


Current Addr:
444 W Main St Apt 203 Madison, WI 53703 608-213-6800
Permanent Addr: 741 Terrace Dr Roseville, MN 55113 651-483-6123
Email/Web Addr: nick_vavra@yahoo.com www.cs.wisc.edu/~vavra/
Nicholas Robert Vavra

Objective: Launch my career in software engineering.
Prefered areas include application development and database systems.

Work Experience: (complete history available upon request)
o
Teaching Assistant at CompSci Dept, UW-Madison. 08/02 to 05/03, 08/01 to 05/02.
Leading discussion sections to supplement large lectures. Developing lessons and
programming assignments. Participating in course management and grading.
Contact: Debra Deppeler, Course Coordinator, deppeler@cs.wisc.edu, 608-265-9452.
o
Wireless Software Developer at Trace R&D Center. 05/02 to 08/02.
Prototyping for a new device accessibility standard. Participating in development
conferences for the standard. Harmonizing with new web standards and concepts.
Contact: Gottfried Zimmerman, Project Manager, zimmer@trace.wisc.edu, 608-262-6966.
o
Student Technical (intern) at Unisys Corporation. 05/01 to 08/01.
Developing a database backed applet as a project management tool. Participating in team
design work. Programming new system components. Increasing efficiency and readability of
existing code. Eliciting user requirements. Providing progress reports and demos. Also ask
about my first internship at Unisys. Contact: Unisys HR, 651-635-7769.

Education:
o
MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI).
Graduated May 2003 with a cumulative GPA of 3.8.
o
BS in Computer Science from Michigan State University (E Lansing, MI).
Degree includes a cognate in Business. Graduated with Honors from the Honors College in
May 2001. Cumulative undergraduate GPA: 3.8.
o
High School Diploma from Roseville Area High School (Roseville, MN). Graduated with
Honors in June 1997. Grade School cumulative GPA: 3.9.
o
Computer Courses include: Object Oriented Programming; Software Engineering x 3;
Databases x 2; Operating Systems x 2; AI x 3; Algorithms and Data Structures; Networking;
Multimedia; Graphics; Compilers; Computer Game Design; Vision; Security.
o
Computer Skills / Languages / Buzzwords: C/C++; Java; LISP; Prolog; Perl; PHP; JSP;
HTML; XML; OpenGL; SQL; JDBC; Jini; UML. Windows and Unix platforms.
o
Proud to be an Eagle Scout, BSA