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Ryan Thomas Flannery

If you would like to contact me, I can be reached at the following:
Phone: (859) 750-3088       Email: ryan.flannery@gmail.com

Education

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (Overall GPA: 3.5/4.0)
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, College of Engineering, expected 2008
    Advisor: John Schlipf     Dissertation: Yet to be decided
  • B.S. in Computer Science, College of Engineering, June 2004
    Focus included algorithm analysis and artificial intelligence, with emphasis on neural networks and genetic algorithms
  • Minor in Pure Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences

Areas of Interest

Mathematical Logic & the Foundations of Mathematics, Formal Semantics, Logic Programming, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence Theory, and Game Theory (as in the field of mathematics created by John von Neumann)

Computer Skills

  • Programming: Extensive Haskell, extensive C/C++, Java, Perl, smodels, FRIL, Prolog, ML (SML-NJ), UNIX Shell Scripting, Assembly (x86/Sparc64)
  • Operating Systems: UNIX (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux), Windows 9x/2000/XP
  • Database Technologies: SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
  • Other Technologies: HTML, PHP, ASP, JavaScript, XML (XSL & DTD), TeX & LaTeX

Work Experience

E-Commerce Developer, Emerson Electric Co., Burlington, KY Sep/01 - Mar/03
  • Developed and maintained numerous order-entry applications (both online and client-based) responsible for between $3 and $5 million in profit per day
  • Spearheaded a 2 month long project overseeing 2 other developers to design extensive application usage reporting tools used throughout the company
  • Responsible for creating various application, data, and communication libraries used in applications throughout the company
Application Developer, General Electric, Washington, WV Sep/00 - Mar/01
  • Designed and implemented several data-based project management tools for 90+ company-wide projects that delivered $15 million in benefits back to the business
  • Automated and digitized a 5 hour long daily financial reporting process used directly by senior business administration
  • Developed course material for, and taught, a class to 12 GE developers focusing on well-formed database design and implementation

Awards & Honors

  • 2004 - 2007 Ohio Board of Regents Ph.D. Fellowship
  • 1999 - 2004 University of Cincinnati College of Engineering Dean's Honor List 9/12 quarters
  • 2004 University of Cincinnati Graduate Scholarship & Assistantship
  • 2004 University of Cincinnati Outstanding Senior Design Project for Computer Science
  • 2001 General Electric IT Speed Award for Digitization Efforts
  • 2001 General Electric IT Accomplishment Awards (received three of them)
  • 2001 Inducted into the Golden Key National Honor Society
  • 1999 Covington Catholic High School Computer Science Award
  • 1999 Covington Catholic High School Service Award for Technical Assistance

Academic & Extracurricular Involvement

  • Organized a series of Cooperative Learning courses at UC dedicated to helping freshman Engineers with the Computer Science curriculum
  • Former President of UC-LaRC, the University of Cincinnati Laboratory for Recreational Computing
  • Member of ASL, the Association for Symbolic Logic
  • Member of UC-FreeOS, the UC Free Operating-Systems advocacy group
  • Member of ACM and IEEE both nationally as well as locally
  • Sun Microsystems Student Technology Associate Representative (SunSTAR) for UC
  • 1st Degree Black Belt in Seiei Kan, Ko Sutemi Karate since 1997

Teaching Experience

  • Organized and tutored a series of Cooperative Learning courses at UC, 30+ students
  • Lead instructor for an entry level Karate class, 20+ students

References

Available upon request.