Software Engineer Engineering

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Lowell MA **854 E-mail abpxz2@r.postjobfree.com

Justin Kwan

Objective I seek to further develop my artistic skills at night, refine engineering creativity

during the day, and open a production/postproduction company in the future.

Education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY

Major 1: Computer and Systems Engineering

Major 2: Electronic Media, Art and Communication

Graduated: December 2006

GPA: 3.76

Experience

Graphical: Photoshop, Premiere, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro,

Director, Flash

Technical: C++, Matlab, C#, Visual Basic, HTML, ASP.net

Applicable Classes

Electronic Media: Media Studio: Audio/video, Intermediate Video, Advanced

Video Topics, Exploring Documentary, Video Independent Study, Radio

Theory and Practice

Engineering: Data Structures and Algorithms, Electric Circuits, Signals and

Systems, Discrete Time Systems, Communication Systems, Computer

Vision, Computer Graphics

Applicable Projects

Video Documentary: Produced and edited a documentary about a martial

artist who founded the style of Zujitsu. Edited in Avid Xpress Pro.

Video Documentary: Produced and edited a documentary about volunteer

firefighters in Brunswick, NY. Edited in Avid Xpress Pro.

Video Installation: Created an immersive four channel video installation with

5.1 surround sound. Edited in Avid Xpress Pro.

Image Processing Undergraduate Research Project: Used Matlab as a tool

for an independent research project to compare the ability of a feature

detection algorithm in high dynamic range images versus low dynamic range

images.

Signal Processing Team Project: Used Matlab to explore techniques for

using video data to recognize key presses on a virtual keyboard.

Work Experience Avid Technology, Software Engineer, February 2007 - Present

Support the distribution of a high definition video

compressor/decompresssor software development kit for third parties.

Debug problems in Avid's video editing software.

Maintain all Quicktime compressor/decompressor components.

Implement new features into Quicktime compressor/decompressor

components and Avid's video editing software.

SAIC, Engineering Intern, May 2006 - December 2006

Developed a DXF format CAD parser library in C++ for use with

radiometric imaging tools.

Performed unit testing and completed documentation on the parser.

Surveyed various CAD formats for possible use with radiometric tools.

89 Editorial, Intern, Summer 2005

Learned the workings of a commercial postproduction house which uses

Avid Media Composer.

Assisted engineering staff with managing video equipment.

Operated equipment in the machine room.

Bose Corporation, Flash Designer, December 2003 - March 2004

Developed a customer needs assessment tool in Macromedia Flash for

Bose store employees to use in assisting customers.

Implemented the tool to contain a database front end, a drawing tool,

product selection, and printing abilities.

Bose Corporation, Presentation Technology Intern, Summer 2003

Developed a customer needs assessment tool in C# on a Tablet PC.

Designed the system to collect customer information into a database and

use tablet drawing capabilities.

Bose Corporation, Presentation Technology Intern, Summer 2002

Supported other team members in implementing a Bose headset

presentation.

Developed Macromedia Director and Adobe Photoshop projects.

Assisted with the Production of a DVD used for in-store kiosks.

Bose Corporation, Presentation Technology Intern, Summer 2001

Developed training tools for demonstration specialists to learn how to

engage customers with multimedia tools.

Used Macromedia Director to create a Product Information Program.

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