Nole Stites’ Resume

✉️ nole.stites@gmail.com
📍 Tomball, TX, USA
🔗 Website: nolestites.com
🔗 LinkedIn
🔗 GitHub

About Me

I’m a graduate student pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University with a strong interest in digital humanities. With a background in computer science, I’m passionate about using technology to support access to cultural heritage, digital scholarship, and interdisciplinary research. I’m especially drawn to opportunities that combine library services, digital tools, and the humanities to enhance how information is preserved, presented, and explored.

I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from Southern Oregon University in March 2025.

I have a passion for education and have created a web application called Graph Creator to help students with their education and faculty with their work.

I am research-focused, having always been curious about many things in life. I work to understand why things are the way they are or how to improve them. An instance of this is my funded Quantum Computing Research.

I reside in Houston, TX with my two sweet dogs Kashyyyk and Weasley, but am looking to relocate.

Education

Master of Library and Information Science - Louisiana State University
DATE: JULY 2025 - PRESENT • BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - Southern Oregon University
GRADUATION DATE: MARCH 2025 • ASHLAND, OREGON • 3.9 GPA

• Member of Computer Science Club
  • 2023 Hackathon: Won 3rd place for Shakespeare Mad Libs project
  • Volunteer for SMILE event: taught K-5 students how to program in Scratch
• Relevant Coursework: Calculus, Cloud Computing, Linear Algebra, Theory of Computation

Studies in the Japanese Language - Shinshu University
DATE: SEPTEMBER 2024 - FEBRUARY 2025 • MATSUMOTO, NAGANO, JAPAN

Experience

SGX3 Coding Institute Trainer JUNE 2024 • REMOTE

• A trainer/mentor for a workshop that covers the core skills needed for the design and maintenance of science gateways
• Participated in the SGX3 HackHPC hackathon, the goal of which was to make a science gateway with Python and Django, on team NLC^2 (a 4-person team) and won the Judges Award (GitHub)
• Hackathon poster project presented at Science Gateways 2024 Annual Conference

Computer Science Tutor - Southern Oregon University
APRIL 2023 - JUNE 2024 • ASHLAND, OREGON

• Tutor college computer science courses at levels ranging from beginner Python and C++ to advanced topics, communicating technical information at a variety of levels of understanding
• Create resources and thorough documentation for students and admin use

Lab and Classroom Support Analyst - Southern Oregon University
APRIL 2023 - AUGUST 2024 • ASHLAND, OREGON

• Provide technical support with campus technologies to professors and students
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems
• Utilize ticketing systems to track and manage support requests
• Create and maintain solution documentation for future reference
• Install and update software/hardware and reimage machines in labs and classrooms throughout campus

Projects

Web App: Graph Creator

• An educational web app made by myself for students and faculty to easily create node-edge-based graphs and simulate algorithms on those graphs. View the live app here
• Improved accessibility by using solid and dashed lines instead of color alone to convey information, supporting users with visual impairments
• Technologies used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git/GitHub

React Wave Function Collapse

• React project hosted on GitHub that pipes the output from a Python wave collapse function into a React app
• Technologies Used: React, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git

Quantum Computing Introductory Lecture - STEM REx

• Partook in funded research to create an introductory lecture for quantum computing
• Consolidated complex technical material into a slide deck highlighting key points of quantum computing, all of which is hosted on GitHub

Flow Cytometry Analysis Automation - BD Biosciences

• Develop an automated cell-identification algorithm in Python and Java for use by bioinformatic researchers
• Collaborating with a teammate, planned project and created documentation using agile development practices
• Technologies Used: Python, Git, Machine Learning (ML), Agile Methodologies

Sudoku Wave Function Collapse

• Python project hosted on GitHub that generates sudoku boards using wave function collapse
• Use object-oriented design patterns to optimize functionality and efficiency

Trading Company Datanase

• Designed and implemented a relational database in MySQL and accompanying frontend interface in PHP
• Use stored procedures, functions, and triggers to enforce data integrity and user-friendliness

Certifications

Wells Fargo Software Engineering Job Simulation on Forage - April 2025

• Understood relevant requirements for building a system to manage financial portfolios
• Figured out what data the system needed to keep track of
• Drafted a visual representation of the data as an entity relationship diagram (ERD)
• Used the IntelliJ developer application to implement the ERD and published it to GitHub
• Check out the simulation here: https://www.theforage.com/simulations/wells-fargo/software-engineering-nkq4

Skills

• Databases (Data Modeling, ERD Design, MySQL, MongoDB, and RESTful APIs to connect to them)
• Software Engineering (C++, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Python, Java/JPA/Spring)
• Cloud Computing (Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
• Mathematics (calculus, differential equations, discrete structures, linear algebra)
• Technical Communication
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Customer service
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Elementary Japanese