James M. Greene

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Open Source Contributor
- I always learn a lot while contributing to open source software. Check out my growing list of open souce contributions!
Speaker
- Twin Cities Code Camp
- JSConf US
- JavaScriptMN
- Various technology presentations at work: ASP.NET MVC, the JavaScript language, QUnit, etc.
Conference Attendee
Web Community Activist
- Co-organizer of the JavaScriptMN user group (~1000 members, average of 75+ attendees)
- Actively try to drink from the firehose that is JavaScript news
- Proposed a new JavaScript error handling standard for HTML5, which was ratified.
- Proposed several ideas for the TC39 committee on ECMAScript 6 via the JSFixed group
- Working with the HTML Web Apps Working Group on the Clipboard sub-group to get "click-to-copy" into the DOM APIs so that we can put Flash Player to rest sooner than later.
Teacher
- Mentored many coworkers on the .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, the JavaScript language, and various JavaScript libraries like jQuery, QUnit, RequireJS, etc. (2006 - present)
- Adjunct Instructor of programming and operating systems courses at Dunwoody College of Technology. (2010 - present)
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (a rare position) for "Introduction to Programming in C++ for Scientists and Engineers" at the University of Minnesota. (2005 - 2006)
- Volunteer UNIX Teacher for the University of Minnesota's chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), teaching a series of introductory classes to the public on using UNIX at the beginning of each semester. (2004 - 2006)
Student
- M.S. Software Engineering
- B.A. Computer Science
  - Minored in "Asian Languages & Literature: Japanese"
  - Minored in "Medieval Studies"
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (view transcript)
  - Distributed Application Development (.NET 2.0)
  - Web Application Development (.NET 2.0)
  - Windows Application Development (.NET 2.0)
Husband & Father
- Oh, so much to learn...!