
HI THERE! I’M JAVIER RAMIREZ

ABOUT
My Background
I'm currently an undergraduate at the University of Colorado Boulder, graduating spring 2020 and pursing a degree in computer Science with a minor in philosophy. My primary interest and experience is in software engineering, data analytics, and database systems. I've learned programming practices such as AGILE and waterfall, that make the project run smoothly and efficient for later improvements.
MY EXPERIENCE
Background & Expertise
August 2019 - May 2020
THE BOULDER APPLE TREE PROJECT
Implement an interactive map which contains historical and temporary aerial photos of locations of apple trees.
Implement pop ups on trees so a user can explore the variety, pictures then and now, see data collected on trees, and able to hear oral history.
Implement an add comments about trees or add trees themselves section for users.
Project responsibilities include working on front-end and back-end using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and Django.
August 2019 - December 2019
HUMAN CENTERED COMPUTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Created a personal portfolio.
Learned new strategic ways to communicate with connections made on professional networking websites such as LinkedIn.
I researched the Esports industry such as being a content creator or competitive player, steps to joining a professional Esports organization, and contracts that are given when joining.
From my research, I've concluded that it comes down to talent of entertainment or playing at a very high skill level and having a history of a successful profile.
August 2019 - December 2019
THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Programmed in C++ to develop three dimensional models in OpenGL 2.0.
Implemented shaders, lighting, 3D shapes, transformations, scaling, rotating, orthographic and perspective projections.
August 2018 - December 2018
FLIGHT SERVICE
Practiced objected oriented principles and implementations.
Used MVC Framework.
Able to switch between Customer and Admin options, customer goes through process of booking a flight and admin can check flights and customer information.
August 2017 - December 2017
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
As a team, used AGILE methodology to complete project.
Built a student forum for college students to assist each other in Math, English, Science, and Computer Science.
Programmed in PHP, SQL, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.
Used HEROKU to deploy website.
June 2011 - August 2015
SECRETARY, JUNIORS PLASTERING
Communicated with 4 to 5 contractors weekly to establish details of a project.
Responsible for scheduling meetings and maintaining deadlines.
EDUCATION
What I’ve Learned
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
August 2015 - May 2020
Graduating with a degree in computer science. Areas of study I am most proficient are software development, data science, and database architecture. The programming language I have most experience with is Python, I do a lot of my data science work in Python such as creating the best graph to be displayed to the user, cleaning data, and working with statistical and probability equations. I'm also efficient with database languages such as MySQL and NOSQL, I've also had experience using MongoDB in course work.

MY SKILLS
What I Do

