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John Etherton

3rd St. Sinkor
Monrovia
Liberia

phone: +231-6-975-868
email: john.etherton@gmail.com

Goal

Seeking full time employment working with information and communication technologies to best meet the needs of the developing world.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

Master’s of Science in Computer Science

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2005-2007

• Cumulative GPA 3.92
• Specialized in mobile computing and computing in developing nations
• Graduated December 2007

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2001-2005
• Cumulative GPA 3.85, Major GPA 3.80 (Highest Honors)
• Specialized in intelligent systems
• Faculty Honors (4.0 GPA in a semester) – Spring ’01, Spring ’03, Spring ‘05
• Study abroad Bangkok, Thailand, fall 2003, Thammasat University.

Experience

Georgia Institute of Technology

Project Manager

Monrovia, Liberia

Current

• Worked in country to facilitate Georgia Tech’s research goals in Liberia.
• Trained TRC of Liberia staff to use website made by Georgia Tech.

Microsoft

Software Development Intern

Redmond, Washington, USA

Summer 2006
• Developed a server side solution for remote provisioning of Internet Explorer favorites.
• Created a plugin to display RSS feeds on a Smartphone home screen.

Georgia Tech Research Institute

Software Developer

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2002-2006
• Received award for outstanding employee contribution in implementing a graphical editor for a military scenario simulator
• Tasked to design a diagnostic message viewer, a core element in an aircraft diagnostic suite
• Entrusted to redesign the user interfaces of several programs because of creativity shown in previous projects

Research

whereami – Georgia Tech Location Service

Under the supervision of Dr. Russ Clark

Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA

2005 – 2007
• Created a system to provide location information to students and faculty independent of location acquisition methods
• Design both a web interface as well as XML API for application development
• Currently using WiFi triangulation and IP address geo-look-ups to provide location
• Working to implement third party look-ups, IMS presence integration
• http://rnoc.gatech.edu/whereami/

TRC 2.0 – Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia Website

Under the supervision of Dr. Michael Best

Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA

2007
• Worked both to gather requirements in Monrovia, Liberia from the TRC’s office as well as developed the back end of the site.
• Redesigning the website of the TRC of Liberia to incorporate web 2.0 technologies to allow for a more interactive experience, thus allowing for the website to play an active role in the healing process
• Used streaming video, blogging, discussion boards, and CMS technologies to improve upon the previous static website
• For the first time in the history of truth commissions the Liberian site will allow for online statement taking

Awards

Georgia Tech IMS Research Competition

Winner Business Category

Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA

May 2007
• Worked with a team that created an IMS based application for asset tracking targeted at small to medium sized businesses
• Used IMS enabled mobile devices as a distributed sensor network to integrate asset management into the physical exchange of assets, eliminating the need for dedicated asset tracking staff and hardware.
• Competition sponsored by at&t and Nokia Siemens Networks.

Skills

• Skilled with multi-threaded and networked applications with custom UIs and graphics in C#, Visual C++, and Java
• Used OpenGL in Visual C++
• Experienced with web technologies such as PHP, javascript, and plone
• Experienced developing on mobile devices

o Windows Mobile 5 – C#, C++
o Nokia Series 60 – PyS60

• Developed database technologies with MySQL and JDBC
• Well acquainted with the software development life cycle
• Familiar with: CVS, Ant, JUnit, MKS, .Net IDE 2003, MS Office Suite 2003, Linux OS