Ryan Kahn

Education

May 2010

BS, Computer Science Information Systems
Minor, Business Administration
University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls, WI

University of Wisconsin River Falls, WI
Web application development and support for UWRF.

May 2010 to Present

Responsible for University of Wisconsin River Falls main website implementation and feature development.

Key role in the successful on-time launch of Commonspot 6.0 to UWRF.
In the process of training over 100 web authors into Commonspot 6.0.
Developed apps to elegantly handle YouTube videos, Drop Down Navigation, RSS Feeds, Flickr Slideshows and enhancing current navigation system.
Developing batch document importing into CommonSpot utilizing ADF.
Training campus webmasters in use of Coldfusion and advanced JavaScript.
Developed RSS feed reader in JSP for use with eSIS login portal.

2006 to 2010

Responsible for application development and maintenance in a teaming environment with emphasis on third party module integration.

Helped to create the first Intramural team creation and management system of its kind in the UW system, of which two other Universities placed bids to purchase.
Trained seven employees in good coding practices, software design and debugging.
Maintained in-house, student created housing sign-up and meal plan management systems.
- Manages housing for over 2,500 students.
Maintained Student Affairs website.
- XML based content for adaptable display.
- Created XML tag libraries, very similar to JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library.
- XSL Transformation design and implementation.
Lead developer on the campus wide conversion to Commonspot CMS.
Trained the campus webmaster in Coldfusion and advanced Javascript.
Helped with PeopleSoft data integration.
Assisted in the creation of the in-house PHP framework based upon Struts 2.
Languages used: XSLT, CSS, Javascript, UML, MySQL, PHP, Enterprise Java Beans, Java, MS SQL, SOAP, XML, HTML.
Technologies used: Eclipse, Magic Draw, Microsoft Office Suite.

2006-2007

Milwaukee, WI
Retail store specializing in consumer electronics.

Advising customers on computing needs, computer repairs, call list management, and training.

Winner of 2010 second annual 'Rise above the Monkey' ACM Software Design Competition.
President of UWRF-Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Member of ACM for four years.
Competed in four ACM International Collegiate Programming Contests.
Competed in three Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS) programming competitions.
Competing in 2010 MICS Robotics Competition.