Nikola Collins

248.390.8625 627 South Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 nikolac@umich.edu

Objective To develop the fundamental skills of a successful, well-rounded technology professional by constantly
pursing new technical endeavors, utilizing the learning opportunities afforded by experienced coworkers
and managers, and demonstrating the characteristics of an open-minded leader.

Education University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan Graduation May 2011

• Pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
• Majoring in Computational Informatics

Experience Nationwide Insurance - Columbus, Ohio

Summer 2010
IT Infrastructure Engineering Rotation Intern
Technology Area Rotation
• Solution Engineering, Middleware, Performance Engineering, SOA Engineering, Identity and Access
Management, Firewall, Mainframe, Application Development Center
Performance Scripting
• Wrote VuGen scripts for HP LoadRunner to load test several Nationwide applications
Interface Design
• Made HTML + CSS web application interfaces for two tools teams
Azul Real Time Performance Monitor Investigation
• Consulted with several application teams to gauge interest in offering a real time JVM performance
monitoring service
Summer 2009
IT Infrastructure Architect Intern
Enterprise Web Hosting Product Development
• Assisted in conceptualizing, defining and designing an internal web hosting product to replace existing,
costly, custom hosting options with the intent of decreasing management complexity
• Analyzed past web hosting service implementations to determine common deployment scenario
requirements and to identify unutilized features
• Collaborated with business application developers to fulfill financial and functional requirements
Disaster Recovery Feasibility
• Investigated a possible gap in backup ability during disaster recovery events
• Requested and analyzed backup and recovery data from a representative sample of mission critical
application owners
• Learned the importance of making, and the consequences of failing to make, data driven decisions

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan

March 2010 - Present
CMS Migration Consultant - School of Kinesiology
• Migrating from ~2003 static html to Drupal 6
• Architected Kinesiology data types and supervised data collection
• Interfaced with development and graphics vendors to assure project is within scope and on schedule
January 2009 - Present
Web Application Developer - School of Kinesiology
• Develop primarily in PHP and MySQL, along with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Attempting to ease the labor of managing a large, static html site by embedding dynamic elements
• Designed, developed and implemented a faculty directory
Technical Director - Informatics Student Organization August 2009 - Present
• Provide technical feasibility feedback to project teams and suggest new project ideas
Web Application Developer - Information & Technology Services, Campus Computing Sites November 2008 - May 2010
• Modified an existing MediaWiki extension to interface with a computing site profile tool I developed
• In the process of developing an student employment application interface and management tool
Rover - Information & Technology Services, Campus Computing Sites July 2008 - November 2008
• Provided technical support for over 200 computers, 160 networked color and black & white printers in
both Windows (XP and Vista) and MacOS X (Tiger and Leopard) environments
Web Assistant Volunteer - UM Health System September 2008 - May 2009
• Used web analytical software to optimize user navigation experience and decrease bounce rates
• Assisted with patient record database management and investigated alternative data collection methods