Ben Perry

601 Corsica Ave · Bear, DE 19701 · 302.650.2347 · pianoman@ksu.edu

Interests Computer Scientist, Software Engineer, Music Composer
Education
University of Delaware · Newark, DE
PhD in Computer Science    Attending
 
Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS
Masters in Computer Science  (3.75 gpa) May 2003
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science  (3.2 gpa) May 2002
 
Manhattan Christian College · Manhattan, KS
Bachelor of Science in Music  (3.6 gpa) May 2002
Experience

Cisco Systems Boxborough, MA
Software Engineer (2007 - 2009)
  • Served as technical lead in data mining.
  • Researched, implemented, and enhanced cluster algorithms using C++, Java, and MySQL with Front-end development in PHP.
  • Created inference technology used to drive recommendation engines.
  • Engineered cross-media recommendation engine solution.
  • Authored significant portions of an enterprise scale Request For Information
  • Supervised direct reports that helped to create Bayesian network software sampling and inference algorithms
  • Coauthored patents and papers

Quantum Leap Innovations Newark, DE
Senior Software Scientist (2003 - 2007)
  • Project Lead in Multiagent Systems effort
  • Researched and applied Multiagent Systems, Probabilistic Reasoning, Data mining, Artificial Intelligence
  • Authored and presented research papers at major conferences
  • Submitted several patents on original inventions relating to probabilistic reasoning

Kansas State University Computing and Information Science, KSU
Teaching Assistant (2002 - 2003)
  • Taught undergraduates important concepts in software engineering
  • Developed tutorials on valuable software tools like Rational Rose
  • Received excellent student evaluations

Knowledge Discovery in Data Computing and Information Science, KSU
Research Programmer  (2000 - 2003)
  • Developed and thereafter used Java research tools with other researchers
  • Released a GPL Java programming toolkit for researching Bayesian networks, which is publicly available at bndev.sourceforge.net
  • Toolkit provided means to publish research papers and give oral and poster presentations at major artificial intelligence conferences

Kansas 4H Youth Development Kansas State Extension, KSU
Web Applications Developer  (2000 - 2004)
  • Developed various types of web sites and applications in various languages
  • Programmed State Fair Suite, a set of applications used by a few hundred people throughout Kansas to manipulate thousands of State Fair entries
  • Improved data clerks' entry time from 30 seconds per entry to one second through system improvements and original idea to use barcodes for data entry
  • Responsible for every aspect of development - graphics, user interfaces, back-ends, etc. www.oznet.ksu.edu/ksfair
Computer skills
Languages: C++, C, Java, C#, Visual Basic
Scripts: ASP, Javascript, Perl, PHP, SQL
API's: MFC, AWT, Swing
Platforms: Windows, Linux