversity of Utah － Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • 3.52 GPA / 106.5 semester hours
  • Emphasis on computer modeling of the atmosphere.

2006
Lone Star College － Houston, TX, USA
  • 3.94 GPA / 47 semester hours
Awards
  • 2013 NOAA Administrator's Award - August 19, 2013 This award recognizes employees who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, skill, and ingenuity in their significant, unique, and original contributions that bring unusual credit to NOAA and the federal government.

  • Isaac Cline Award (Local Leadership) - June 2011 Development of numerous programming projects which lead to increased efficiency of the local operations environment

  • NWSIndividual Special Act or Service Award x6 Awarded: 3/13/13, 5/3/12, 12/27/11, 7/31/11,12/5/10, 4/11/10 Quality service, research and development projects, programming projects that lead to significant efficiency boosts, exceeding duty

  • NWS Group Special Act or Service Award x4 Awarded: 5/3/12, 11/15/11, 4/1/11, 6/8/10 Exceptional teamwork during high impact weather events, beta testing software
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • US Department of Commerce - National Weather Service - Weather Forecast Office STO
  • US Department of Commerce - National Weather Service - Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
  • University of Utah - Geology Department

School Attended

  • University of Utah
  • Lone Star College

Job Titles Held:

  • Atmospheric Scientist
  • Computer Scientist Intern
  • Research Assistant (Programmer)

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Atmospheric Science

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