1. Cole Simmons
phone | (608) 843-4795 address | 210 Scenic Circle, Marshall, WI e-mail |SimmonsCS28@gmail.com
Technical Skills
 Languages: Java, Javascript
 Technologies: Eclipse, MS Visual Studio, GitHub, Tortoise SVN
 Database: MySQL
 Web: HTML, CSS
Projects
 Robot Race – Class Project: Wrote a Java program to simulate four robots moving along a board using different
functions to vary their movement behavior. Focus on object-orient programming, inheritance, and
polymorphism.
 AI Depth First Search – Class Project: Wrote a java program that took in a list of cities and built a graph using
LinkedLists. I then wrote a method to take a user input city name and traverse the graph to find a path to the city
using a stack application.
 Hashtag Search – Class Project: Wrote a java program to import a large list of hashtags from Twitter and then
using a binary search tree, search for specific hashtags and return whether the hashtag existed in the list or not.
Professional Work Experience
UW- Whitewater – Assistant Facilities Coordinator – Whitewater, WI 05/13 to Current
 Maintain, service, and track A/V equipment and technology issues.
 Supervise a tech crew of at least 7 students that support various events in the University Center.
 Update firmware annually for all A/V equipment.
 Manage the ongoing development and maintenance of technology in the University Center through a 5-10
year Equipment Life Cycle Plan.
Trek Bicycle Company – Ascend Trainer – Waterloo, WI 11/12 to 05/13
 Performed 4 multi-server database cleanups.
 Answered 15-20 support calls a day ranging from printer installations, database cleanups, or query requests.
 Trained various Trek bicycle dealers how to use Ascend software.
 Used OneNote and Sharepoint for documentation creation and sharing.
Full Compass– National Sales Rep – Madison, WI 05/10 to 11/12
 Put together A/V system for National Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. and more.
 Sold and provided technical knowledge on over 10,000+ A/V related products.
 Effectively and efficiently managed conflict resolution with customers.
Education
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, WI 2014-current
 Pursuing a degree in Computer Science for Programming
 Currently enrolled in a Data Structures class learning about lists, binary trees, recursion, and more
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, WI 2006-2009
 Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Electronic Media
Full Sail Real World Education – Orlando, FL
 Graduated with an Associate Degree of Science in Recording Arts
2004-2005
References
Professional Recommendations
 Available upon request.