Robert Holmes

Relevant Experience

Help professors and University employees decide which applications would best suit their needs and assist them to implement those applications
Learned to understand people without a technology background when describing their problems and explain a solution in terms they will understand
Analyze why machines running Windows 10 and programs are not working properly and correcting them
Perform updates and apply software patches when necessary

Given funding to analyze and visualize data from the Virginia Historical Elections database as it relates to the Voting Rights Act
Imported Excel database to ArcGIS in order to visualize voter turnout data and patterns of election results
Challenged and disproved the efficiency gap, a metric which is supposed to yield a numerical representation for the magnitude of gerrymandering within a state
Concluded that the Voting Rights Act had increased participation and representation of minorities in elections but affected districts still had fewer choices at the ballot and lower turnout than unaffected districts

Revised and updated the Demographics Data in the City's Comprehensive Plan using Census data
Used SQL statements to classify automobile crashes by season and made a GIS displaying this information using ArcGIS Online
Created an app to allow City employees to report property code infringements such as inoperable vehicles in the yard, rodent infestations and derelict structures using Survey123 for ArcGIS Online
Developed a Python program that parses the City's real estate database and transforms the fields which detail the parcels owned by an entity into atomic units so that this data could be joined with the address point data.

Aid students learning the basics of Python on machines running Fedora.
Implement and demonstrate techniques for debugging Python code
Read and understand code in order to explain to students why their program isn't producing the desired results

Ensured that cashiers and lifeguards adhered to their schedules and fulfilled their responsibilities in a manner that was safe for both them and patrons
Handle employee disputes, patron incidents, stock shortages and potentially malfunctioning equipment and report these to the Director of Seasonal Pools if necessary
Balanced the cash drawer at the end of cashiers’ shifts and at closing time
Tracked chemical levels in the water and adjusted them if necessary

Managed a seven-person coaching staff
Supervised the training of over 100 athletes
Coordinated registration and relay entries for the entire team in biweekly meets

Awarded ODAC Academic All-Conference Honors for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons
Devoted over twenty hours per week to training, traveling and competing with other schools from VA, MD, NC and PA

Organized a fundraiser which succeeded in raising over $1,500 for Red Cross Hurricane Relief
Encouraged active members to complete over 700 community service hours throughout the summer and fall of 2017