Kristin Firth
 
Programmer - Designer - Problem Solver
Improvised Theater - Performer - Teacher
Creative - Passionate - Quirky
Programmer - Designer - Problem Solver
Improvised Theater - Performer - Teacher
Creative - Passionate - Quirky
Java programming for Eclipse-based products. Design, implementation, documentation, training, support. Team lead / scrum master role.
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.
On-site customer consultant within US/Canada. Developing new content, customizing and configuring products, supporting pilots and migrations, providing ongoing support.
Research/emerging team becoming productized. Worked on first versions of UI tools for writing and testing mobile device applications.
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's "elite" internship program, working on short-term high-impact projects, combining technical and business students on small teams with mentors.
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.
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.
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.
Beginning Piano, Computer Architecture, Logic, Rhetoric and Composition, Artificial Intelligence
Principles of Finance
From multiple schools in New York and Austin. Full details available on improv resume.
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