Michael S. Bland - Résumé
mbland@acm.org

OBJECTIVE
To apply my programming skills in a team-based environment, helping
others grow and achieve their objectives while developing my own
skills

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 2001
Christopher Newport University (CNU)
Newport News, Virginia
GPA:  3.70/4.00    Magna Cum Laude, Departmental Honors

EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman Information Technology
(July 2001 - Present) 
Responsibilities and accomplishments include:  complete design and
implementation of a radar Draw Module for the US Coast Guard Sector
Command and Control (SCC) port surveillance system (C++, Solaris 8);
maintenance and significant redesign of the US Coast Guard Command
Display and Control (COMDAC) Draw Module, especially subsystems and
tools used in the processing of Vector Product Format (VPF) geographic
and hydrographic data (C++, Solaris 8); maintenance and redesign of
portions of Vessel Tracking Service (VTS) software, including AIS
message processing (C, HPUX 10.20); experimenting with and introducing
numerous tools into the team development environment, such as Doxygen,
CppUnit, Cscope, and Subversion

Systems Apprentice
Physics, Computer Science, and Engineering Department, CNU
(December 1999 - March 2001)
Responsibilities included configuring and installing software as
Sun packages on Solaris systems, and as RPM packages on Linux
systems; writing shell and Perl scripts for various administrative
tasks; creating user accounts; troubleshooting software, hardware,
and network issues; installing Linux on x86-based systems;
installing Solaris on SPARC systems; writing numerous lab manuals

Java Designer and Programmer
CNU/Jefferson Lab XPBS Batch Processing system
(Summer 2000)
Implemented client/server batch server monitor as a group
course project for CPSC 426 (Java), intended for possible
use at Jefferson Lab National Accelerator Facility,
Newport News, Virginia; mainly responsible for server and
abstract data model underlying Swing client GUI (manages
data for multiple GUI views), including use of Internet
sockets

SKILLS
Very strong C++ and Object-Oriented Design/Programming skills,
     including a broad knowledge of and experience applying many
     idioms and patterns
Experience with C, Python, Java, Perl, Tcl/Tk, and shell scripting;
     interest in other languages such as Ruby, Lisp, Scheme, and
     Haskell
Experienced UNIX/Linux user, fluent with vi/Vim and with extensive
     experience building and installing packages from source code
     across Linux, Sun, and HP platforms, applying changes as
     necessary when build complications occur
Also familiar with the following popular tools:  Subversion, CVS,
     Trac, Doxygen (including Graphviz), Exuberant Ctags, Cscope,
     Cbrowser
Extremely strong writing ability
Growing public speaking/presentation ability

HONORS
Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership)
Alpha Chi (Academic)
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science)
Phi Lambda Sigma (Scientific Leadership)
Voted CNU SGA Senator of the Month, March 2001
Appearances in Who's Who in American Colleges and
     Universities (including 2000-2001)
Appearances in The National Dean's List

AFFILIATIONS/ACTIVITIES
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), February 2000-present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer
     Society (IEEE-CS), March 2001-March 2004

REFERENCES
Available upon request