Andrew B. Allen

1021 Pecan Crossing Apt 3013 Desoto, TX 75115

Recent Teaching Experience:

Northwood University & UC – Adjunct Faculty – (August, 2003 – Present)

Promoted from Adjunct Faculty, to (full time) Faculty Member in November, 2005

Taught:             Computer Introduction with Applications (MIS 100)

                        Spreadsheet and Database Applications (MIS 105)

                        Computer Operating Systems (MIS 115)

                        C / C++ Programming Part I with .NET (MIS 214)

                        C / C++ Programming Part II

                        Communications and Networking (MIS 310)
                        Networks & Network Operating Systems (MIS 315)
                        E-Commerce and Marketing (MIS 321)

                        Management Information Systems (MGT 351)
                        Statistics (Math 333)

Eastfield College – Adjunct Instructor – (January, 2004 – Present)

Taught:             Business Computer Applications (BCIS 1405)
Microcomputer Concepts & Applications (COSC 1401)

Cedar Valley College – Upward Bound Tutor – (January, 2004 – December, 2005)

Tutored after school at Lancaster High School and Wilmer-Hutchins High School

Taught:             Algebra 2

College Test Prep

PreCalculus

Got too busy to continue this position.

Cedar Hill ISD - Substitute Teacher – (February, 2004 – August, 2005)

Originally taught at Cedar Hill High School 1 to 2 days per week.

Rolled with the punches.

Moved into long-term substitutive positions.

Got too busy to sub any more.

Arrick Robotics – Curriculum Developer / Programmer - (May, 2003 – August, 2003)

Short-term contract (summer job)

Developed a curriculum for teaching computer programming

Interfaced a Palm to an Arrick Robotics A-Robot to provide a robotics platform for instruction

Wrote lesson plans aimed at high school and college students

DeSoto High School – Math Teacher - (August, 2002 – June, 2003)

Taught Geometry and Algebra II

Taught in Special Education (Content Mastery) one period per day

Performed after school tutoring

Coached the UIL Math and Number Sense teams

Highland Park High School – Computer Teacher - (August, 2001 – May, 2002)

High School Computer Applications and Architectural Graphics Teacher

Coached the UIL Computer Applications teams

Worked with the school BEST Robotics Team; We made it to the state competition

Literacy of America – Robotics Teacher - (June, 2001 - July, 2001)

Instructed 12 to 17 year old students in a summer school class on robotics

Short-term contract

Skills:

Effective communication skill, both orally and written
Master computer skills – MS Windows, MS Office, Programming, Linux and Networking
Technical support, systems analysis, and systems development
Makes class interesting by showing how the material relates to reality
Established interpersonal skills – work well with people from diverse cultures
Excellent organizational and managerial skills
Reputation of proven ethical decision making
Tested critical thinking and logical reasoning skills

Education:

Teaching Certificate in Secondary Math – UTA – (October, 2003)

Masters of Science - Computer Science Engineering - UTA - (May, 2001)

Thesis: a probabilistic data type for mobile robots (solo for 2.5 years)

Built a robot that chases students with a paint ball gun  (Completed this project solo and after hours)

Bachelors of Science - Computer Science Engineering - UTA - (May, 1998)

Built a virtual reality game chair (Led a team of 7 for a year)

Industry Experience:

Ericsson R&D - Software Engineer - (December, 2000 - April, 2001)

Designed, coded, and tested real time distributed fault tolerant systems on Solaris.

Coded in a proprietary language similar to a real time, embedded version of Java.

Worked on a very large CMM level 3 team.

Permanently laid off with 20,000 other employees.

Recycled Electrons - Owner - (January, 2000 - December, 2000)

Ran a successful startup e-commerce company.

Created a full e-commerce web site using CGI scripting, HTML, Java, and Java Script.

Designed, implemented, and tested embedded systems in C, C++, and Assembly.

Arrick Robotics - Production Engineer - (November, 1999 - July, 2000)

Tested robotic equipment before shipment.

Manufactured production runs of mobile robots, and positioning systems.

Wrote instructions for construction and programming of components for mobile robots.

Allegiance Telecom - Software Engineer - (June, 1999 - November, 1999)

Implemented government wire tapping software in real time on a MS Windows NT platform.

Resigned due to a serious illness.

Arrick Robotics - Production Engineer - (November, 1998 - June, 1999)

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