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EDUCATION

June 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA GPA 5.0/5.0

Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Thesis: An Integrated Approach to Recovery and High Availability in an Updatable, Distributed Data Warehouse

Supervisor: Professor Samuel Madden

June 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA GPA 5.0/5.0

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering.

Concentrations in Political Science and Economics.

Relevant Coursework: Software Engineering in Web Applications; Distributed Computer Systems; Operating

Systems; Database Systems; Techniques in Artificial Intelligence; Probabilistic Systems Analysis; Lightweight

Formal Methods; Computer and Network Security; Computation Structures; Theory of Computation;

Communication, Control, and Signal Processing; Microcomputer Project Laboratory; Human Intelligence Enterprise

WORK/RESEARCH

EXPERIENCE

June 2008 Ooyala Backlot and Player Team Mountain View, CA

Tech Lead and Software Engineer: Revolutionizing the way that enterprise customers publish, monetize, and

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analyze online video content.

August 2006 Google Inc. Web Search Quality User-Visible Features Mountain View, CA

Software Engineer: Launched related searches on google.com web search along with two other engineers.

June 2008

Played a key role in the generation and evaluation of related searches, in the experimentation and subsequent

analysis, in the UI design, and in the internationalization to other languages. Shared responsibility in managing

the production service and in optimizing server performance. Conducted and analyzed multiple UI experiments on

google.com.

September 2004 MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and AI Laboratory) Database Group Cambridge, MA

Research Assistant for Professors Michael Stonebraker & Samuel Madden: Prototyped C++ implementation of

June 2006

column-oriented DBMS called C-Store; prototype outperformed commercial DBMSs by 10x - 100x on read query

benchmarks. Co-authored 2005 Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) conference paper on C-Store architecture.

Designed, implemented, and evaluated fast crash recovery algorithms and high availability frameworks for Master s

thesis. Authored 2006 VLDB conference paper on thesis work.

June Google Inc. Orkut Team Mountain View, CA

Engineering Intern: Designed and implemented the backend search server infrastructure (in C the frontend

August 2005

application logic (in C#, ASP.NET), and the user interface (in HTML, Javascript) for advanced search and full-text

search on orkut.com, a social networking site with 10 million users. Conducted performance and load tests for

quality assurance. Headed design discussions with other team members and prepared design documents.

February 2003 MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and AI Laboratory) Software Design Group Cambridge, MA

Research Assistant for Professor Daniel Jackson: Formulated and analyzed structural micromodels of software

January 2005

protocols with Alloy model analyzer to detect design flaws and errors. Conducted case study of Common Profile

for Presence protocol. Implemented software module in Java to support polymorphism in Alloy modeling language.

Engineered tool for visually debugging overconstrained models using SAT solvers unsatisfiable core technology.

May Microsoft Corporation Windows CE Multimedia Team Redmond, WA

Software Design Engineer Intern: Designed and developed a command-line performance analysis tool called

August 2004

ASFPerf that uses DirectShow filters to measure and report decode times for audio/video frames in Windows Media

files. Authored ASFPerf technical spec and worked with Windows Media codec APIs and with Windows CE kernel

debugger. Visualized codec performance data using VBScript. Presented tool at team meetings and code reviews.

September MIT Libraries DSpace Federation Cambridge, MA

Program Manager and Software Developer: Developed an open source, database-backed online learning

December 2003

community in PHP and PostgreSQL to support collaboration of over 100 institutions evaluating the DSpace digital

library system. Headed weekly presentations and demos with client contact. Authored technical specifications,

functional descriptions, and design proposals.

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June MIT Lincoln Laboratory Decision Superiority Systems Group Lexington, MA

Software Engineering Intern: Conceived the group s first software prototype for a real-time, space-based sensor

August 2003

data exploitation and machine learning system. Built probabilistic models, feature extraction algorithms, pattern

classifier, neural network backend, and graphical user interface of system using Java, C++, and MATLAB.

January 2003 The Plum Group Boston, MA

Software Development Intern : Created email to phone gateway in PHP that accepted email with executable

VoiceXML message body and played message content as voice message to phone number specified in email.

TEACHING

EXPERIENCE

January MIT EECS Department Robotics Systems and Science Laboratory Cambridge, MA

Lab Assistant: Assisted instructors in refining coursework for new pilot robotics class. Conducted lab sessions to

May 2005

guide class of 24 students through lab assignments and robotics software issues.

February MIT EECS Department Software Engineering Laboratory Cambridge, MA

Lab Assistant: Composed Java tutorials and conducted weekly lab sessions to help class of 163 students learn to

April 2003

effectively utilize Java language and tools. Aided students in solving and debugging problem sets.

June Monica Learning Center San Francisco, CA

SAT and PSAT Teacher: Designed the entire lesson plan for summer SAT and PSAT preparation sessions.

July 2002

Instructed two 15-student classes in verbal test-taking strategies and in test material.

September MIT Educational Studies Program Cambridge, MA

Teacher for SATP (SAT Preparation) Program: Instructed 20 high school students from low-income families in the

November 2001

Boston area on test-taking skills and on SAT I material.

LEADERSHIP President of Eta Kappa Nu EECS Honor Society, 2004 2005.

Editor-in-Chief of HKN s Underground Guide to Course VI (publication of 70+ EECS class reviews), 2003 2004.

ACTIVITIES

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 2003 Present.

MIT Parliamentary Debate Team, 2001 2002.

OUTSTANDING Chorafas Foundation Award for Master of Engineering thesis, 2006.

DISTINCTIONS Siebel Scholar Fellowship Award, 2006.

MIT School of Engineering Henry Ford II Scholar Award for highest academic record and exceptional potential for

leadership in the profession of engineering and in society, 2005.

Best Engineering Design Award for Mobile Autonomous System Lab Robotics Competition, 2004.

Commendation letters from professors for outstanding academic performance in Software Engineering Laboratory,

Circuits and Electronics, and Differential Equations courses, 2001 2002.

National Forensic League Degree of Outstanding Distinction, 2001.

TECHNICAL Operating Systems: Linux, Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Windows CE

PROFICIENCIES Programming Languages: C++, Python, Java, Javascript, C, C#, PHP, Perl, SQL, MATLAB, Scheme (LISP),

x86 Assembly, Visual Basic

Development Tools: GNU (Emacs, GCC, GDB), Eclipse, Visual Studio, Platform Builder, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Web Design Tools: DHTML (HTML, CSS, and Javascript), ASP.NET

Foreign Languages: conversational ability in Chinese, reading ability in Spanish

INTERESTS Debating, writing, snowboarding, ice skating, tennis, ping pong, foosball.

Designing user interfaces for web applications.

Building practical tools and applications that people can use.

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