Michael G. Neir

Please Note

This resume is severely outdated, and I don't plan on updating it until I'm actually considering a new job. I love the place where I'm at, so unless you're going to pay me a ton of money, just move along. I haven't touched any of the Windows or Compuware stuff listed below in a long time either - I'm a Linux junkie now. It's still listed here because... well, I'm too lazy to take it down. And it's my past experience.

OBJECTIVE

I am Seeking full-time career employment in the field of Computer Science relating to either network/systems administration or web development.

EDUCATION

BS Computer Science, May 2002
Michigan State University
College of Engineering

SKILLS

Proficient with: PC & Sun Workstations; Windows 95, 98, XP Pro, 2000 Pro & Server, NT 4.0, Solaris, Red Hat Linux; Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Photoshop; MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server database servers; HTML, PHP, and ASP Programming, C++ Programming; Computer Assembly & upgrade; Product Testing; small-scale network setup and small-scale network administration.

EXPERIENCE

Compuware Corporation (May 15, 2001 - Aug. 17, 2001)
Quality Assurance Developer (Intern)
Worked with two other interns under supervision of full-time developers to create a suite of testing tools/scripts to automate the QA process for our product. My portion of the project was to create a Java application that could be used to test the record and playback functionality for QA Run and TestPartner, and to record scripts based on that application to verify proper record and playback functionality.
Skills/products used/acquired: automated test planning, Java, Compuware QARun, and Compuware TestPartner

Compuware Corporation (May 17, 2000 - Aug. 18, 2000)
Database Administrator (Intern)
Created an Access database to hold the information used by product coordinators during the beta test cycle. This involved a large amount of communication with the client (my manager) to decide what data to include, how it was laid out, what information was being taken from the database, and how to display that information. The implementation used MS Access, with some Visual Basic for Applications as well.
Skills/Products used/acquired: database design, Microsoft Access '97

Compuware Corporation (May 10, 1999 - Aug. 13, 1999)
Quality Analyst (Intern)
Performed internal testing of software, wrote software test documentation, and created automated testing scripts. I was given the task of learning Xpediter+, a suite of Windows programs that interfaced with a mainframe to do various programming related tasks, and from there I wrote testing procedures on how to test the interface and some basic functionality. Towards the end of the summer, I created a few automated test scripts based on my procedures using QA Run.
Skills/products used/acquired: automated test planning, Compuware Xpediter+ (now DevEnterprise) and QA Run

Personal web sites
Created personal web sites for myself and family members.
Skills/products used/acquired: HTML, PHP, MySQL, ASP, MS SQL Server, Database design, Linux Administration, Apache web server administration

HONORS / ACTIVITIES

Spring Semester '98 - Michigan State University College of Engineering Dean's list
Spring Semester '98 - Michigan State University Dean's list
1997 - Outstanding Academic Achievement, Michigan Competitive Scholarship

REFERENCES

Available on request

Updated 9-28-2004