Assistant Engineering

Diego Perez Botero

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SKILLS __

Fast Learner: has learned a completely new technology for every Public speaking: Teaching Assistant in 9 opportunities.

course project so far (e.g. OpenFlow, Xen, Android, Lucene). Programming languages: Java SE, Java EE, Java ME, C, SQL,

Multifaceted: multidisciplinary perspective based upon a major in Python, Android SDK, PHP, Javascript.

Civil Engineering and multicultural background. Software packages: Eclipse, Netbeans, Visual Studio, JUnit, SVN,

Bilingual: Spanish as native language, English spoken with same PostgreSQL, MySQL, NOX Controller, Mininet, Open vSwitch, Git,

level of proficiency (117/120 TOEFL). Xen, KVM, OpenStack, QEMU, Libvirt, JBoss, Glassfish, Linux,

Meets deadlines: consistent academic performance throughout Windows, Apache HTTP, Apache Lucene, Bizagi BPM, OpenOffice,

Microsoft Office, Poseidon UML, Visual Paradigm, Asterisk PBX.

higher education.

EDUCATION

May 2013 (expected)

Princeton University M.S.E in Computer Science

Princeton, NJ, U.S.A Researching Cloud Computing Security as part of the PALMS Security Group.

GPA: 4.0 - Modified large open source projects (QEMU, Libvirt, KVM and OpenStack) and Linux kernel modules to support

a new Live VM Migration technique aimed towards security. All programming done in C, Python and Java.

Relevant Course Projects: Live Migration of an Entire OpenFlow Network, Characterizing Xen Hypervisor s Attack

Surface, Tonify: The Tone-Conscious Search Engine!

March 2011

Universidad de Los Andes B.Sc. in Systems and Computing Engineering Summa Cum Laude

Bogot D.C, Colombia Top 1% of the Engineering School s historic GPAs from the previous 5 years coupled with special personal merits.

GPA: 4.75/5.0 Thesis: VoIP Eavesdropping - A Comprehensive Evaluation of Cryptographic Countermeasures

Highlight: Measured the performance of different Voice-Over-IP protection schemes. Published in ICNDC2011.

Relevant Course Projects: zOMG!: Mobile Zombie Game written in Java ME

September 2010

Universidad de Los Andes B.Sc. in Civil Engineering Magna Cum Laude

Bogot D.C, Colombia Top 1% of the Engineering School s historic GPAs from the previous 5 years.

GPA: 4.74/5.0 Thesis: 2R Soft - Risk and Reliability Analysis Software (www.2rsoft.tk)

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE_

PAYC S.A Bogota D.C, Colombia May 2009 August 2011

Main Developer of Enterprise-Wide Applications

Led the development of four different web applications (36,000 lines of code) with at least 300 unique daily users, which support the

processes associated with the management of over 40 simultaneous construction projects.

Technologies used: Java EE, Java SE, SQL servers, Eclipse, JBoss Server, Netbeans, Glassfish Server, OpenOffice, Visual Paradigm.

Universidad de los Andes Bogota D.C, Colombia August 2009 August 2011

Lead Software Developer for the 2R Soft Software Suite (www.2rsoft.tk)

Developed a software suite in Java SE capable of carrying out advanced stochastic simulations and data, network and life -cycle analysis.

Comprised of 54,500 lines of code, it is actively used by 170 graduate students in various courses offered by the Engineering Faculty.

Conectar.biz Bogota D.C, Colombia January 2010 May 2010

Mobile Software Consultant and Developer

Programmed a mobile application to support a marketing campaign, which runs on smartphones and sends data of potential future

clients to a centralized database for further analysis.

Technologies used: Java EE, Java ME, SQL server, mass SMS messaging services.

AWARDS _ _

September 2011 and 2012

Assistantship in Instruction in Natural Sciences and Engineering

Ram n de Zubur a Scholarship (Best Cumulative GPA of Engineering School) September 2008, 2009 and 2010

Academic Excellence" Scholarship (Best Engineering School GPA of the semester) September 2006 and March 2008

Top 10 score nationwide in the Civil Engineering ECAES (Colombia s National Examination) September 2009

OTHER EXPERIENCE __

Teaching Assistant for Algorithms and Data Structures (Java-based) Spring 2012, Fall 2012

Mentor in Summer Programming Experiences Program (taught Android app development) Summer 2012

Fall 2011, Spring 2012

Technology Chair for the Latino Graduate Student Association

Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Programming Systems (C-based) Fall 2011

Teaching Assistant for Object-Oriented Programming and Algorithms 2 (Java-based) Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010

Teaching Assistant for Data Structures (Java-based) Fall 2009

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