Staff Directory

Sufi Nawaz

Graduate Assistant
Email: sufinawaz@gmail.com
Phone: 940.595.1285

URL: http://www.sufinawaz.com

Hi there, I am Sufi Nawaz and I am currently pursuing my masters degree in Secured Software Systems here at James Madison University. I have a previous degree in Computer Science from University of North Texas as well. Programming has been a big part of my life, and I wish to take my prior knowledge and experience and combine them new ones while trying to enjoy the endeavor as much as possible!
 
I currently work for the CIT as a Graduate Assistant. I work for the Research and Development team which gives me the license to explore and experiment with all the technology available in the department and in the web, thus making it possible for us to offer teachers the most efficient and effective means to teach their students.
 
As for my interests in other fields, I love photography and I happen to be a Canon guy. I mostly do still life and portrait photography, but if anything appealing catches my eye, I make sure my camera lenses see the same and store them in memory cards! I love programming but only to the extent of not being forced to do so. I love web designing. I am a creative person but not an artist. I take my sweet little time to do things I do. The end result is either a great outcome or an okay draft. I love humor and sarcasm and I'm not being sarcastic about it. I love Britney Spears - ok now that's me being completely sarcastic there grin.

In all, I love working for CIT. I like my colleagues and find my job really exciting. Moreover, I find it a noble thing to do to help professors and instructors use the right technology to teach classes and make the lives of students like me that much better. Go technology! Go CIT!

Areas of Expertise

Operating Systems and Servers:
MS Windows Server 2008, Linux, UNIX, Solaris, Mac OS X, Apache, IIS 7.5.

Languages and scripts:
PHP, Java, C, C++, ASP, VBScript, LISP, HTML, XML, CSS, PL/SQL, MySQL, T-SQL, JavaScript, AJAX, BASH.

Database Tools:
RapidSQL, CAST, SQuirreL, SQLTools, MS Access, phpMyAdmin, TOAD.

Hardware and Software Resources:
Pentium Servers and Workstations, Remote Desktop, Virtual Machine Servers, Microsoft Virtual PC.

IDE:
Eclipse, NetBeans, XCode, Visual Studio, Notepad++, Turbo C++.

Testing Tools:
QuickTest Pro 10.0, Quality Center 10.0, LoadRunner 9.52, Merant Tracker, Xenu Link Sleuth, Total Validator, JAWS, MAGic.

Applications and web tools:
Adobe Design Premium Suite CS5, Microsoft Office Suite, FrontPage, Visio, Project, Putty, Xampp, EasyPHP, WinSCP, Mingle, Subversion, Documentum.

Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows NT, Linux, UNIX, Solaris, Mac OS X.

Languages and scripts:

PHP, Java, C, C++, ASP, VBScript, LISP, HTML, DHTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, PL/SQL, MySQL, T-SQL, JavaScript, AJAX, BASH.

Database Tools:

RapidSQL, CAST, SQuirreL, SQLTools, MS Access, phpMyAdmin, TOAD.

Hardware Resources:

Pentium Servers and Workstations, Remote Desktop, Virtual Machine Servers, Microsoft Virtual PC.

IDE:

Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio, Notepad++, Turbo C++.

Testing Tools:

QuickTest Pro 10.0, Quality Center 10.0, LoadRunner 9.52, Merant Tracker, Xenu Link Sleuth, Total Validator, JIRA/SpiraTest, SoapUI, Selenium, Qompliance, JAWS, MAGic.

Applications and web tools:

Microsoft Office Suite, FrontPage, Visio, Project, Putty, WinSCP, Adobe DreamWeaver, Flash, Premiere, Illustrator, Fireworks, Photoshop, Mingle, Subversion, Documentum.