Résumé

Larry Archer

larcher@spoon.cx
(512) 394-3553

2404 Spring Wagon Lane
Austin, TX 78728

Education

M.S. in Information Studies
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Information, May, 2009

Project highlights:

  • Designed, implemented, and user tested a new UT campus map using Google Maps with map data stored in portable KML files; prototyped in HTML, JavaScript, jQuery.
  • Built a digital library focusing on Hitchcock’s film Rebecca, showcasing digitized materials from the Harry Ransom Center’s Selznick Collection — planning, design, and implementation of the site as part of a whole-class team. Built on Collective Access using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript.
  • Conducted user testing and usability evaluations of several Web sites, including a non-profit organization and Web-based applications for the School of Information IT Staff.
  • Developed a Web mash-up of the campus map and campus event calendar — rapid prototyping using HTML and JavaScript.
  • See the Projects page for more information on these and others.

Coursework:

  • INF385d – Web Information Retrieval Evaluation/Design
  • INF385s – Digital Library Principles and Development
  • INF385k – Human Information Interactions
  • INF385p – Introduction to Usability
  • INF385g – Advanced Usability
  • INF385e – Information Architecture and Design

B.S. in Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University, May, 2001

Specialization in Computer Engineering
Minor in Mathematics

Experience

Firmware Engineer
IBM
2006 — Present
Austin, Texas
  • Designed, developed, and unit tested C++ firmware applications on an embedded Linux platform.
  • Planned and executed software and hardware tests for bring-up phase of system testing.
  • Developed time-saving tools for automating hardware bring-up testing environment and patch level management.
  • Increased efficiency of team code review process by evaluating, installing, and customizing a Web-based code review tool.
  • Improved team collaboration and efficiency by upgrading, customizing, and contributing to development team wiki.
Research / Teaching Assistant
UT School of Information
2008 — 2009
Austin, Texas
  • Developed and improved user interface elements for Open Video Digital Library Toolkit, an open source Ruby on Rails application. Keywords: Ruby, Haml, Sass, jQuery, AJAX.
Verification Engineer
IBM
2001 — 2006
Austin, Texas
  • Chip- and unit-level verification and simulation of PowerPC based chips, including Xenon (XBox 360) and STI Cell projects.
  • Designed, implemented, and executed verification test cases.
  • Spearheaded effort to automate daily model builds. Developed scripts and tools, educated colleagues on build process and use of scripts.

Skills & Qualifications

Software Engineer & Web Developer Software design and documentation, modeling in UML. Development and unit testing. Source control using git, Subversion, CVS, CMVC.
HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, PHP, MySQL, Python, Perl, C++, shell scripts.
Comfortable in Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows.
User Experience Specialist & Information Architect user research; user testing and usability engineering; user interface design; information architecture; human-computer interaction; Web analytics; information retrieval
Geek & Tinkerer Constructed a Linux-based home DVR system using MythTV.
Created an Internet-enabled garage door.
Eagle Scout Boy Scouts of America, Troop 496, St. Louis, MO.

Professional Affiliations

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