Christopher Horn
chris@beefstew.net

4601 Bayard Street, Apt. 908
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2728
mobile: (703) 407.7389

Education

1997 - 2001    Brown University: Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Expected 2008  Carnegie Mellon University: Master of Human-Computer Interaction

Research Experience

Research Programmer, RAND Corporation.
Jan 2004 - Aug 2005
Jul 2006 - Present 
	+ developed agent-based simulation models of military C4ISR systems
	+ wrote report sections describing model, modeling approach, and findings
	+ devised survey instrument based on interviews with military personnel
	+ discussed internal IT issues/initiatives with senior management
	+ gave presentation on grids and RAND's Condor grid to ~50 programmers

Research Assistant, RAND Corporation.
Jun 2001 - Jul 2003
	+ assisted developing and writing biometrics policy recommendations
	+ statistically analyzed a large volume of survey data in Stata and Excel
	+ developed Condor grid computing system in both CA and VA offices

Research Assistant, Brown University Department of Economics.
May 2000 - May 2001
	+ statistically analyzed experimental data communication & cooperation
	+ coordinated and administered weekly experiment sessions

Research Assistant, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC).
Summer 1998, January 1999, and Summer 1999
	+ processed raw data from continuous ambient air monitors
	+ coordinated and implemented a system for the exchange of data between ASRC and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 

Non-Research Employment

Consultant, Arcadia Solutions, LLC.
Sep 2005 - Jun 2006
	+ primary role is Arcadia's support agent for a commissions payment system built over the last two years at a 3.5 billion dollar software firm
	+ lead a team developing new sales compensation optimization business tools

Senior Staff, Mitretek Systems.
Aug 2003 - Jan 2004
	+ technically analyzed and wrote about U.S. scanning and printing systems
	+ presented information about JPEG 2000 to ~20 people at Department of State Image Quality Improvement Program (IQIP) Conference

Director and Systems Administrator of CONMAG.
Sep 2000 - May 2001
	+ oversaw an employee, the organization budget, and a Linux server
	+ initiated a discussion with student group leaders to improve service

Skills

Clear writing and presentation, building group consensus, highly computer proficient, strong analytic ability, careful organization and documentation of work, quick to learn and understand.

OS: Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux, Mac OS 9 & 10, some Solaris, some BSD Software
Tools: MS Office, Perl, Stata, SQL, some S-plus, Adobe Illustrator, many others

Interests

Fine woodworking, competitive league Ultimate Frisbee, photography, Piano (12 years), French horn (10 years), computers, music, hiking, and the outdoors.