MARTIN BROWN 1230 Conklin St.

25, Tallahassee, FL 32310

985.276.9601 | brown.k.martin@gmail.com

EDUCATION

M.S. Software Engineering Florida A&M University GPA 3.9 08/08 – 08/10

B.S. Computer Information Science Florida A&M University GPA 3.6 Graduated 04/06

PUBLICATIONS

Brown, M., (2009), A Simulation of parallel testing for large-scale data applications. Symposium on
Computing at Minority Institutions, April 2009. (ADMI ’09)

Chi, H., Jones, E. L., Evans, D. W., and Brown, M. (2006). Generating test data for specification-based
tests via quasirandom sequences. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, May 2006

RESEARCH
Thesis Research Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 12/09 – 08/10

Identify prospects for thesis committee

Conduct research on and install tools for the Java Modeling Language

Developed timeline for master’s thesis deliverables

Submitted Work in Progress paper to ACMSE 2010

Intro to Research Course Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 08/09 – 12/09

Conduct research on using parallel computing to accelerate software testing

Utilize the university’s library resources to find books, journals, and other material on parallel
software testing

Follow a guide that teaches to quickly extract information from a technical paper

Participate in a mock conference review, make judgments about the relative value of a research
paper, write evaluations, and rewrite existing papers using textbook guidelines

Write survey papers, present on parallel software testing and its challenges

Undergraduate Research Assistant Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 08/05 – 12/05

Conducted research on automated specification-based testing using decision tables

Prepared presentations on software testing methods

Generated test cases for sample payroll program using various random number generators and
analyzed results

Coauthored Generating Test Data for Specification-Based Tests via Quasirandom Sequences

TEACHING
Teaching Assistant Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 08/09 – 05/10

Provide students with practical experience in Fundamentals of Programming with C++ and UNIX

Assist students with completion of programming assignments

Ensure that required software is operational in the CIS laboratory

Grade student programming assignments

Lab Assistant Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 06/09 – 08/09

Prepared detailed lab instructions for the Digital Forensics course

Installed necessary software in the laboratory and prepared each computer for experiments

Assisted students during lab sessions

Tutor Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 01/05 – 04/06

Tutored Discrete Mathematics, Fundamentals of Programming in C++, Data Structures, Java

Helped students understand programming assignments

Assisted students with the design and debugging of programs
WORK EXPERIENCE
Campus Ambassador Sun Microsystems Tallahassee, FL 11/08 – 05/10

Sun Microsystems Outstanding Campus Ambassador for the month of February 2009

Organize tech demos and hands-on activities with the latest innovative and open technologies such
as Java, OpenSolaris, MySQL and NetBeans

Point fellow students to valuable resources such as free web-based courses and special certification
programs for students

Connect students at my university with a global community of student developers all participating in
Sun's open source student communities

Work with professors to promote integrating open source technologies into their curricula

Web Dev Supervisor Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 06/09 – 09/09

Interviewed prospective interns to assist in the development of the FAMU CIS alumni system

Assisted in the design of the employee training manual

Provided hands-on training to new hires in BugTracker.NET

Developed software requirements specification document

Distributed tasks to members of the web development team

Contributed to team meetings by giving status reports, making recommendations for improvement

Graduate Assistant Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 10/08 – 08/09

Assisted in the development of screen recording software which allows faculty to record their
lectures, which are automatically uploaded to our video server

Created a website for faculty to edit uploaded multimedia learning resources and post links to other
resources

Allowed students to search and download lecture videos on the website

IT Technician MVG Technology St. Martin 01/08 – 08/08

Troubleshooted computer hardware/software issues and made recommendations to customers

Repaired and replaced desktop/laptop components and peripherals

Set up networks and resolved networking and internet connectivity issues

Recommended software to management in order to resolve issues more efficiently

Recovered data, passwords, and Windows user profiles; removed malware; improved computer
performance

Software Programmer Access Consultants St. Martin 07/07 – 01/08

Assisted in the development of Labor and Social Affairs applications for island governments

Introduced and developed Visual Basic 6 class modules which resulted in more structured
programming

Accelerated and enhanced client database maintenance by producing more organized transaction
logs and automating the update process

Improved development procedures by recommending bug tracking and version control systems

Created test plans and conditions; performed functional and structural testing; boundary value
analysis, high order and volume testing

Reported, analyzed and resolved system defects and made recommendations for improvements

Developed a PHP/MySQL application that allowed project files to be shared online based on user
permissions

Software Engineer Web Scribble Solutions Troy, NY 06/06 – 05/07

Assisted in the development of social networking and media store applications using object oriented
PHP and MySQL

Generated dynamic pages containing forms (using XML); validated form data as well as file uploads
and made the necessary database transactions

Interacted with customers by assisting them with product features and website issues, and keeping
them up to date on new features and bug fixes

Performed maintenance by developing plug-ins, updating websites via FTP, and keeping wiki
containing version history of software and class documentation up-to-date

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Java, PHP, C#, C++, C, SQL, CSS, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, C Shell, MPI

Database MySQL, MSSQL, Apache Derby

Collaboration SVN, CVS, SourceSafe

Operating Systems OpenSolaris, Ubuntu, UNIX , Windows

AWARDS

Medtronic Graduate Fellowship (2009 - 2010)

Sun Certified Java Programmer for the Java Platform, Standard Edition 5 (2009)

Placed first at the ADMI Symposium on Computing at Minority Institutions (2009)

Winner of the 2006 ACM Programming Competition (2006)

Leader of the Springhill Road Church of Christ College Ministry (2005 - 2006)

Inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society (2006)

Dean’s List (2004 – 2006)

Inducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2003)

ORGANIZATIONS

Sun Microsystems Open Source University Meetup, 2008 - 2010

Frequent guest speaker for Association for Computing and Machinery, 2008 – 2009

Springhill Road Church of Christ Young Adults Ministry, 2008 – present

Cole Bay Church of Christ Youth Minister, 2007 - 2008

Leader of the Springhill Road Church of Christ College Ministry, 2005 - 2006