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Joshua H.
Forman
(201) 350-8521
E-mail: josh at jofo dot com
http://www.jofo.com/
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Education
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Northeastern
University
Boston, MA
Attended 1995-2000
- Took many courses in the fields of linguistics and psychology
- Was involved in Interpreting Club and Deaf Club of NU
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Professional
Experience
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Forman Mortgage
Co.
Cedar Knolls, NJ
9/06-present
- Gathered data on potentially interested clients.
- Contacted potential clients via postal mail.
- Developed loan tracking system in FileMaker Pro
- Typed documents and invoices.
- Photographed properties.
- Prepared documents required in loan submission such as rent rolls and income/expense reports
LandWare, Inc.
Oradell, NJ
2000-2006
Technical Support Representative
- Installed and configured Cerberus Helpdesk for use by sales and support staff
- Designed databases and web interface in PHP/mySQL for tracking software bugs and support issues.
- Support software and hardware products by phone and electronic mail.
- Assist maintenance of online support information.
- Developed PHP script to integrate with reseller's instant activation code generation
Massachusetts Commission for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Boston, MA
3/97-6/97
Referral Intern
- Redesigned reference sources for easier retrieval of
information.
- Informed requestors that interpreter requests had
been filled.
Daily Record - Sports
Department
Parsippany, NJ
6/95
- Received contest results by phone for submission to
score column.
- Gathered news stories from Associated Press
feeds.
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Consulting Projects
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PQA Development
8/99 - Present
Wrote wireless query applications for
storing static and retrieving dynamic information from
Internet to Palm Handheld. Applications include:
- Disclosure of "Easter eggs" hidden inside of built-in
Query Applications. Also demonstrates the capabilities of
web clipping applications to hyperlink to each other's
contents.
- Group and meeting information for two Boston area
Palm User Groups. Retrieves latest meeting information
from Internet and allows the user to easily add events to
their calendar.
Pegasystems
Cambridge, MA
1/00
- Educated Pegasystems staff about functionality of the
PalmVII Organizer.
- Researched PalmOS programs to enable company to achieve
project goals.
MarketSource
11/99
- Set up demonstrations of Palm products at retail
store.
- Educated consumers about variability in Palm
Organizer product line.
- Demonstrated key features of Palm Organizers.
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Affiliations
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Northeastern University Deaf Club 1996-1999 (PR
Director)
Interpreting Club of
NU, 1997-1999
NU Linguistics Club, 1999 (Vice President)
Boston PDA User
Group
New England Palm User
Group (Auxiliary officer)
Boston Mac Users
Group
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Skills
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Computer: Microsoft Office, WWW, E-mail, FTP, HTML,PHP,MySQL, FileMaker
Extensive MacOS experience
Language: American Sign Language (conversational)
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