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Jacob R. Goffin

***********@*****.***

206-***-****

Profile:

Programmer/Analyst with strong academic qualifications and a keen interest in complex

data analysis in support of various decision tools (recommendation engines, advertising

platforms, business analytics, etc.). Persuasive verbal and written communications skills.

Technical Skills:

• Complex algorithm development (Python, Octave) with focus on machine learning

applications such as OCR. Knowledge of nearest neighbor search, artificial neural

networks, logistic regression and collaborative filtering.

• Relational database programming and analytics tools (SQL, Pig, AWS).

• High level scripting (Python) and basic systems knowledge (x86 Assembly)

• Object-oriented programming (Java)

Work/Research Experience:

August 2014 Decatur Industries Seattle, WA

Research of prior art in the field of optical recognition of conjunct fonts, in

support of a patent application related to an 'Automated License Plate

Verification and Identification' system.

January-September 2012 UBC Demonstration Lab Manager Vancouver, BC

In charge of preparing, repairing, and building demonstrations for use in

undergraduate physics courses at the University of British Columbia.

Developed a demonstration for a human capacitance measuring system.

Lab/Project Experience:

Web Billion Triples Data Set: Analyzed a 0.5Tb Graph using Pig on Amazon Web

Services.

MindSumo: Developed a Java program analyzing U.S. health care data for Cigna Health.

Wrote a Python application to group Dow Jones stocks according to similar

price behavior. A bottom-up clustering technique was used.

OCR tool: Implemented Machine Learning methods in Python/Octave to recognize

handwritten digits (0-9) from gray-scale images.

Physics: Measured the hyperfine structure of Rubidium atoms through the process of

optical pumping;

Built Python scripts to help automate plotting and analysis of experimental

results.

Education:

2009-2012 University of British Columbia, Vancouver Honors Physics, GPA: 3.70 (Dean’s

List)

2013-2014 University of Washington, Seattle Physics and Math, GPA: 3.65 (Dean’s

List)

Relevant coursework: CSE 417 Algorithms & Computational Complexity; CSE 415

Artificial Intelligence, CSE 414 Introduction to Databases; CSE 410 Computer Systems;

CSE 373 Data Structures, Math 407 Linear Optimization; Math 402-404 Modern Algebra;

Math 381 Discrete Mathematical Modeling, Machine Learning, Data Mining (Stanford

Coursera Courses)

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