Honors BS in Computer Engineering with minors in French and Computer Science, June 2004 from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR GPA 3.5
Owner/operator at WYZGYZ. January 2011–present
Level 3 Scientist/Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. June 2004–January 2011
Proficient in Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Windows, and Linux.
Highly motivated, creative, and intelligent. Well-rounded, experienced, and quick. Young, energetic, passionate about solving interesting problems, and invested in the success of my projects.
I can dance, cook, ski, play softball, racquetball, and disc golf, tell great jokes, make decent jokes, speak French, build anything out of anything, and do things just to see if I can.

Work Experience

Level 3 Scientist/Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. June 2004–January 2011
- Please see my Work page for details about my projects at the Lab
Intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developing software in Java to use hand motions and object recognition for computer/human interaction. 2004
Reviewer and contributing writer assisting Dr. Michael Quinn with his book “Ethics for the Information Age,” (reviewing and editing chapters, writing review questions, writing Appendix of resources) 2003
University Honors College data administrator (designing and maintaining databases, designing and maintaining website, graphic design, tech support in administration office) 2001-2004

Publications

Please see the Writing page for a list

Patent Applications

Application Number: 11/493,503 Methods and Apparatuses for Cross-Ontologial Analytics: Application Date: 07/25/2006 – Bob Baddeley, Banu Gopalan, Christian Posse, Roderick Riensche, and Antonio Sanfilippo
Application Number: 11/414,069 Hypothesis Analysis Methods, Hypothesis Analysis Devices, and Articles of Manufacture: Application Date: 04/28/2006 – Ryan Hohimer, Stephen Tratz, Patrick Paulson, Bob Baddeley, Andrew Cowell, Michelle Gregory, and Antonio Sanfilippo
Application Number: 11/267,370 Methods of Defining Ontologies, Word Disambiguation Methods, Computer Systems, and Articles of Manufacture: Application Date: 11/04/2005 – Alan Chappell, Ryan Hohimer, Stephen Tratz, Paul Whitney, Bob Baddeley, Michelle Gregory, Christian Posse, and Antonio Sanfilippo

Education

Honors BS in Computer Engineering with minors in French and Computer Science, June 2004 from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR GPA 3.5

Honors College Undergraduate thesis: “Pushing Pixels: Design of a Useful Web Site” (an introduction to design and implementation of a web site for a mid-size organization)

Courses taken include:

Microprocessor Design
Advanced Digital Logic
Parallel Programming
Ethics in Computer Science
Operating Systems (I and II)
Electonic Materials and Devices
Java Programming
C Programming
Senior Design Project
Computer Architecture
VLSI Design
3 years French

Activities

Started Leisure Lab Seminar Series at PNNL to present home hobby projects to peers at the lab. 2006
Innovation Task Force at PNNL, tasked with making recommendations to increase innovation at the lab. 2006 and 2010
Committee co-lead of SuperComputing 2006 InfoStar program.
Committee member of SuperComputing 2005 InfoStar program.
Committee member of SuperComputing 2004 InfoStar program. Developed web application to deliver instant information about the conference to attendees via PCs, PDAs, and cell phones. 2004
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) engineering honor society member, 2002-2004
Presenter at University Leadership Conference (how to efficiently run a meeting), 2003
National Residence Hall Honorary member and webmaster, 2002-2003
Layout/ editor/webmaster of The Chronicle, the University Honors College student publication, 2000-2003
University Honors College Application Essay Reader, 2003-2004
Hall Council president and webmaster, 2001-2002
Hall Council floor representative, 2000-2001