Nicholas Poorman

Nick Poorman is an avid sailor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist.

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Nick Poorman is an avid sailor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist from Syracuse, New York. Although his degree of study is in computer science, he is specialized in the field of cyber security. He has been featured in the Oswego News article "Cyber Security" in Feburary 2010 and the Lake E-ffect article "Prof and Students Take on Computer Intruders in Classified Project" by the Oswego Alumni Association in April 2010. His entrepreneurial work has also landed him in many articles such as the The Palladium Times newspaper as well as the Campus Update article "Fast Startup, Oswego team develops business, app in 54 hours" in November 2011. Early in 2012, Nick along with his co-founders were featured in many newspapers around Troy, NY for winning first place at the Tech Valley Startup Weekend with their venture PayWithMe. Nick recently co-founded a revolutionary new company called Regattable out of Syracuse, NY that's designing and manufacturing ultra portable sailboats. Nick has held officer positions in organizations such as Vice President of Production of Rockin' Recipes in 2006, and later President of ‘Cuse Cuisine in 2007. He is also involved with the Computer Science Association holding positions as Social Chairman and Treasurer. Nick is also part owner and co-founder in many startups reaching from Syracuse to Albany, New York. In his spare time he enjoys sailing out of the beautiful Henderson Harbor on Lake Ontario where he has spent many of his summers. He has sailed in regattas such as the Jr. Olympics, LYRA, the Hospice Charity Cup, and Oswego Yacht Club's Wednesday night summer series.

Cyber Defense Research Intern - Air Force Research Laboratory at Serco - North America

May 2009 - January 2011

Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate in Rome, NY. Assisted the AF staff in cyber defense research and development. Communicated with supervisor and project staff to schedule work and to coordinate assignments. Protocol Analysis, IPv6, BSD.

Team Leader at Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

2010 - 2010

The NECCDC is one of a collecton of cyber security competitions held around the USA. Recruited a team, presented a budget to the Student Association Executive Board for the appropriation of funds, lead the team as team captain during the competition.

Treasurer at Computer Science Association

2009 - 2010

Developed and presented an approved budget to the Student Association Executive Board, filed purchase orders, organised the computer science department end of the year picnic, managed the funding on the account including a trip to Maine for the NECCDC.

Social Chairman at Computer Science Association

2008 - 2010

Organized social events such as programming weekends, the computer science department at Oswego end of the year picnic, and various LAN parties.

Project Manager - Contractor at The Exchange Agency

June 2009 - August 2009

Secured the contract and led a team of three. Developed and implemented a database and company management system to consolidate the company's client records into an electronic database. Programmed a front end graphical user interface to the database for access and management of the records. Programmed a multi-user network synchronized calendar and task list as part of the GUI.

Database Administrator at The Exchange Agency

June 2008 - August 2008

Setup and managed the migration of client information into the company's database.

US Sailing Instructor at Oswego Maritime Foundation

June 2008 - August 2008

Taught sailing classes ranging from 10-20 students in size. Gave chalk talks on points of sail, boat parts, knot tying and on the water practices in the boats with students.

Systems Assembler at Seneca Data

June 2007 - August 2007

Assembled components for Nexlink, Brainstorm, and Acer systems. Flashed BIOS, assembled chassis, and confirmed the quality of the order before it was shipped.

President at Cuse Cuisine

2007 - 2007

Sold and marketed a recipe book thru Junior Achievement?s Young Entrepreneurial Program. Managed a team of ten and delegated tasks to Vice Presidents of their respective departments.

Vice President of Production at Rockin' Recipes

2005 - 2006

Designed and developed a recipe book containing recipes from restaurants around the Syracuse, NY area thru Junior Achievement?s Young Entrepreneurial Program. Drafted the layout of the book and acquired advertisements to subsidize the production cost. Received marketing award for most innovative product.

Kitchen Assistant at Henderson Harbor Yacht Club

2005 - 2006

Kitchen Assistant in charge of prepping food, washing dishes, mopping floors, serving the yacht club members.

Sailing Instructor at Henderson Harbor Water Sports Inc.

2003 - 2006

Sailing Instructor for a class size of 25-30. Gave chalk talks on points of sail, boat parts, knot tying and on the water practices in the boats with students. Instructed students how to become expert sailors in theory and application.

Consultant at Poorman Consulting

May 2011

Secured contracts with clients, negotiated deliverables and executed the programming of projects ranging from company websites to electronic record systems. Technologies used included Ruby on Rails for programming and design, Git for revision control, and jQuery for unobtrusive control of user interfaces.

SUNY Oswego

Concentration: Computer Science

Activities: Sailing, ACM, Treasurer CSA, CS Tutor

Rochester Institute of Technology

Concentration: Computer Science

Activities: CSH

Sailing, Software Development, Entrepreneurship