Software Engineer Project

Chetan Surpur

chetansurpur.com / ********@*****.***

Education

Aug 2008 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

May 2012 Major: B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Overall GPA: 3.3

Relevant Coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems,

Algorithms and Data Structures, Machine Structures, Discrete Math

and Probability Theory, Computer Security

Experience

Aug 2012 LinkedIn Mountain View, CA

Present Software Engineer, Mobile Team

Supported development of the new notifications screen across

mobile web, iOS and Android platforms

Played major role in implementing hybrid HTML5 / native mobile

profile editing experience for iOS and Android platforms

May 2011 Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA

Aug 2011 Intern, System Applications for Mac OS X

Improved responsiveness and user experience of login screen in

Mac OS X Lion.

Conceived, designed and prototyped a new feature for the next

major OS.

Nov 2009 ReversEntropy, LLC Cupertino, CA

Feb 2012 Founder and CEO

Designed, developed, and marketed Pollux, an automatic music

tagging and organization software (http://polluxapp.com/)

Initially free; received capital investment to cover operational costs;

sold personal software licenses for $10 per year

Worked with two partners and two investors

45,000 free downloads and 7,000 purchases

Skills and Familiarity

Languages and Objective-C + Cocoa, JavaScript, Python, Java, Ruby / Rails, HTML / CSS,

Technologies Node.js, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, C, C++, LaTeX, MIPS

Applications and Tools Git, Mercurial, SVN, CVS, Bugzilla, GDB, MS Visual Studio, Apple Xcode, MS

Office, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Vim, Emacs

Skills UI / UX, web & graphic design, server setup / management, team leadership

Operating Systems Mac, Linux / Unix, Windows

Honors and Awards

Dec 2009 Pollux - One of Lifehacker Magazine s Ten Most Popular Free Mac LA, CA

Downloads of 2009

Won award while Pollux was initially free software

nd

Mar 2007 AutoType - 2 Place, Engineering Division, Synopsis Regional SF, CA

Engineering Competition

For developing and prototyping AutoType, a predictive, learning, word

and phrase completion software

Jun 2006 Monta Vista Robotics Team - Best Programmer for 2005-2006 Cupertino, CA

Developed autonomous targeting and tracking system for our robot

for the FIRST Robotics Competition, 2006

Additional Information

Fascinated by Artificial Intelligence, love practicing martial arts, playing piano, and reading xkcd

Projects

othermind.me polluxapp.com

Pollux

OtherMind

Automatically organize and tag your music library. Select

The fastest way to take notes and make lists. In

your songs, hit Tag and watch Pollux listen to each song

OtherMind, there are only items and tags add items

and tag it with name, album, artist, lyrics, and more.

rapidly and organize them by attaching tags.

itunes.apple.com/us/app/timebend

chetansurpur.com/projects/sidestep

/id525224894

Sidestep

TimeBend

Secure your Internet connection in unprotected wireless

Today, do everything and more. A time-management app

networks. Sidestep automatically reroutes your Internet

for iPhone.

connection through a secure proxy when you need it.

github.com/chetan51/ni

chetan51.github.com/deadmouse

Ni

DeadMouse A minimalistic Node module / framework that makes

Ditch your mouse. Surf the web with just your keyboard. setting up an MVC project a walk in the park. Ni helps you

(A Google Chrome extension.) organize your project without getting in your way.

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