12 Cherry Valley Drive

Little Rock, AR 72211

JOSHUA THACKER Phone: (501) 213-6551
E-mail: JoshuaThacker@sbcglobal.net

OBJECTIVE
Enthusiastic graduate student looking for a challenging position in the IT industry, allowing me to
utilize my skills to leverage business operations and strategies through value-creating opportunities
in an environment that promotes continuous gradation of knowledge.

EDUCATION
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, College of Business 7/08 to Current
Masters of Science in Management Information Systems
• Academic Credit Hours: 27
• Post-Baccalaureate Credit Hours: 42
• Cumulative 4.0 GPA

University of Central Arkansas, College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics 1/99 to 5/04
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Minor in Physical Science
• Academic Credit Hours: 144
• Major 3.1 GPA
• Above national average on the CAAP exam in Mathematics & Science – 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Central Mortgage Company, Little Rock, AR 2/05 to 9/06
Financial/Information Analyst, Administration Department
• Supported the President & CEO in the financial and information analysis of the Company’s
products, services, operational / financial reporting and research
• Collected, evaluated and prepared complex information for statistical and narrative reports in
the enhancement of the Company’s activities and operations
• Formulated and communicated new ideas and suggestions that enhanced operations and
profitability of the organization

Tax Specialist, Mortgage Servicing Escrow Department 11/04 to 2/05

• Prepared, balanced, processed and paid all annual and semi-annual tax payments
• Researched all problem accounts and followed up with collectors, tax servicers and customers
as necessary
• Maintained a high level of cooperation and rapport with all co-workers, supervisors and
management in order to ensure accurate and efficient operations

Symmetry Analysis Research Group, Conway, AR 3/04 to 8/04

Researcher, Department of Mathematics at UCA
• Pursued research in the field of classical and non-classical symmetry analysis of the
Schroedinger equation, shallow water waves and nonlinear diffusion
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Microsoft Imagine Cup SDI Competition 1/09 to 7/09
Worldwide Finals, Cairo, EG
• This application took 4th place out of 112 Global participants from 41 different countries
• Coordinated a team of four graduate students in developing a business plan suitable for
venture capitalists and an information sharing application named “Special Child”
• The "Special Child" application collectively merges private, public, international and
charitable adoption agencies from around the world by leveraging Web Services through
which the various entities can share data and match children in the systems with pre-
qualified adoptive parents in any country while still maintaining ownership of their data

US National Finals, Cambridge, MA

• This application took 3rd place out of 212 US participants by meeting the United Nations
Millennium Goals of Child Health and Global Partnership
• Used Microsoft tools and technologies to create an application that helped address the real
world problems of adoption involving foster care systems and orphanages

SKILLS SUMMARY
Technical
• Operating Systems – Windows NT, 9x, 2000, XP, Vista
• Applications – Visual Studio, Microsoft Office, Visio, Adobe Professional, Mathematica,
Maplesoft Maple, LaTeX
• RDBMS – Access
• Languages – Experienced novice in C++, SQL, Visual Basic, HTML

Personal
• Work Ethic – Detail oriented pro-active intellectual who is able to multi-task efficiently.
Problem solver with great analytical skills. Self-driven and highly motivated individual who
will take on additional responsibilities for the greater needs of the organization.
• Leadership – A dependable team leader who maintains good rapport with colleagues.
• Communication – Scored a 5.0/6.0 on the Analytical Writing section of the GMAT.
• Accomplishments – 4.0/4.0 GPA, Golden Key International Honour Society, Chancellor’s &
Dean’s list, Awarded Gibson-Duncan Trust Scholarship, Awarded Marian Williams
Scholarship, UALR AITP Chapter President

COMPLETED COURSES
Business Administration:
Accounting I & II
Micro & Macroeconomics
Organizational Behavior & Mgmt
Team Development
Advanced Business Communications
Emerging Technology & Strategic Issues
Information Science:
Programming I & II (C++)
Internet Technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Object Oriented Programming (Java, VB)
Information Systems Management
Systems Development & Database Design
Advanced Database Management Systems (SQL)
OO Analysis & Design with the Unified Process