Education

University of California, Berkeley

M.S., Computer Science with the Management of Technology Certificate (August 2010 - May 2011)

B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (August 2007 - May 2010); GPA: 3.80

Relevant Coursework

Computer Security, Technical Communication, Algorithms, Computer Networking, Computer Graphics, Operating Systems, Databases, Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Systems, Machine Structures, Data Structures

Work Experience

Google Software Engineer (July 2011 - current)
  • Working on the Faster Mobile Search team.
Google Software Engineer Intern (May 2010 - August 2010)
  • Interned on the Rich Snippets team within Google Search.
  • Worked mostly with C++ on backend data processing on server clusters, but also had exposure to Python (including AppEngine), HTML, and CSS.
Google Software Engineer Intern (June 2009 - August 2009)
  • Interned on the Google Analytics/Adwords conversion tracking team.
  • Did both frontend Javascript work and backend C++ infrastructure work that ran on clusters of machines.
Amazon.com Software Development Engineer Intern (May 2008 - August 2008)
  • Wrote cross-browser tools for the company intranet in Perl, Javascript (with PrototypeJS), HTML, and CSS.
  • Learned how to use large-scale build and deployment systems. Also learned the Perforce version control system.
ACM Web Developer (January 2008 - February 2011)
  • Developed and maintained TECH, a website for computing educators in Drupal.

Projects

Ninja Courses (Summer 2007 - current)
  • Provides a web interface to generate class schedules automatically, eliminating manual permutations of classes
  • Implemented a much-needed service for the UC Berkeley student body, with over 10,000 total users across 4 universities.
  • Also implemented a complementary Facebook application, for added publicity via social networking
  • http://ninjacourses.com
Web Security Research (February 2009 - May 2011)
GamesCrafters - undergraduate computational game theory research group (August 2007 - December 2008)
  • Co-leading the web team to design and implement a web framework for playing games on end-user browsers
  • Designed and coded group web site with a partner using PHP, Strict HTML 4.01, and XML

Skills

Web Development
Experience with Python (Django), JavaScript (including jQuery, PrototypeJS, and YUI), MySQL, PHP, AJAX, strict (X)HTML, and CSS
Other Programming Languages
Experience with C# (XNA Game Development), Java, and C/C++
Misc
Experience with EMACS, Git, Subversion, Perforce, Visual Studio, Linux, and Windows

Academic Honors

Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society (Joined Spring 2008)
Historian, Spring 2011; President, Fall 2010; VP, Spring 2010; Historian, Fall 2009; IT Committee Chair, Spring 2009; IT Officer, Fall 2008
  • Tech lead of the IT Committee for 2 semesters
  • Instituted a code review policy, migrated to a new server, and mentored newer officers
Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Honor Society (Joined Spring 2008)