Computer Science Engineering

Julian Pulgarin

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*A, Computer Science,

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Summary of QualificationsProgramming Languages: PythonWeb Technologies: Django, JavaScript

Work Experience

August 2011 December 2011Software Engineering Intern

Khan Academy - Mountain View, California

Created new exercises, including the first Khan Academy perceptual learning Made to the, such as the module which is used extensively to create word problem phrasing variationsProposed and created, a tool used at http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org to test GitHub pull requests from the browserDeveloped, a gradual rollout tool for GAE used at Khan Academy to release features to specific subsets of users

August 2010 December 2010Software Engineering Intern

Facebook - Palo Alto, California

Developed commonly used internal tool to stop changes to site configuration during critical timesReimplemented an internal page used by majority of engineers to facilitate release management and deploymentImplemented "Likes" area in the new version of Facebook Pages

January 2010 May 2010Software Engineering Intern

Arista Networks - Menlo Park, California

Modified logging and fan functionality on the switch using C++, Python, and custom frameworksPorted web-based manufacturing administration system to Django which is successfully in use on manufacturing floorSet up MySQL master-slave replication for manufacturing database; documented failover plan

May 2009 December 2009Software Developer Intern

Vizio Mobile - Toronto, Ontario

Developed Palm webOS applicationDeveloped the first free real-time stock data application on the iPhoneEntrepreneurship: Service that sends you motivational text messages to increase chance of successful behaviour change: Service that instantly notifies you via email and SMS if your email and password are ever found in a public leak: A customer loyalty and analytics platformOpen Sourcecanvaslifehttp://www.julianpulgarin.com/canvaslife/Implemented Conway's Game of Life in HTML5 canvas and jQueryOptimizing Javascript based on C++ recommendations in the Source: https://github.com/jpulgarin/canvaslife

django-tokenapihttps://github.com/jpulgarin/django-tokenapiA Django application allowing easy implementation of APIs that use token-based authenticationEducationCandidate for Honours Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, 2008-PresentOSSD, St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School, Oakville, Ontario, 2004-2008Academic AwardsUniversity of Waterloo President's ScholarshipSchool champion for the Canadian Computing Competition, Euclid Mathematics Contest, and ECOO provincial programming championshipActivities and InterestsFluent in both English and SpanishEntrepreneurship - Lived eight months in the Chess - 2006 Ontario Chess Challenge Top 10 Finalist / 2006 School ChampionTable Tennis - 7th place at the 2008 UW Table Tennis TournamentRationality - One of thirteen worldwide chosen for the first ever (organized by the )Salsa Dancing - Trained by world champions in Cali, Colombia

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