Neil Banman

3224 SE 58th Avenue

Portland OR, 97206

(503) 777-5915

neil@gristle.org

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Objective:

 

To attain a position in the applied science field where my experience and enthusiasm will have application.

 

Education:

Reed College

Bachelor of Arts in English.  Senior Thesis: The Popular Modernism of Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction

 

 

Experience:

 

Itochu, CTC Group

Software Programmer/Intern

Designed applets and applications in Java for intranet database uses.  Used Windows 95 and Windows NT for the production environment.  Also held weekly english conversation lessons with other employees. 

 

Tokyo, Japan

Summer, 1998

 

 

Marjolaine French Pastries

Sandwich Maker

Made sandwiches for the bakery deli, as well as running the register, busing tables, dishwashing, setting and closing up shop, etc. 

 

Los Altos, CA

Winter, 1997

 

 

 

SUN Microsystems

Software Programmer/Intern

Learned Java and designed applets for the Japan Credit Bureau and applications for use within the company.  Used Sun Unix machines extensively as the production environment. 

 

Tokyo, Japan

Summer, 1996

 

Skills:

 

Computer: Windows 95, MacOS, UNIX, Word, Java, HTML, understanding of computer hardware, Internet.

 

Interests: Music (classical guitar), computer hardware (build my computers from component parts), web page design (http://www.gristle.org/ansible/), working on my car, reading, traveling.

 

Japanese: Passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level 3.