Kaanon MacFarlane
7556 Blue Mist Ct. Fontana, CA 92336                                           ( 909) 224-6123; kaanonm@gmail.com

Experience
Lunarpages Web Hosting, La Habra, CA - $37,000/year
Jr. Programmer – August 2005 – Present
?	Developed Dedicated Server Management system for integration into billing management system.
?	Worked on development of survey creation and results pages for company intranet.
?	Add features to existing pages in billing manager with Javascript as client-side validation.

IslandBreeze Web Solutions, Corona. CA - $10/hr
Programmer – Spring 2004
?	Implemented CGI scripting using Perl to process information from forms.
?	Automated mail-sending from web page to clients.
?	Fix problems on existing web pages.

Projects
PHP
? Wrote RSS feed parser for personal homepage using Document Object Model (DOM), Xpath and XML data. Used MySQL database to keep track of user information.
? Administrative Lead for a PHP-based web driven content management application that used XML files to store data.
? Wrote guestbook application for personal web site.

C++
? Developed a dynamic schedule generator with a team of 3, which allowed users to convert weekly schedules to a sorted daily schedule in plain text or XHTML compliant format.
? Wrote a C++ calculator program with support for nested algebraic expressions and multiple variables.
? Rewrote Linux Kernel to add support for the Earliest Deadline First algorithm of process scheduling.
? Wrote an application to solve the vertical line stabber problem. Used OpenGL to display said line.
Java
? Constructed a Java Interface to a PostgreSQL database. The application allowed for queries into sample  data consisting of information about clubs and organizations in the college of engineering.
Python
? PyBM, a Python based BibTeX database manager with add, edit, and delete capabilities, as well as a bibliography search by keyword.
? Built an interpreter and compiler that parsed “SIMPLE” code and interpreted the code at runtime or compiled it into assembly code.
? Built simulator for ants provided by “Dinner with the Ambients” 2004 ICFP programming contest.
Perl
? Scripted random background generator tool to randomly replace background file with another from same directory.
? Scripted tool to find duplicate files in a filesystem.
? Wrote script to replace every instance of a word with another word.

Coursework
C++ Programming
Data Structures and Algorithms Theory of Automata
Software Engineering	Software Construction
Circuits and Logic Design
Compiler Design
UNIX System Administration	Database Management Systems
Operating Systems
Programming Languages
Computational Geometry

Kaanon MacFarlane
7556 Blue Mist Ct. Fontana, CA 92336                                           ( 909) 224-6123; kaanonm@gmail.com

Education
?	University of California, Riverside
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
	July 2005

Leadership
?	President,  National Society of Black Engineers (UCR)
?	President, California Scholarship Federation  (BHS)


Other Positions
Studio Associate (7/03-11/04) - Cashiered for studio, took senior photograph orders, coordinated photographers and customers
AVID Tutor (9/03 – 6/04) - Facilitate tutorial sessions using Inquiry-based method.
Mentor (8/01-5/03) - Provided advice on transition to college from High School.
Cashier/Cook (5/01-5/02) – Prepare food and handle orders from customers.
Tutor(1/05-4/05) – Instruct 12 third graders in math and language arts concepts.
IAP Facilitator(1/05-Present) – Inspect transcripts and calculate GPA