NPS Associates: Benjamin Peikes

Benjamin Peikes

education
1990-1996

MCGILL UNIVERSITY
MONTREAL, PQ

BE in Electrical Engineering

1986-1990 STUYVESANT H.S. NEW YORK, NY

Graduate of 1990

projects
6/95-8/95
Senior Project

Translation of a Visual Basic program, used for calculation of magnetic fields associated with walk-through detectors, to C/C++ for maintenance reasons.

Worked on a team of four people than planned and brought project to completion.
Independently responsible for the C/C++ coding using Watcom and Borland C++ packages.
Team was responsible for all parts of project management including user documentation and coordination of progress reports.

6/95-8/95 B.B. Bridge

Creation of B.B. Bridge, a network bridge program for UNIX. This program is a network version of the popular card game Bridge. This was a one month project in which over 4000 lines of code were both written and tested.

Responsible for all parts of program development including choice of GUI builder, language and platform.
Employed TCP/IP sockets for client/server communication.
Written in C/C++ using GNU GCC compiler.
Installed and used SUIT graphic interface builder.

work
experience
6/94-8/94 EASTERN TECH

Main responsibilities were to assemble and service PC’s as well as to provide technical support for customers over the phone. Other responsibilities included:

Assembling and testing the PC’s before delivery to customer.
Troubleshooting and repairing PC’s brought in by customers.
Pinpointing customer service problems over the phone.
Walking customers through the steps required to repair PC’s without need for in-shop service.

Sum. 90-93 COLLEGIUM SOUND

Main responsibility was upkeep of audio equipment for events and rental. Other responsibilities included set- up of systems for customers and:

Preparing systems using customer equipment orders and descriptions of locations.
Maintainenance and repair of equipment after customer returns.
Setting up systems on the Peking at the South Street Seaport for the 1991 troop return, and for the Latin Jazz Coalition for their summer performances.

LANGUAGES

C++, Pascal, Fortran, Visual Basic, Perl.

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education 1990-1996	MCGILL UNIVERSITY	MONTREAL, PQ
	BE in Electrical Engineering
1986-1990	STUYVESANT H.S.	NEW YORK, NY
	Graduate of 1990
projects 6/95-8/95	Senior Project
	Translation of a Visual Basic program, used for calculation of magnetic fields associated with walk-through detectors, to C/C++ for maintenance reasons. Worked on a team of four people than planned and brought project to completion. Independently responsible for the C/C++ coding using Watcom and Borland C++ packages. Team was responsible for all parts of project management including user documentation and coordination of progress reports.
6/95-8/95	B.B. Bridge
	Creation of B.B. Bridge, a network bridge program for UNIX. This program is a network version of the popular card game Bridge. This was a one month project in which over 4000 lines of code were both written and tested. Responsible for all parts of program development including choice of GUI builder, language and platform. Employed TCP/IP sockets for client/server communication. Written in C/C++ using GNU GCC compiler. Installed and used SUIT graphic interface builder.
work experience 6/94-8/94	EASTERN TECH
	Main responsibilities were to assemble and service PC’s as well as to provide technical support for customers over the phone. Other responsibilities included: Assembling and testing the PC’s before delivery to customer. Troubleshooting and repairing PC’s brought in by customers. Pinpointing customer service problems over the phone. Walking customers through the steps required to repair PC’s without need for in-shop service.
Sum. 90-93	COLLEGIUM SOUND
	Main responsibility was upkeep of audio equipment for events and rental. Other responsibilities included set- up of systems for customers and: Preparing systems using customer equipment orders and descriptions of locations. Maintainenance and repair of equipment after customer returns. Setting up systems on the Peking at the South Street Seaport for the 1991 troop return, and for the Latin Jazz Coalition for their summer performances.
LANGUAGES
	C++, Pascal, Fortran, Visual Basic, Perl.