Paul Sorensen
107 Colonial Ave.
Cranston, RI 02910
Objective: To apply my expertise to develop software for immersive games, leveraging my current skills while being challenged with new ones.
Qualifications
- Accomplished software engineer with 8+ years of experience.
- Have architected, built, and maintained web server, web client, and stand-alone client applications.
- Familiar with many diverse tools, languages, and platforms.
Experience
June 08 - Present
Web Developer
- Regularly participated in project planning and estimation meetings, and carried out tasks on a strict time line. Many projects included daily developer meetings and monthly customer demonstrations
- Helped managers with task breakdown and assignment, gathering reports from colleagues, and mentoring junior developers
- Implemented server functionality per customer requirements in a Java portal running in JBoss/Linux, as well as integration with other company systems. Designed database structure and corresponding DAO classes. Implemented client functionality where necessary
March 08 - October 08
Flash Developer @ Atelier LKS
- Worked with designers to define and clarify project requirements
- Developed Adobe Flash applications to generate web site interfaces based on user-supplied content and mark-up
August 07 - January 08
Web Developer @ Background Checks International, Inc.
- Designed and implemented a .Net web application to gather background information from various web services (driving records, criminal, property, etc.) to compile into a report
- Web site design and system administration
June 03 - August 07
Software Engineer @ SeaWave LLC
- Created a maintenance-free system for retrieval of weather content from NOAA as well as a client-side process to render the data into custom images containing colors, shapes, and icons to represent weather data (water temperature, wave height, wind direction, etc.)
- Created an automated internal billing system which performed record processing and reconciliation as well as connected to other parts of the system. Also created and administered the database containing the billing data
- Created a web interface to the above-mentioned system, allowing fellow employees to process records and generate reports
September 02 - April 03
Flash Developer @ The Academy of Electronic Media
- Designed and developed interactive Macromedia Flash/Director animations, some of which utilized 3D content created either by myself or coworkers in 3D applications such as Softimage XSI or Maya
Education
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B.S., Computer Science - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, 2003
References available upon request.