Benjamin Thomas

ben@benjaminthomas.org

719 200 9493

Employment

Paraprofessional

August 2006 - June 2007

The Colorado College Mathematics and Computer Science department
- Tutored students in Math and Computer Science
- Publicized and organized department events
- Facilitated problem sessions of up to 25 students
- Installed and maintained software in the linux lab
Web developer

June 2006 - June 2006

BuyWell International
- Designed an informational website
- Wrote a custom back end for adding content in PHP and MySQL
Desk Attendent

September 2005 - May 2006

The Colorado College Inn - Department of Residential Life
- Checked people in and out of the inn
Web developer

January 2005 - May 2005

The Colorado College Outdoor Recreation Committee
- Developed an application in PHP for tracking reservations in the Gear Room
Resident Advisor

August 2003 - May 2005

The Colorado College Department of Residential Life
- Facilitated the development of the community for halls of up to 35 students
- Organized educational programming
- Provided support as a mentor and leader
Informatics Assistant

June 2003 - August 2003

General Clinical Research Center - Oregon Health and Science University
- Developed an application for checking patients in and out
- Designed interface for mobile device
- Learned Flash, Flash Remoting and Coldfusion
I also have an online portfolio of my web development at http://benjaminthomas.org/webdevelopment/

Proficient with Spanish

Proficient with CSS, Java, Javascript, MySQL, PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SVG

Familiar with C, Django, Flash, Perl, Python, SQLite, XSLT/Xpath

Proficient with Linux (Fedora & Ubuntu), Mac OS X, Windows XP

Proficient with Adobe Illustrator, Adope Photoshop, Eclipse, Inkscape, Subversion

Familiar with GIMP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org

Besides web development, I like to backpack, canoe, dance, do arts and crafts and play badminton