Alex Brooks

CONTACT:

Awbrooks1@gmail.com

 

INTREST:

Obtaining a job in the game industry.

 

EDUCATION:

University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW)                                                                                                              May 2016

College of Arts and Sciences

· Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a Digital Arts Concentration

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONORS:

Cornerstone Scholar-2012, Dean’s list-2012, 2014, Platinum level ACT National Career Readiness Certificate-2012

 

RELATED COURSES:

Discrete Math Structures

Computer Data Structure

Object-Oriented Program and Design

Professional & Ethical issues in Computer Science

Computer Organization

Computer Databases

3D Animation

3D Modeling

Visual Effects

Computer Graphics

Computer Networking

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Certifications: Cisco Security White Belt

Languages:  Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux

Database Systems: Oracle, MySQL, Sqlite3

Business Skills: Maya, Nuke, Unreal Engine 4, Nokia QT, Tableau, Microsoft Office, WebEx Social

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Cisco Systems Inc.                                                                                                                                                                     May 2013-Present

IT Engineer Intern

Wrote an application for manager using Perl to keep track of month-end and year-end tasks for team.

Created an Android GUI to assist in creating an application similar to a Wiki page.

Rebuilt team’s website to be more useful and visually appealing.

Developed an android application and microprocessor to detect nearby Bluetooth devices using Java and C.

Participated on a winning team in Cisco’s Hack IT program-July, 2013.

Created web scrapper for a news reading application. 

Presented metrics using the software Tableau for several teams at Cisco.

 

 

UNCW Seahawk Software Lab:                                                                                                                               February 2015-Present

Project Lead

Was selected by four professors to lead one other student in creating software for US Cast, the client.

Created an application to parse an excel sheet using regular expressions to calculate expected delivery times using Python.

Led meetings and organized work contributions for all members of the project.