Curriculum Vitae


Biographical and Personal Information

Brian R. Snider, born June 14, 1977, Portland, Oregon; U.S. Citizen.
Married to Rebecca Shalom Summers (b. May 21, 1984), March 15, 2008.


Areas of Interest for Research and Employment

High Performance Computing
Distributed Computing


Academic History

George Fox University, September 1995-December 1996, January 2005-April 2008; B.S. in Computer Science, April, 2008.


Employment Record

Computer Science Lab Assistant, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, 1995-1996.
Intern Programmer, SP Newsprint, Newberg, Oregon, 1997-2000.
Corporal, United States Marine Corps, 2000-2003.
Software Consultant, Beaudry Inc., Newberg, Oregon, 2005-2008.
Intern Programmer, Ailan Corp., Portland, Oregon, 2006-2007.
Products Associate, Stockamp & Associates, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2008.
Production Engineering Analyst, Stockamp, A Huron Consulting Group Practice, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2008-2009.
Production Engineer, Stockamp, A Huron Consulting Group Practice, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2009-Present.


Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, CSIS 434 Parallel Computing, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, 2008.


Publications

Core Developments on the Computing Front, George Fox University Undergraduate Academic Journal, Vol. 2 (Spring 2007), 70-75.


Presentations

Hardware Platforms for Course Project Integration, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, 2005.
The DART Project:  Piercing a Barrier to Distributed Computing, CCSE-NW, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 2007.
Simplified Distributed Computing:  A simplified Java-based framework utilizing embedded Python, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, 2008.


Honors and Awards

Meritorious Mast, United States Marine Corps, 2001.
Meritorious Promotion to Corporal, United States Marine Corps, 2001.
Certificate of Commendation, United States Marine Corps, 2002.
National Defense Service Medal, United States Marine Corps, 2002.
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal w/One Gold Star, United States Marine Corps, 2002 and 2003.
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/One Bronze Star, United States Marine Corps, 2002 and 2003.
Meritorious Unit Commendation, United States Marine Corps, 2002.
Presidential Unit Citation, United States Marine Corps, 2002.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, United States Marine Corps, 2002.
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, United States Marine Corps, 2003.
Honorable Discharge, United States Marine Corps, 2003.
Richter Scholar Grant Recipient, George Fox University, 2006. ($3500)
CCSE-NW Student Poster Competition 2nd Place, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 2007. ($100)
Product Implementation Associate of the Quarter (2008 Q3), Huron Consulting Group, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2008. ($25)
Stockamp Innovation Award (2008 Q4), Huron Consulting Group, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2009. ($50)