David Adamson - RÂŽsumÂŽ


Contact Information:

David Adamson
OCMR 0039
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio 44074

Email: David.Adamson@oberlin.edu
Phone: 440-775-6514
URL: http://cs.oberlin.edu/~dadamson/


Objective:

    To make thought manifest, in executable form.
    

Skills:

    Programming and Modeling Languages: Objective-C, Java, UML, C, C++,
    Scheme, XML/XSL.
  
    Development Concepts and Environments: Cocoa/OpenStep, Java (and
    Swing), Design Patterns, Object Oriented Programming and Analysis,
    Software Publication and Application Support.
  
    Platforms: Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, Linux (various flavors), UNIX
    (various), Windows (various).
  
    Applications: Apple ProjectBuilder, Borland JBuilder, Gnu Emacs,
    Corel Draw, Corel PhotoPaint, Adobe InDesign, Word Processors,
    Spreadsheet Applications.
  
    Teaching Experience: Elementary Prehistoric Life, Elementary
    Mathematics, Introductory Computer Science (Java, Object Oriented
    Programming).
  
    Cooking: Vegetarian, Vegan, for as many as 100 people.
  
    Graphic Design: T-Shirt/Logo Design, Page Layout, Vector Graphics,
    Digital Image Editing.
  

Employment History:

    Course Instructor
    in association with the Oberlin Experimental College (Oberlin, Ohio)
    February 2003-May 2003
    
    Designed and will teach a semester-long introduction to Objective C
    and the OpenStep API, targeted at college students with previous
    programming experience.
    
    Course materials are available at
    http://cs.oberlin.edu/~dadamson/classes/ObjexCo/.
    
    
    Grader and Tutor of Introductory Computer Science
    Professor John Donaldson, Oberlin College Computer Science Program (Oberlin, Ohio)
    September 2002-Present
    
    Provide tutoring, grading, and in-lab assistance for an introductory
    course in Java, object-oriented programming, and data structures. I
    also have a hand in the fine-tuning of the lab assignments as the
    professor develops them.
    
    
    Bookseller
    Half Price Books and Music (Cincinnati, Ohio)
    June 2001-August 2002
    
    Sorted, priced, shelved, and sold used and new books, in the two
    summers of the indicated period.
    
    Reorganized and repriced the bookstore's software section (2002).
    Software sales doubled from the previous summer.
    
    
    Course Instructor
    sponsored by Professor John Donaldson (Oberlin, Ohio)
    January 2002
    Designed and taught month-long introductory course in object
    oriented programming and design patterns, in Java.
    
    Course materials are available at
    http://cs.oberlin.edu/~dadamson/classes/Objects!/.
    
    
    Head Cook
    Harkness Cooperative, Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (Oberlin, Ohio)
    January 2002-December 2002
    
    Ordered, planned, and cooked food weekly (always vegetarian, usually
    vegan) for the coop's 100 members, directing a team of 5 in the
    meal's preparation.
    
    
    Membership Coordinator
    Harkness Cooperative, Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (Oberlin, Ohio)
    August 2000-December 2001
    
    Ensured that all our members had jobs to do, and that the jobs that
    needed doing had people to do them. Designed and utilized a
    spreadsheet-based workchart management system.
    
    
    Day Camp Assistant
    Cincinnati Museum of Natural History (Cincinnati, Ohio)
    June 1996-August 1999
    
    Coordinated volunteer staff activity, prepared classroom materials,
    assisted instructors in delivering lessons, and maintained and
    operated the classrom computer.
    

Education:

    Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science (minor in Mathematics, and a
    concentration in Linguistics), May 2004
    Oberlin College
    

Publications:

    DragonDrop. July 2002.
    http://cs.oberlin.edu/~dadamson/DragonDrop/. DragonDrop is a
    free desktop utility for Mac OS X. Since its release, it has
    been included (on CD and in print) in the October 2002 issue of
    the Japanese magazine MacPeople, and in the Jaguar edition of
    the book Mac OS X Unleashed.


Awards:

    * 38th place (out of 131), Association for Computing Machinery,
      November 2002 ACM Midwestern Regional Programming Competition.* Salutatorian, Winton Woods High School, 2000 Graduated with
      Honors, and with a Special Award For Excellence* National Merit Scholar, 2000

Interests:

    * Storytelling. I've organized a weekly Story Time at Oberlin
      College since the winter of 2000.
    * Long Distance Running
    * Choral Singing
    * Cooking
    

References:

    Available upon request.
    

Copyright © 2002 by David Adamson.