Glen Kidwell
glen.kidwell@gmail.com
Software Developer and Data Analyst
EDUCATION
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA May 2011
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Mathematics Minor, Physics Minor
GPA: 3.8
Dean’s list: Fall 2007 – Spring 2011
Tsongas Scholarship: Fall 2007 – Spring 2011
RELEVANT SKILLS
• Technologies: Java, C++, C#, Interactive C, HTML, SQL, Python, Prolog
• Ability to quickly learn the syntactic and semantic rules of a high level programming language
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Geographics Laboratory, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA July 2007 – October 2011
Research Assistant and GIS Analyst. Projects included research on GPS devices and work with several public transportation authorities to more efficiently and effectively deliver public services.
• Performed research on mathematical models involved in the prediction of Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) for buses run by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority.
• Worked with several technologies related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including Maptitude, Bing Maps, and Google Transit.
• Created and submitted Google Transit Feeds on behalf of several Massachusetts transit authorities.
• Helped to maintain SQL databases on the lab’s database server.
• Maintained programming projects using Subversion version control system.
• Performed data analysis for On Time Performance of transit authority buses, to improve schedules.
• Helped to bring real-time information regarding buses in transit to customers through web mapping applications and the design of customer information displays.
Daniel Fitch Consulting, East Bridgewater, MA October 2011 – March 2012
Google Transit Feed Developer. Responsibilities included preparing a transit feed based on information provided by a transit agency, in a format defined by Google, for submission to Google Transit.
• Created a fully functional feed on behalf of 128 Business Council of Waltham, MA.
RELATED COURSEWORK
2-D Game Design, Analysis of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Data Structures and Algorithms, Digital Electronics, Object-Oriented Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Organization of Computer Languages, Robotics, Web-Based Information Retrieval, Web App Programming, Calculus I, Calculus II, Cryptology, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Computer Science Club, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Spring 2009 – Fall 2010
• Secretary Spring 2009 – Spring 2010
• Vice President Fall 2010
STREAMS, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Summer 2010
• Peer Mentor to incoming freshmen students
Directed Study in Mathematics, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Spring 2011
• Research mathematical models involved in ETA prediction