Joshua H. Forman


(201) 350-8521
E-mail: josh at jofo dot com
http://www.jofo.com/

Education


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

Professional Experience


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.

Consulting Projects


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.

Affiliations


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

Skills

Computer: Microsoft Office, WWW, E-mail, FTP, HTML,PHP,MySQL, FileMaker
Extensive MacOS experience

Language: American Sign Language (conversational)