Engineer Manager
Resume:
Hyrum K. Wright
PhD
*****@***********.***
http://www.hyrumwright.org
Objective
Lead technical teams in developing solutions to interesting problems. I work best in a
fun, fast-paced environment, where my skills and abilities can be used to solve real
problems. I am particularly interested in developing great software, and "building cool
stuff".
Experience
January 2010-PresentWANdisco, IncDirector of Open Source
Managed team of open source developers working on a number of projects.
Assisted in implementing company open source initiatives and strategy.
Dec. 2006-PresentApache Subversion Open Source Project Full Committer, Release
Manager
Design and implement features across all aspects of the system; gather user input; speak
at user and developer events.
Release manager since late-2008.
As final president of the Subversion Corporation, helped orchestrate migration to the
Apache Software Foundation.
Worked on Subversion-related contract and consulting projects, including Google Summer of
Code 2007.
Dec. 2008-Dec. 2009PrO UnlimitedSubversion Contractor
Contractor assigned to Juniper Networks to assist with CVS-to-Subversion migration.
Helped design and implement new working copy metadata management library for Subversion.
May 2008-August 2008VMware, IncTechnical Staff Intern
Responsible for design and development of Linux guest-based tools notification feature.
May 2007-May 2008University of Texas at AustinResearch Assistant
Helped develop and test wireless network prototyping environment.
Ran experiments to test various MAC and physical layer protocol capabilities.
Sept. 2006-May 2008University of Texas at Austin Teaching Assistant
Head TA for graduate Engineering Programming Languages course.
TA for Java-based Data Structures course.
One of several TAs for entry-level Intro to Programming course.
April 2002-August 2006Brigham Young University, Office of Information Technology
Software Engineer
While an undergraduate student, helped build and maintain the University's academic web
applications, including registration and grading.
For the final 1.5 years of my time, I was the lead engineer in developing a new student
planning product, assisting with the design of the system, and supervising implementation.
January 2005-January 2006BYU AresProject Avionics Team Leader (Member, Jan. 2004-
Jan.2006)
Directed the design and construction of the flight electronics responsible for
controlling a 20-foot hybrid rocket.
Education
2008-2012 University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. in Software Engineering
Research interests: Release Engineering, Open source software development
Dissertation: Release Engineering Processes, Their Faults and Failures
2006-2008 University of Texas at Austin
M. S. in Engineering, Computer Engineering
Research area: Software Engineering, Wireless Networking
2002-2006 Brigham Young University
B.S. in Computer Engineering
Minor in Mathematics
Courses of interest include:
Wireless Communication, Advanced Operating Systems, Computer Networking, Embedded
Systems, Real-Time Operating Systems, Verification & Validation, Statistical Methods,
Requirements Engineering, Compilers, Collaborative Development
Skills
Programming Languages
Fluent: C, Python, HTML, SQL
Comfortable: C++, Java, XML
Previously used: XSLT, Ruby
Software & Technologies
Release Engineering
Open source development practices
Linux (development & administration)
MySQL, SQLite databases
TCP/IP networking
HTTP
Version control, particularly Subversion
Additional Skills
Public speaking
Team leadership and management
Understanding of finance and accounting processes
Publications & Presentations
H. Wright, Release Mismanagement: How to Alienate Users and Frustrate Developers, OSCON
2009, San Jose, California, July 20-24, 2009.
H. Wright, What's New in Subversion 1.6, Southern California Linux Expo 7x, Los Angeles,
California, February 20, 2009.
R. Grant and H. Wright, Hydra: A Wireless Multi-hop Wireless Testbed, OSCON 2008,
Portland, Oregon, July 21-25, 2008.
Awards/Honors
EDGE Center Scholar, 2006-2007
BYU University Academic Scholarship, 2002-2006
Dean's List, 2002-2003, 2003-2004
Eagle Scout, 1995
Memberships
Apache Software Foundation
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Graduate Student Member
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Graduate Student Member
Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Miscellany
Volunteer missionary, 2000-2002
Spent two years as a volunteer missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints in Los Angeles, California. Responsibilities included directing daily proselyting
activities, and managing groups of 6-8 other missionaries in the same.
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