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John Carlos Peña |
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603 Watts St. Apt 4, Durham, NC 27701. 203-240-3188.
jcp20@duke.edu |
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EDUCATION |
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2005 -
Present |
Duke University, Durham
NC B.S. Candidate with Distinction in Computer Science, B.A.
Candidate in Philosophy Campbell’s Soup Scholarship recipient while at Duke |
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EXPERIENCE |
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2007 –
Present Summer
2008 |
Visualization Technology Group Duke University, Pratt School
of Engineering Research Assistant, Programmer ·
Developed
interactive virtual reality programs and interfaces for the Duke Immersive
Virtual Environment (DIVE), one of only seven facilities of its kind in the
world ·
Researched
and programmed projects requiring a virtual reality-based visual component,
including a virtual dart-throwing game, a 3-Dimensional painting program, a
model of the human brain, and a car driving simulator ·
Ran a
weekly open house to demonstrate the DIVE’s capabilities ·
Responsible
for maintaining the DIVE lab and a separate visualization technology lab |
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2007 -
Present |
Game Everything,
Durham, NC Web Designer ·
Hired as the third member of an
early stage Startup company ·
With a team, designed a
prototype web-based framework for people to create games based on their
everyday life ·
Team won the People’s Choice
Award at the Duke Startup
Challenge in 2008 |
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2005 -
Present |
Office of Information Technology
Multimedia Project Studio, Duke University Intern ·
Assisted
students with multimedia technology including web design, digital music
composition, digital film and photo editing, and computer programming ·
Monitored
and maintained computers lab at two university locations |
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Summer
2005, 2007 |
Pepperidge
Farm, Inc Norwalk CT Information Technology Intern ·
Developed
C# and .Net interfaces for a MySQL Server Database ·
Developed
firmware for a widely distributed handheld device ·
Tested
and debugged mobile device drivers |
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Summer
2006 |
Urban
Forestry, LLC Canandaigua NY ·
Worked over 70 hours a week
managing an organic farm and greenhouse, harvesting and selling crops at a
local farmer’s market. ·
Maintained a blog and crop listing for the local community |
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PROJECTS AND
EXTRACURRICULARS |
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2007 -
Present |
One Laptop per Child Program Duke
University Chapter Co-Founder and Head of Software Development ·
Founded and led a chapter of
the One Laptop Per Child program ·
Coordinating (as of Summer ’08)
a pilot program for OLPC in a Durham elementary school and researching a
thesis around it’s development ·
Developed educational
applications and games for children using Python and GTK |
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2005 -
Present |
The
Chronicle Independent Daily Duke
University Associate Photography Editor,
Photographer ·
Photographed and edited for one of the
nation’s top-10 college newspapers ·
Member of edit board responsible for selecting
photographs for the daily paper |
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SKILLS Software: Programming in Python, Java, PHP, C, and C#
languages. Experience building applications with XHTML/CSS, MySQL, Django, and Apache and
unit testing with JUnit and PyUnit Tools and Platforms: OpenGL, GNU/Linux, Photoshop, Eclipse, Emacs,
Mac OS X, MATLAB, Ableton Live |
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