Education

University of Washington
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (2010)
Major GPA 3.68
Overall GPA 3.33

Honors and Awards

Eagle Scout Award
Dean’s list Aut. 2006, Aut. 2007
Glerum Endowed Scholarship (CSE Departmental Scholarship)

Work Experience

Amazon.com, Inc.,
Seattle, WA

Jun., 2009 - Sep., 2009

Software Development Engineer Intern

Designed and implemented a production system for quantity limits on items and a system to automatically set those limits on items sold at a loss.

University of Washington CSE,
Seattle, WA

Jan., 2008 - Jun., 2010

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant CSE 142 (Introductory Computer Science I), CSE 341 (Programming Languages)

Taught a one hour section of 20-30 students, taught in the Introductory Programming Laboratory, graded homework and exams and developed classroom material and grading criteria.

Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO),
Chevy Chase, MD

Jul., 2007 - Sep., 2007

Web Design Intern

Worked on projects within the Underwriting and Project Management department to improve GEICO’s intranet.

Translation of page data from HTML to XML-based structure. Developed XML schemas and DTDs.
Improved departmental web development skills in HTML, XML and XSLT.

Areas of Study/ Projects

Digital Design, Assembly Language, Embedded Systems Design
Formal Semantics, Compiler Design
Computer Graphics
Website Design - Designed and built webpages for several student organizations
Operating Systems - Modified the Linux and Windows Server kernel, FAT file system in class projects.
Computer Vision, AI, Embedded Systems - Designed, built and programmed autonomous, maze-solving robot on an embedded Linux system.

Undergraduate Research

Jan., 2008 - Jun. 2010

MobileASL - http://mobileasl.cs.washington.edu

Video compression to enhance intelligibility of Sign Language communication. Worked on porting the application from Windows Mobile to a new, Linux-based phone. Embedded linux development, network communication and media framework experience.

Relevant Skills

Excellent computer skills and problem solving ability. Experience planning, organizing, and executing a project from start to finish. Ability to learn new skills very quickly and immediately use them effectively.

Experience with programming, debugging, graphics, hardware, and networking in Linux, Windows Vista/XP/2000.

Proficiency in a large number of programming languages including Java, C, Ruby and Python. Considerable experience with web design and languages such as HTML, Javascript, Ruby on Rails, PHP and ASP. Experience with many other languages including C++/C#, Perl, Scheme, Haskell, etc.

Some ability in Swedish, Japanese and Spanish.