Alan Hoyle's Resumé

Alan P. Hoyle
115 Autumn lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-1101
(919) 593-0885
alan@alanhoyle.com
http://www.alanhoyle.com/

Career Objective:	Full-time permanent position as a computer programmer. I am specifically not interested in non-permanent or limited-term contract positions.
Education:	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.S. Mathematical Sciences - Computer Science Option, Minor in Physics. May 1996.
Experience:	Application Analyst: ITS Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning Interactive, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, August 2006 to Present. Developed applications in Perl, PHP, and Java in distributed environment. Maintained and developed databases in Oracle and MySQL. Administered workstations and servers running Linux, MacOS X, and Windows XP. Supported and developed for distributed learning application Blackboard. Taught training classes for users and support staff. Created user documentation for applications, administration, and other miscellaneous subjects. Application Programmer: ITS Enterprise Applications, Student Information Services, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2004 to August 2006. Developed applications in Perl, Java, and JSP in distributed environment. Maintained and developed databases in Oracle. Administered workstations and servers running Linux and Windows XP. Supported and developed for distributed learning application Blackboard. Taught training classes for users and support staff. Created user documentation for applications, administration, and other miscellaneous subjects. Application Programmer: AIS Student Information Services, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2001 to September 2004. Developed applications in Perl and JSP in distributed environment. Maintained and developed databases in Oracle and MySQL. Administered workstations and servers running Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Supported and developed for distributed learning application Blackboard. Created user documentation for applications, administration, and other miscellaneous subjects. Application Programmer: ATN Instructional Technology Development, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, March 1998 to November 2001. Developed applications in Perl and Cold Fusion in distributed environment. Maintained and developed databases in Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft Access. Administered Linux, Windows NT, and Solaris workstations. Supported distributed learning applications Blackboard and WebCT. Developed user documentation for applications and other miscellaneous subjects. Consultant: OIT Technical Assistance Center, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, October 1994 to March 1998. Supported DOS, Windows, Mac and Unix operating systems and gave assistance for numerous software applications. Developed user documentation for Windows, DOS, Macintosh, and Unix operating systems and applications. Demonstrator: Magic Shop, Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA, June to August 1993. Performed magic tricks; trained customers and other demonstrators.
Skills:	Languages: Perl, PHP, Java, SQL, Unix shell scripts, Python, HTML, XHTML, XML, PL/SQL. Server Operating Systems: GNU/Linux, Windows XP. Server Applications: Oracle, MySQL, Blackboard, Apache, Tomcat. Desktop Operating Systems: GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL), Windows XP, MacOS X. Desktop Applications: Emacs, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, OpenSSH, OpenAFS, Cygwin, OpenOffice.org, MS Office, Remedy Action Request System, RCS, CVS, the GIMP, miscellaneous networking tools.
Sample Applications:	NC Substance Abuse Indicators: Written in PHP. OperaHotlist2HTML: an open source Perl script that converts Opera Hotlists to HTML 4.01 compliant pages.
Post-graduate professional development:	PyCamp Java Programming Oracle Introduction JDBC with Oracle Relational Database Design
Activities:	Ultimate Frisbee: Ring of Fire: Open division team finished in second place at 2002 UPA Championships, third place at 1998 US Nationals, fifth place at 1999 World Championships; Spear: Mixed-gender team won 2000 Co-ed Nationals; Blue Ridge Ultimate: Mixed-gender team finished fourth at 2002 World Championships; Gorilla Foot: Mixed-gender team finished 15th at 2005 UPA Championships; Black Molly: Mixed-gender team finished 15th at 2007 UPA Championships; UNC-Chapel Hill: co-founded and captained during college, 1993-1996; Ultimate Players Association: member of UPA Standing Rules Committee; officiated at 1999 and 2000 College National Championships and other tournaments. Other: Juggling, arcade game collecting, board gaming, yo-yo.

References available on request.