Kristin Firth

 

Programmer - Designer - Problem Solver
Improvised Theater - Performer - Teacher
Creative - Passionate - Quirky

Experience

IBM, Lotus Expeditor

Software engineer - Areas: Security, Composite Application Editor, Serviceability

since 2008

Java programming for Eclipse-based products. Design, implementation, documentation, training, support. Team lead / scrum master role.

Institution Theater & Hideout Theater

Improv Teacher and TA

since 2009

Currently the main instructor for all eight-week level 101 classes at the Institution Theater. Shaping curriculum, teaching 2.5 hour classes, directing student shows, providing group and individual feedback. Teaching skills such as self-expression, spontaneity, risk-taking, and being playful.

IBM, Software Services for Lotus

Advisory I/T Specialist - IBM Lotus Domino/Notes/Sametime

2006-2008

On-site customer consultant within US/Canada. Developing new content, customizing and configuring products, supporting pilots and migrations, providing ongoing support.

IBM, Pervasive Computing

Software engineer

2003-2006

Research/emerging team becoming productized. Worked on first versions of UI tools for writing and testing mobile device applications.

U.C.B.T. & P.I.T.

Office intern, theater intern, theater manager

2005-2006

Various tasks for the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and People's Improv Theater in NYC. Answering phones, data processing, marketing, product mailings, customer sales, theater stage management, assisting performers, leading interns, nightly budgeting, etc.

IBM, Extreme Blue

Technical intern

2002

IBM's "elite" internship program, working on short-term high-impact projects, combining technical and business students on small teams with mentors.

Acadia University

Teaching Assistant - Subjects: Java Programming, Automata/Formal Languages

2000-2002

Grading, student assistance, teaching. Helped create new lab curriculum. Taught standard and advanced sections. TA for junior-level honors course during my own junior year.

Opticom Inc.

Programming intern

2000, 2001 (summers)

Java programming at startup in Andover, MA. During second summer was also a project leader for a team to create unit tests for entire Java code base.

Education

Acadia University

Bachelor of Computer Science

1999-2003

3.95 Computer Science GPA, 3.78 Overall GPA.
Awards: Kirton Scholarship, Halifax Women's Network Bursary, Core Networks Computer Science Scholarship, Chipman Scholarship, Acadia Advantage Bursary.
Student representative, Industry Advisory Board and Faculty Selection Committee.
President, Computer Science Society.
ACM Programming Competitions. Only female in north-eastern regionals for two years in a row.

University of Texas

Non-degree. Undegraduate, graduate, and university extension.

2002-2005

Beginning Piano, Computer Architecture, Logic, Rhetoric and Composition, Artificial Intelligence

Harvard, University Extension

Non-degree

2007

Principles of Finance

U.C.B.T., William Esper Studios, etc.

Improvisation and acting training

2005-2010

From multiple schools in New York and Austin. Full details available on improv resume.

Skills

Programming Language/Frameworks

Java. Eclipse. XML. JUnit. HTML/CSS

Tools/Utilities

Microsoft Excel. Microsoft PowerPoint. VMWare. Cygwin. CVS. ClearCase. Bugzilla. Ant. Lotus Notes/Domino. Lotus Sametime. Lotus Expeditor.

Development Methodologies

Iterative development. Agile development. Extreme programming.

Misc.

Planning and design. Technical documentation. Leadership experience. Teaching. Customer support.

Other Interests

Board Games. Game Design. Cooking and baking. Travel. Karaoke.

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