Thomas Bennett
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http://www.tombennett.me
EMPLOYMENT
Amazon.com Seattle, Wa
Software Development Engineer August 2008 Present
Developed various components of the Amazon Shop application for the Kindle Fire
Integrated automated test infrastructure for Android user interface testing on physical devices
Implemented iPad prototype application for sampling books
Led pipeline integration with major publisher
Implemented a redesign of internal operations website
Maintained and extended asset ingestion process
Updated publisher facing website to prompt specific users to sign a new contract
Designed and implemented various software services
Google Inc. Mountain View, Ca
Engineering Intern September 2006 March 2007
Developed indexing/searching tool for phase output of the machine translation pipeline
Expanded visualization tool for MT pipeline using templates for general data type representation
Moberg Research Ambler, Pa
Game Programmer September 2005 March 2006
Assisted in the design of a 3D simulation using the Torque Game Engine for doctors treating head trauma patients
Main developer responsible for alterations to the Torque Game Engine including deformable objects and XML
Extended simulation functionality using Torque Script
Unisys Malvern, Pa
Intern / Voice Portal Group September 2004 March 2005
Integrated Voice Over IP applications using J2EE into a Red Hat Linux environment
Developed documentation and installation scripts for J2EE JMS and application servers
PROJECTS
Developed a minimal 3D graphics pipeline using C++
Technical Director for a pervasive PC/mobile hybrid game
EDUCATION
Drexel University Philadelphia, Pa
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Cum Laude June 2008
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming Languages - Proficient: C++, Java
Programming Languages - Knowledgeable: C#, Objective-C, Perl, Ruby, SQL, TorqueScript
Software & APIs: Android, Cocoa, Emacs, iOS, OpenGL (minor), Perforce, Torque Game Engine, XCode
ACTIVITIES
Member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): 2007 - Present
Member of International Game Developers Association (IGDA): 2005 - Present
Game Developers Conference Conference Associate: 2011
Penny Arcade Expo Volunteer: 2010, 2011
Game Developers Conference Attendee: 2006 - 2009
Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (International Computer Science Honor Society): 2007-2008
Founder and President of Drexel Game Developers Group: 2007
Writer / Electronic Features Editor for the Drexel Triangle Newspaper: 2004 - 2007
HONORS AND AWARDS
Second Place, College of Engineering Senior Design Competition: 2008
First Place, Computer Science Senior Design Competition: 2008
Milton Rosenberg Scholarship: 2008
Apple Computer WWDC Student Scholarship: 2006, 2008