James Lohse
Details
-- Introduction to Information Security is a class taken by OMS-CS and Cyber students
-- Specialize in administering Ed Discussion system to replace Piazza in Fall 2021
-- Grade assignments, answering questions on Piazza/Ed Discussions
2021 : Present
Georgia Institute of Technology
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Information Security
Manage a class of 700+ students, GA Tech's CS 6250 Networks in OMS-CS Program
-- Use Canvas LMS daily to administer large online course
-- Curate content for course including TCP/IP, routing, SDN, Internet Security, BGP and Linux VM
-- Build and test new Linux VM for class, including upgrades to Ubuntu 20 and FRR
-- Upgrade old Python 2-based projects on Ubuntu 14 to modern Linux environment
-- Manage 15 Teaching Assistants performing various tasks from content to grading to development
-- Handle student integrity issues including referrals to Office of Student Integrity
2020 : 2021
Georgia Institute of Technology
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Computer Networks
I still support this railroad on a Volunteer basis.
Focus on Wordpress hosting and performance issues, including Linux, CDN, caching, SEO and efficiency. Work with graphic designer to update site content for virginiatruckee.com.
I like to work on all the stuff that makes a website hum. This starts with a site speed analysis of your site and leads to discovering neglected performance issues. For my primary client I also manage social media presence and Google Business listings updates.
2011 : 2020
Virginia and Truckee Railroad and other clients
Freelance Webhosting Manager
Implementing Apache Spark using Java and Python. Implemented a new statistical approach in genetics analysis. Part of a very exciting program at HCI, the Nicola Camp research project. Great team and great challenges! I learned a ton from my boss, including emacs, advanced Java and Apache Spark in an Ubuntu-based Linux environment.
-- Implement distributed processing algorithms in Java & Scala with Apache Spark
-- Update Python programs for calculating and reporting PVAL files
-- Learn more developer tools including git, Gradle, EMacs, Maven, Jenkins
-- Understand and use genotype analysis libraries from UofU – JPSGCS and SGS
-- Obtain UROP research grant for summer 2016 to move application to CHPC
-- Focus on improving timing on distributed / parallel statistical application
-- Perform a DevOps role implementing Gitlab / JIRA servers for bug tracking
2015 : 2016
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Student Programmer
Java Network Applications Developer
-- Internship position for Java programming
-- Worked on back-end for a Android-based demo of OpenDOF
-- OpenDOF was new open source in March, 2015
-- OpenDOF for over a decade was a proprietary Panasonic network stack
-- Panasonic contributed its EMIT product from EmWare to the Allseen Alliance, an IoT group
-- Programmed Java using EMIT Network protocols in Eclipse / Maven environment
-- Assisted other interns in understanding OpenDOF / EMIT programming API at opendof.org
2015 : 2015
Panasonic R&D Labs of Salt Lake City
Internship
About
I am seeking a position that will allow me to leverage my experience supporting customers and my experience with Linux-related technologies such as bash, Apache, MySQL, PHP, nginx, CDN and SSL. I have many years experience supporting Wordpress webhosting.
I am working on my MS-CS and have completed courses in software development, architecture, and design. I have also focused on the design / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) area, taking courses in Educational Technology and HCI. Please see fuller course listings below.
On the technical side, from school recently I have two semesters experience building a React app in the npm environment, where the front end would query a Python Flask back end and run a selected machine learning (sklearn, pandas) algorithm there. The results would be returned via REST API and presented on the front end.
I had this running on a VM I built running Jenkins, npm, the React app and the Flask back end.
More about me:
Wordpress Consultant
Student in the GA Tech OMS-CS program
Graduate TA for Intro to Information Security
Solid track record of understanding the customer perspective and bridging the gap between technical and people skills to provide solutions and improve customer loyalty
EDUCATION:
-- Ongoing online MS-CS program at Georgia Tech with Computing Systems specialization.
-- BS Tech / Computing with Minor in Computer Science, AS in Mathematics at UVU
-- SME Lean Bronze Certification / Lean Software Development
GA Tech Courses: Human-Computer Interface, Special Project: MOOCs, Software Architecture & Design, Software Development Process, Educational Technology, Computer Networks, Information Security, Secure Computer Systems
Undergrad CS classes: Data Mining, Data Science, Python, R, Java, Linux Systems Administration, Computer Networks I, Java Programming, Data Structures in C++, C++ (Object Oriented Programming), Database Theory, Web Programming I (Javascript/CSS/HTML), Discrete Structures, Computer Organization & Architecture
-- Published two papers to the Learning With MOOCs conference, 2019 and 2020
-- Published paper in 2015: Data Mining in Technical Support Call Centers
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