Assistant Engineer
Resume:
Jed Krieger
Austin, TX *****
**********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Research: Conducted extensive Internet, library, and academic research
on a variety of topics
Experimental Design: Designed and conducted experiments on
psycholinguistic phenomena to determine linguistic preferences
Scientific Writing: Completed literature reviews and manuscripts
addressing experimental work in linguistics; wrote lexicographic
entries for online publication
Presentations: Presented research and experimental results before
audiences; presented technical service products at industry
tradeshows
Group Facilitation: President of the Linguistics and Language
Development Student Association for the 2005-06 year as well as
leading group projects
Creativity: Produced creative solutions to experimental questions and
academic projects from a unique and integrative perspective
EDUCATION
M.A. degree in Linguistics, 5/06, GPA: 3.98
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Recipient, Stewart Outstanding Student Award, 2006
B.A. degree in Humanities, focus on Writing and Metaphor, 12/99, GPA:
3.9
New College of California, San Francisco, CA
EXPERIENCE
Knowledge Engineer, TextDigger, Inc., January - June, August -
November 2009
. Contributed to the continuing evolution of various taxonomies
. Developed the growth of the company's private corpus
. Assisted in testing and refining several Web 3.0 products
. Created ontological data structures based on customer needs
Monitored social and consumer search trends
Lexicographer, TextDigger, Inc., January 2007 - December 2008
. Managed a large-scale, semantically organized lexicon
. Edited user-generated contributions to database
. Contributed to the development of proprietary tools
. Wrote internal and external documentation
. Researched a wide variety of subjects
Research Analyst, CNET Networks, July - November 2006
. Customized proprietary AI software for information extraction
. Wrote regular expressions for pattern matching
. Generated summaries of user opinion data
. Worked in conjunction with mySimon.com and AI research
. Software QA
President, Linguistics and Language Development Student Association,
SJSU, 2005-06
. Organized guest speaker events
. Led meetings to discuss association activities
. Secured funding from the student government
. Set up an Internet store for fundraising purposes
. Coordinated with other volunteers in hosting a department
graduation ceremony
Student Instructional Assistant, Department of Linguistics, SJSU, 2004-
05
. Acted as the sole instructional assistant for the Linguistics
department
. Tutored four to five introductory classes each semester (approx.
120-130 students)
. Reviewed and explained course material
. Answered students questions about their graded work
. Held regular office hours three or four days a week
Class Assistant, English Department, SJSU, 2004-05
. Tutored for two sections of English 103, Modern English (approx.
50 students)
. Graded and corrected homework assignments twice weekly
. Coached students on the course material
. Held regular office hours twice a week
. Proctored exams
Bookkeeper, Stacey's Bookstore, San Francisco, 1999-04
. Coordinated cash inflow for a high volume retail environment
. Handled daily cash deposits ranging from $1200 to $7000
. Created daily accounts receivable spreadsheets
. Investigated and resolved financial discrepancies both in house
and with law enforcement
SKILLS
MS Office, Mac OS, Photoshop, Regular Expressions, HTML
Strong Writing, Research and Analytical Skills
Completed intermediate level coursework in French
ACTIVITIES
Member, Linguistic Society of America, 2004-present
Member, DSNA, 2007-present
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