michael@michaelnathangarcia.com
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New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas
Architectural Concepts, Calculus I & II, Compilers & Automata,
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science, Database Management,
Data Structures and Algorithms, Digital Game Design, Engineering Physics,
Java Programming, Machine Programming, Matrix Theory & Applied Linear Algebra,
Numerical Methods, Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming,
Programming Language Structure, Software Development, Statistical Applications,
User Interface Design.
Proficient: C, C++, C#, CSS, Java, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, LaTeX.
Familiarity: Ada, Fortran, LEX, Lisp, Prolog, Perl, PHP, Python, Visual Basic, YACC.
Best Buy (Store number 1459 in San Antonio, Texas and Store number 802 in Las Cruces, New Mexico)
Directly responsible for the diagnosing and repair of both computer hardware and software issues. Works in a group environment that requires detailed notes for accountability and
productivity. Makes recommendations for best solution possible dependant on clients needs or wants.
November 2017 - Present
Best Buy (Store number 1459 in San Antonio, Texas; Store number 237 in El Paso, Texas; Store number 802 in Las Cruces, New Mexico)
Customer facing associate responsible for sales and product knowledge. My desire for knowledge and competence led me to learn all of the sales floor departments and beyond.
Although I was assigned a specific department, I went wherever I was needed. Every year of my employment I was given the highest evaluation score possible.
November 2017 - Present
Website Development for CHI 2019
New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Under William A. Hamilton, Ph.D., associate professor at NMSU, and stream chair for CHI 2019,
our task was to live stream the talks at CHI (Computer Human Interaction) 2019. The group was tasked with creating a web page
that would host up to 16 concurrent rooms to be live streamed on the CHI website that utilized a Word Press frame work. Responsible
for both front end and back end web development. Assisted in the maintenance, repairs, and execution of website at the conference.
January 2019 - December 2019
YouTube Extension
New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Helped with the development of a Website extension to scrape content creators metadata on YouTube to understand their demonetization and
recommendation policies and their effects on online discourse. Assisted in asset creation and code for the extension. Built custom PC's for project use.
January 2019 - December 2019
Sam's Club (Store: 8280 in El Paso, Texas and 8217 in Houston, Texas)
Responsible for product stock, staff training, sales, productivity, and team management. Recognized as Employee of the month.
Every year of my employment I was given the highest evaluation score possible.
October 2012 - July 2017
Created a compiler utilizing LEX, YACC, and C that utilized extended BNF. Compiled a basic language that handled arrays, conditionals, and function calls. Additionally function calls could handle data structure as arguments.
Worked as a team to create a database schema with a web interface for querying. Built using a LAMP stack. Developed both front and back end database. Web Interface to handle database queries.
Charged with creating a functional lightweight game under a week development time. Created a tower defense game utilizing JavaFX. Code has been proted to JavaScript such that it can run in browser. Seriously check it out.