Resume
Weerasak Witthawaskul, Ph.D.
1122 N Clark St APT 3804, Chicago, IL 60610 USA
Email: weerasak@hotmail.com Phone: (217)-721-0371
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To seek an IT development or management position that helps business gain competitive advantages from IT solutions using my expertise in agile software development, project management and thought leadership.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Agile Software project management
• IT Consulting
• Technical knowledge in computer technology, software architecture, software development methodologies, enterprise business modeling, object oriented systems and design patterns
EDUCATION
2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PhD, computer science; advisor: Professor Ralph Johnson
2001 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MS, computer science.
1996 Thammasat University, MBA
1991 King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, BE, computer engineering, first class honors.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Software Consultant, ThoughtWorks Inc., 2007 – Present
Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997-2006
• Telemedicine Project, Department of Speech and Hearing Science. Software development and consultations to hospitals from University of Wisconsin, University of Arkansas and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
• Caterpillar's GlobalData Project, National Center of Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Database modeling, software development and training to Caterpillar IT department in Peoria, Illinois.
Account Manager, NCR Thailand Co., Ltd., 1994-1997
• Responsible for multimillion-dollar annual sales, product marketing and customer relationship management in banking and finance sector.
Systems Engineer, IBM Thailand Co., Ltd., 1993-1994
• Developed IBM OS/2 Thai edition.
• Supported IBM PS/2 products.
Systems Operation Specialist, IBM Thailand Co., Ltd., 1991-1992
• Managed computer operations and scheduling at IBM Thailand computing center.
• Developed an accounting package for US Chamber of Commerce.
• Implemented a computer-based training program for Singapore Airlines.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
• 2004-2006: $1.9M grant on Telemedicine Project from National Institute of Health (NIH)
• 2005: ICEIS Doctoral Symposium grant
• 1997: AT&T Asia-Pacific Leadership Award
• 1994-1996: NCR Century Point Club (CPC) Awards
• 1993: IBM Thailand Business Contribution Award
• 1991: First class honors in bachelor of engineering and first place ranking in computer engineering class
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Enterprise application design, development and management
• Software architecture and agile methodology
• Object oriented analysis and design, software engineering, design patterns, model driven architecture (MDA)
• Networking, secure computing, middleware
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Voluntary consultant and moderator, Narisa.com's Java forums, 2003-present.
• Founder, ThaiDev.org, 2004-present.
• Conference chair, Pattern Language of Programs (PLoP), 2002.
• President, Thai Student Association (TSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998-1999.
• Webmaster, PLoP conference (2001-2005), TSA@UIUC, ThaiDev.org, Weerasak.com.
• Co-author, Assembly Language, Se-ed Publishing, 1991.
• Contributing writer, Computer Review Magazine, 1990-1991.
