Robert Nugen

Summary:

I have 8 years' professional programming experience with databases and website development. I paint for private collections and will soon show 4 canvases in Harajuku. After 10 years of personal growth work, and 4 years of professional and private English teaching in Tokyo, including 7 months traveling around the world by cruise ship, stopping for a day or two in 24 ports around the world, I'm ready to use my creativity and people skills to change the world for the better.

Objective:

Use English fluency and Japanese knowledge in an creative / artistic environment that helps people become their best selves

Experience:

Teaching English in Tokyo, Japan: 2003 - present
Nova, Gaba, GET Universal, English Village

Experience:

Personal website design: 1994 - present
Perl, Javascript, mySQL, CSS, Ajax

Traveling: June 2002 - June 2006
United States, Japan, Palestine, and twice around the world by ship

Programmer at FSD Data Services: August 1999 - June 2002

SAS, HTML, Javascript
Desgined and wrote customizable online survey tool that handled:
user logins
administrator access
lost passwords
survey branching
save and continue

MR Laboratories website design: June 1998 - March 2000

Member of The Mankind Project: November 1997 - present

Programmer at Telecheck: October 1995 - June 1998

C, C++, PL/1
Evolved proprietary DBMS to meet customers' needs
Continued evolution of reporting capabilities in three tier application architecture
Wrote batch process to eliminate 24 man-hours per month each EOM.
This application will help Telecheck migrate to "any day" billing cycle.
Wrote batch utility to automatically examine incoming data files for integrity.
Wove it seamlessly into existing process.
Wrote proprietary application for internal use -
Fully object oriented C++
text menu interface in three tier architecture
displays and prints archived invoices
allows flexible reporting using SQL

Temporary programmer at Panhandle Eastern: August 1995 - October 1995

Wrote reports in FoxPro

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: September 1990 - May 1995
University of Houston
Extremely active in extracurricular activities

basic coursework: June 1988 - May 1990
North Harris County College

Tomball High School: September 1983 - May 1988

Volunteer work:

youth advisor for YRUU: September 1995 - January 2003

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