Mariya Zakhalyavko
Email: ***@******.***.*** / Website: andrew.cmu.edu/~moz
Current Address: Carnegie Mellon University, SMC 2960, 5032 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15289
Permanent Address: 355 Middlewood Rd, Middletown, NJ 07748
Cell phone: 732-***-****
Objective: To acquire a professional position in the software development field that will use my previous
experience, technical skills, and problem solving capabilities.
Skills:
Education:
Programming Languages
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
C/C++, Java, Ada, Perl, ML, Ruby,
(Expected Graduation December 2011)
Javascript, HTML, CSS, LaTeX
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Operating Systems
Minor in Biology
Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux
Overall cumulative GPA: 3.5 / 4.0
Software
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ (2005-2008)
Mathematica, MATLAB, Eclipse,
Mathematics, Programming, and English classes
Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign,
during High School.
Autodesk Inventor
High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ (2004-2008)
Microsoft Office
High School Diploma, June 2008 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher,
Overall GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 Access, Visio
Courses: Computer Networks Artificial Intelligence Web Application Development Information Forensics
Operating Systems Algorithms Introduction to Computer Systems Principles of Programming
Technical Communication
Internship at Lockheed Martin, Orlando, FL
Experience: (Summer 2011)
Worked on the UK Combined Arms and Tactical Training project.
Implemented performance improvement code, such as caching that enhanced performance by
50% and restructuring software to take advantage of multiple processors.
Wrote Interface Control Document (ICD).
Debugged and tested code changes; gathered statistics on performance improvement.
Internship at Lockheed Martin, Suffolk, VA (Summer 2010)
Worked on the Deployed Virtual Training Environment project.
Participated in developing the simulation of a new aerial vehicle.
Wrote user manual for the new simulation environment.
Created test procedures and traveled to Burlington, MA for integration testing.
Debugged the simulation software during development and after testing.
Summer Research Institute (SRI), Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA (Summer 2009)
Carried out biological research in ribosome assembly.
Presented CMU s Women at School of Computer Science (SCS) at the AAAS conference. (Feb 2011)
Leadership:
Carnegie Mellon University Yearbook Design Editor (2009-2011)
Created and conducted computer science-related scavenger hunts for (2009, 2010)
middle school children for a Women at SCS program, TechNights.
Provided basic computer literacy lessons for senior citizens (2007)
through local library.
Honors: Dean s List (2011)
Judith Resnik Challenger Scholarship (2008-present)
Allen Newell Undergraduate Scholarship (2008-2010)
Girl Scouts Gold Award equivalent to an Eagle Scout rank (2008)
Citizenship: U.S. citizen Security Clearance: Secret