Sally Merritt

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Sally J. Merritt

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Biography

Texas State University - Computer Science



Experience

  • Texas State University

    Lecturer

    Taught 3 sections on C++ Fundamentals for over 140 students. Responsible for lectures, quizzes, program and exam preparation. Also involved extensive grading and after-class office hours to
    assist students with varying mathematical capabilities. Presentations used advanced PowerPoint features (animations, hotlinks, etc.).

  • Texas State University

    Teacher of Record (C++ Labs)

    Coordinated over 15 lab sections for attendance tracking along with duties associated with instructing several labs. Emphasized differences in primitive data types, arrays, various loops and abstract data types (structs).

  • Overwatch Systems Tactical Operations

    Test Engineer Intern

    Conducted manual testing for the development team as well as reviewing new user stories (catching several overlap functions).

    * Documented over 75 bugs allowing developers to change coding before product launch.
    * Wrote 25+ new test procedures for software functionality.
    * Applied SQL queries in Visual Studio TFS applications to locate test series for specific build
    components.

  • Accenture

    Performance Modeling Analyst

    Currently working with the Attorney General for the State of Texas to analyze the performance of a custom child support application. This involves working with search results combining relational and NoSQL technology. Previously did QA testing for Medicaid Eligibility programs which included script creation, testing administration and defect tracking.

  • Intel Corporation

    Automation Data Extraction Intern

    Programmed enhanced Perl CGI scripts that created HTML data dashboards with linked drill-down design test summaries. This included integrating CSS and JavaScript to access hover and associated page hyper-linked capabilities.

Education

  • Lawrence Technological University

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

    Chemistry

  • Texas State University-San Marcos

    Master of Science (MS)

    Computer Science

  • Texas State University

    Lecturer


    Taught 3 sections on C++ Fundamentals for over 140 students. Responsible for lectures, quizzes, program and exam preparation. Also involved extensive grading and after-class office hours to assist students with varying mathematical capabilities. Presentations used advanced PowerPoint features (animations, hotlinks, etc.).

  • Texas State University

    Teacher of Record (C++ Labs)


    Coordinated over 15 lab sections for attendance tracking along with duties associated with instructing several labs. Emphasized differences in primitive data types, arrays, various loops and abstract data types (structs).