Objective
To obtain a full time software development position in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Zynga Game Network
Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Aug 2009 - Present
Develop and maintain the world's largest game: Farmville
Intuit Inc.
QA Software Engineer
Mountain View, CA
Jan 2009 - Aug 2009
Pioneered the development of automated performance tests and performed quality assurance for a rapidly evolving Flex-based rich internet application.
Intuit Inc.
Software Engineering Intern
Mountain View, CA
May 2008 - Aug 2008
Designed and developed a stand-alone application for secure transfer of QuickBooks files over the internet. Designed database schemas as part of an all-intern project to develop a Facebook Application.
Intuit Inc.
IT Intern
San Diego, CA
May 2007 - Aug 2007
Worked with web service QA teams performing unit and end-to-end testing. Replaced crude in-house testing utilities with more powerful and better supported external software. Developed automated replacements for manual tests saving hours of developer time.
Michigan State University High Performance Computing Center
Developer
East Lansing, MI
Sep 2006 - Nov 2007
Maintained and troubleshot high performance computing systems. Integrated multiple existing web components into a coherent user-facing website. Wrote maintenance scripts, evaluated software configurations, and other tasks related to high performance computing.
Michigan State University College of Agriculture
Web Developer
East Lansing, MI
Nov 2005 - May 2006
Designed, developed, tested, and deployed web sites for multiple clients in a Microsoft .NET environment.
Education
Michigan State University
B.S. Computer Science
East Lansing, MI
Fall 2008
Cognate (Minor): Business
Overall GPA: 3.4/4.0, Major GPA: 3.5/4.0
President, webmaster and active member of the MSU Cycling Club
Notable course work: two semesters of C++/basic programming. One semester each
of algorithms and object oriented design (both in C++), one semester of assembly
programming with the SPARC ISA, one semester of 3D graphics with OpenGL,
one semester of advanced computer architecture, two semesters of circuit design.
Technical Skills
- Very proficient with C++, Java, (X)HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL. Fairly proficient with Flex, C#, Python, VisualBasic. Basic knowledge of Ruby, Bash, Perl.
- CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) 2004-2007