Kyle Hammond

Additional contact info available upon request.
kyle dot hammond at snowmintcs dot com

Computer Programming and Consulting


Profile

Computer programming and consulting professional ready to work in computer related projects.

Experience includes:

  • Programming for Mac OS System 7 through Mac OS X
  • Carbon, Cocoa and AppleScript technologies
  • Web page development (HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript)
  • Create work flow AppleScripts
  • Administer CVS server running on MacOS X
  • Objective-C, C/C++, Perl, PHP, Basic
  • User interface design
  • Serial port programming
  • Troubleshooting general computer problems
  • Customer technical support

Career Experience

Information Technology Professional - Biology Program, U of MN, Minneapolis (2005 - present)
Assist Biology Program faculty and staff with all things computer related - including exam database conversion, website maintenance and revision, Midwest Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project data management. Help with upgrading and troubleshooting office, teaching lab, and lecture hall computers.

Co-Founder - Snowmint Creative Solutions LLC, Spring Lake Park, MN (2001 - present)
Personal finance shareware application, Budget, written in Cocoa for Mac OS X. Drawing on screen application, Ultimate Pen, written in Cocoa for Mac OS X. Responsible for most user interface code, file I/O code, reports, product registration and localization. Set up and administer a CVS server running on Mac OS X. Financial officer for Snowmint, dealing with all company money and tax issues.

Co-Founder - CodeBlazer Technologies LLC, Minneapolis, MN (2001 - 2005)
Solely responsible for all issues from coding and debugging to distribution and customer support with MacOS version of multimedia presentation and database applications, UPresent and UGather.
Also financial officer for CodeBlazer, dealing with all company funds and banking.

Contract Programmer - General Biology Program, U of MN, Minneapolis (2001 - 2002)
Designed and implemented a MacOS X Cocoa application:
Mendelian Genetics Investigations - A simulator of organism procreation and trait inheritance

Contract Programmer - Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1999)
Design and implementation of serial port control of visual and magnetic motion capture systems. This was part of a visual perception research project using a MacOS computer system as the data center.

Information Technology Professional - General Biology Program, U of MN, Minneapolis (1998 - 2001)
Continually modifying multimedia software applications UPresent and UGather to keep up with current technology, eg. the world wide web and 3D graphics. Help with troubleshooting office and lecture hall computers. Set up work flow AppleScript for student lab sessions.

Graduate student - General Biology Program, U of MN, Minneapolis (1995 - 1998)
Designing and implementing multimedia presentation and database computer software applications to run on MacOS 7.6 through MacOS 8.x. Worked closely with faculty and project director on user interface and product functionality issues.

Graduate student - Physics department, U of MN, Minneapolis (1994 - 1995)
Designing and implementing physics simulation software for MacOS for use in undergraduate classes.


Education

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (1993-1998)
Physics department
Ph.D. track in solid-state physics.

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA - FAIRBANKS, Fairbanks, AK (1989-1992)
B.S. magna cum laude in Physics

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Co-author on atmospheric research paper

Personal

Hobbies include frisbee, roller-blading, fishing and reading. Marrying a great girl with a great miniature schnauzer.

References furnished upon request.