Cole Brandon Hoosier
cole.hoosier_at_gmail.com
2388 W Fredrickson Dr, Olathe, KS 66061
Full-time software development position solving challenging problems that impact lives
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
B.S. in Computer Science, May 2007
Minor in Economics
* Achieved a 4.0 GPA while working 30 hours/week *
| | Languages |
Tools |
Operating Systems |
|---|
| | C++ |
Visual Studio |
Linux |
| | C |
Vim |
Windows |
| | Python |
UNIX shell scripts |
MacOS X |
| | ARM assembly |
git |
|
| Software Engineer |
May 2007 - Present |
| Garmin International |
Olathe, KS |
- Coordinated integration of modules from other departments into new product codebase to reduce time to market and increase flexibility
- Mentored coworkers on object-oriented programming with a new UI toolkit and source control management with Git and Gerrit
- Extended and maintained window manager and graphics device interface for embedded systems; included adding OpenGL rendering to a raster-based UI toolkit
- Developed reliable communication protocol for ANT RF remote control
- Added support for caching and displaying weather data on new mapping engine
| Software Engineering Intern |
Summer 2006 |
| Garmin International |
Olathe, KS |
- Implemented full network support for a Windows-based embedded system simulator using WinSock to emulate hardware-level network card access
| Linux Specialist |
January 2004 - May 2007 |
| Computing and Information Sciences |
Kansas State University |
- Optimized backup infrastructure to more-than-double data throughput and provide greater security
- Implemented automated deployment strategy for Gentoo Linux, facilitating installation of an entire lab of machines in hours instead of days
- Administered backbone Linux and Solaris servers for 1000+ user network
Honors Research Project -- Improved text widget for eXene
Restructured text box widget for eXene toolkit written in SML/NJ to improve
performance, expandibility, and functionality. The level of interaction with
the windowing system was similar to that provided by Xlib. The final
presentation for the project is available at:
http://www.hoozh.net/resume/honors_presentation.pdf
Software Engineering Capstone Project -- GlobalFlyer video game
Led a team of students in developing a game that allowed players to fly in a
3D environment by utilizing the Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine (OGRE
3D) and the FMOD audio library to enhance user experiences. Details of the
project can be found at: http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~hoozh/globalflyer/
Updated: November 4, 2011