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Alexander J. Fisher

Web dev, database management, machine learning, game dev




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About me

I began programming for the first time in 2019 when I was a freshman in college, and I quickly fell in love with it. As a child, I grew up using the computer on a daily basis, and I continue to find it fascinating while learning how the applications I grew up with are built.

My professional experience in the computer science field has been accumulated while working for AMS Workplace Technology as an Applications Engineer (Apr. 2024 - Present), and at ID Care both as an IT and Facilities Systems Analyst (Jan. 2024 - Apr. 2024) and as a Microsoft Power Platforms Developer (Jan. 2022 - Jan. 2024). I have also accumulated experience while working at Kean University as a Coding Tutor (May 2021- Dec. 2023).

My academic experience in the computer science field has been accumulated over the course of a 5-year B.S., M.S. program at Kean University, during which I developed many software projects. I decided to go to Kean University for my education because I was offered a full academic scholarship to go there.

My personal experience in the computer science field has been accumulated while developing different hobby projects, like this portfolio and several video games.

By working with the aforementioned company and University, I have developed many fundamental skills necessary to build efficient, working software.

I thoroughly enjoy learning how to correctly build systems to ensure scalability, security, and user-friendliness. I am a passion-driven programmer, and I keep up to date with the news of cutting-edge technology. I like to take my own free time to tinker with anything newly available, like ChatGPT and other machine learning software. I also like to combine my other passions with programming, like music production and gaming.

A personal/professional goal of mine is to continue growing intellectually, and to achieve this, I am seeking to work with a team that is made up of programmers as passionate as I am about their work.

Skills

Programming

Over the past four years, I have completed many projects both academic and personal in a lot of different coding languages, many of which were full-stack applications. I am most comfortable with PHP, JavaScript, SQL, and Python.

  • PHP. MySQLi, PDO
  • JavaScript. Node.js, jQuery, AJAX, Google Maps API, Google Charts API, D3.js
  • Database. MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB
  • Python. TensorFlow, PyTorch, SciKit Learn, Flask
  • C#. Unity, UnityEngine, UnityEditor
  • C. OpenMP, MPI, CUDA (High Performance Computing tasks)
  • Templating. HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
  • GDScript.
  • Java.

Technologies

Along with programming languages, I've also learned how to build software using supplemental technologies:

  • IDEs. VSCode, Eclipse, Jupyter Notebook
  • Virtualization. Docker, venv
  • Package Management. PIP, Conda, NPM
  • Version Control. GitHub Desktop
  • Remote Access. PuTTY, FileZilla, SSH
  • Automated testing. Snyk
  • CI/CD. GitHub Workflows
  • Web Servers. Apache, NGINX
  • Cloud Infrastructure. Digital Ocean, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Heroku
  • Microsoft Power Platform. Sharepoint Lists, PowerAutomate, PowerApps, PowerBI
  • Game Engines. Godot, Unreal Engine, Unity
  • Art Software. Aseprite, Blender
  • Video Editing. Davinci Resolve
  • Audio Editing/Music Production. Audacity, FL Studio, Ableton, Reaper

Documentation

My graduate capstone class at Kean University mandated that we did thorough documentation for our software project developed using DevOps, including but not limited to the following documents:

  • project management plan
  • user stories
  • software design document
    • ER diagrams
    • Use case diagrams
    • Physical diagrams
  • acceptance test cases

For this same project, I was the most familiar with GitHub version control out of my team members, so I proactively designed a GitHub tutorial document for them.

Operating Systems and Virtualization

I have built cloud-hosted applications that run in Docker containers (see Projects).

I have worked extensively with both Microsoft Windows and Unix/Linux/Mac based systems, both clients and servers.

Automation

I have experience integrating GitHub Workflows with cloud-hosted applications on Microsoft Azure and Heroku.

Experience

AMS Workplace Technology, Fairfield, NJ - Applications Engineer

April 2024 - Present

Infectious Disease Care, Hillsborough, NJ - IT and Facilities Systems Analyst

January 2024 - April 2024 (3 months)

  • Directed the development and upkeep of a mission-critical Patient Discharge application utilized by over 100 doctors to diagnose and prescribe treatment to patients
  • Spearheaded the lifecycle of 6 Microsoft Power Platform full-stack solutions and counting, from concept (design proposals and flowcharts) to deployment and maintenance:
    • Courier Ticketing System
    • Mileage Tracking and Reimbursement App
    • Employee Onboarding App
    • Facilities Ticketing System
    • Infusion Patient Discharge App
    • Inventory Management App

Infectious Disease Care, Hillsborough, NJ - Microsoft Power Platforms Developer

January 2022 - January 2024 (2 years)

  • Transformed company workflows with PowerApps-based systems, including the courier ticketing system, mileage reimbursement app, and employee onboarding app, effectively slashing manual email communications by 80%

Kean University, Union, NJ - Coding Tutor (Code Samurai)

May 2021 - December 2023 (2 years, 7 months)

  • Lead tutoring sessions to advise university students with their coding projects and assignments
  • Troubleshoot and debug code for three-tiered architecture web applications built using PHP, SQL, and HTML
  • Familiarity with proper relational database structure and cybersecurity principles

Education

Kean University

September 2019 - December 2023

  • M.S. Computer Information Systems (December 2023)
    • GPA: 3.96
  • B.S. Computer Science (December 2022)
    • GPA: 3.83 (Magna Cum Laude Honors)
    • Dean's List

Manville High School

September 2015 - June 2019

  • High School Diploma
  • SAT Scores (1380 cumulative)
    • Math: 710
    • Reading: 670

References

Available upon request.