My IT résumé.

1. JAMES W. CORPENING
jwcorpening@yahoo.com
http://www.jcwrites.com/portfolio/
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-corpening-ph-d/12/bb4/b75/
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Accomplished Technical Professional with over20 years of IT support, website and application development and
systemmanagement success. An avid researcher and problemsolver with the proven capacity to apply technical
and academic skills to contribute to project success. A sound aptitude to quickly learn and teach technologiesand
skills.
AREAS OF STRENGTH AND EXPERTISE
 Software Development
 Website Development
 Project Coordination
 System Management
 Data Analysis (R & SPSS)
 Problem Solving
 Technical Writing
 Teaching & Coaching
 Customer Service
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES & PLATFORMS
 PHP
 MySQL
 JavaScript
 Visual Basic / .Net
 PC-assembler
 Python
 Perl
 C++
 CSS
 XML
 HTML
 Batch
 Linux
 Unix
 Windows
 E-commerce
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IT Consultant, Buffalo, NY 1999 to Present
System Manager – Programmer – Hardware and Software Support Technician
Install and maintain secure computer networks with nightly imaging and cross-client back-up, cleaning,
anti-virus, and defragmentation routines. Educate users in efficient system management (software and
networks). Design and create independent websites in Unix- and Linux-based PHP, Perl, and MySQL.
Key Projects and Accomplishments:
 adsfindme.com – Website that allows personalized e-mail and SMS delivery of ads and coupons
 magnehance.com – E-commerce website with shopping cart and integrated merchant services
 subjectsignups.com – College experiment sign-up and data-management website, which has been licensed to
the University at Buffalo, University of Iowa, and University of Alabama
 subjectsignups.com/advising/ – College advising appointment sign-up and data-management website, which
has been licensed to the University of Iowa
 jcwrites.com – Professional website for freelance writing skills
Higher Education 2013 to Present
Tutor
Mentor and tutor students in C++, Visual Basic, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, SPSS, Statistics, Psychology, and
Writing at Buffalo State College and local community.
US Small Business Administration, Buffalo, NY 2012 to 2013
Customer Service Representative (GS 9.1)
Aided natural disaster victims by phone.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONT'D
Hitt Medical Writing, Marietta, GA 2012
Webinar Instructor
Created a webinar to explain to medical writers the steps in establishing a website. Demonstrated how to create
and publish a domain name, create a database, use a hosting provider, and how to use FTP and Wordpress.
Adapt Courseware, LLC, Pittsford, NY 2011 to 2012
Psychology Author
Wrote voice-over content for narrated college course websites.
Words & Numbers, Inc., Baltimore, MD 2011, 2014
Science Author
Wrote chapter content on evolutionary thought, sensory systems, and the somatic nervous system for college
Biology and Anatomy & Physiology textbooks.
Computer Task Group (CTG), Buffalo, NY 2010
Lead Call Agent
Managed fellow call agents as we dealt with the California Catholic Health Systems’ deployment of Electronic
Health Records; personally took calls when call volume challenged our staff.
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 1993 to 1998
Support Specialist
Provided hardware and software maintenance, repair, and upgrades for twelve academic departments. Maintained
IT networks using NetWare, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.x, and DOS.
PUBLICATIONS
 SubjectSignups Administrator’s Manual and Technical Reference 2009
 SubjectSignups Experimenter’s UserManual 2009
 Connexions open-source undergraduate textbooks, three chapters 2011
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AWARDS
Data Lakes for Big Data MOOC May-Jun. 2015
Discuss the definition, characteristics, and business value of Big Data
SAS Workshop – Programming 1 Apr. 2015
Learned the basics of Data and Process steps with Character and Numeric data
Excellence in Computer Information Systems Award 2014-2015 Mar. 2015
Demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and intellectual ability
Research Grant Feb. 2015
SUNY Buffalo State Office of Undergraduate Research,$400
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.S. summa cum laude,Computer Information Systems, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY
Ph.D.,Behavioral Neuroscience, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
M.A.,Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience),SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
M.A., Psychology (Animal Behavior), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
B.S., Psychology (Animal Behavior), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL