Peter Centgraf 
peter@centgraf.net 
412-805-7323
http://www.centgraf.net
211 S Lang Ave
Pittsburgh, PA  15208
 
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS 
End-to-end participation in the design and development of two cutting-edge Java ERP systems. 
Major technical and design contributions to five software projects: 
  eLIMS - Java, Eclipse RCP, Spring, MS SQL Server
  Business Transaction Server - Java, Eclipse RCP, JBoss, Spring, MySQL 
  MetroViz (http://www.centgraf.net/metroviz/) - VB.NET, NHibernate, MS Access, Oracle 
  CogTool 1.0 (http://www.cogtool.org) - Java, SWT, Lisp, Subversion, Hibernate 
  DrJava (http://www.drjava.net) - Java, Swing, Eclipse, JUnit, Clover, Ant 
  Web Survey Toolbox (http://websurveytoolbox.org) - Java, JSP, Swing, CVS, Tomcat, MySQL 
Publication of three papers at industry conferences on human factors and cognitive modeling. 
Full committer status for the Eclipse Nebula open source user interface toolkit project.
 
 
 EMPLOYMENT
Software Designer/Engineer 1/2007 Ð Present
RJ Lee Group, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA
Development of a custom, enterprise-wide Laboratory Information Management System for internal use and commercial sale.  Leveraged Eclipse and web technologies to transform a cost center into a revenue driver.
 
Java Developer 1/2006 Ð 11/2006 
Management Services, Payroll and Insurance Group, Inc. Mason, OH 
Development of an innovative Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP)-based client for a custom n-tier J2EE ERP system using JBoss and Spring. Fulfilled multiple roles as user researcher, designer, architect, and developer. 

Research Programmer 8/2003 Ð 8/2005 
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 
Development of applications, tools, and user documentation in Java, Common Lisp, and C for Palm OS. Cognitive modeling research in the area of driver distraction, including a publicly available literature review. 

Temp. Research Programmer 5/2003 Ð 8/2003 
Computer Science Department, Rice University Houston, TX 
Full-time development of the DrJava pedagogical development environment. Multi-platform user interface implementation, including interface improvements based on feedback from the Rice TeachJava workshop. 

Software Engineering Intern 5/2000 - 5/2003 
Direct Supply, Inc. Milwaukee, WI 
Full-time summer position with year-round projects. Interaction design and software construction roles for data access applications and frameworks in MS-SQL, VB6, C++/WTL, and C#. 
 
 
EDUCATION 
Master of Human-Computer Interaction 8/2003 Ð 12/2005 
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 
GPA: 3.50 
2 years of practical experience with interdisciplinary teams working on HCI design projects: 
  full development of a data mining and visualization tool for the City of Pittsburgh CitiStat program 
  conceptual design of a web community to facilitate favor exchange across social networks in families 
  interaction design of a mobile search application, a mood-driven music player, and a food website 
 
B.S. in Computer Science & B.A. in Psychology 8/1999 - 5/2003 
Rice University Houston, TX 
GPA: 3.25 in Computer Science, 3.31 in Psychology, and 3.20 overall. 
Dual majors with a focus in Human-Computer Interaction.  Course experience includes: 
  software design and implementation in Java (including generics), C, and Scheme 
  agile development techniques such as UML data modeling, unit testing, and pair programming 
  design, execution, and data analysis of original studies in cognitive psychology