| Comfortable with: |
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| Distributed Systems Engineering in C++, Java and Python.
Unfamiliar Territory.
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| Experience: |
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2002
-2011 |
Google,
Mountain View, California
Senior Software Engineer
Key Contributor to projects in core focus areas including Search, Ads and Gmail.
Founded the Realtime Search team.
Scaled Gmail's Message Delivery by an order of magnitude.
Improved many company-wide infrastructure components.
Recognized with a Founder's Award for my work on gmail and two OC awards for my work on gmail and realtime search.
Many contributions to recruiting, hiring and mentoring.
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2001
-2002 |
Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York
Computer Science Teaching Assistant
CS 481: Honors Theory of Computing
CS 482: Intro to Algorithms
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Summer
2001 |
Amazon,
Seattle, Washington
Software Development Intern in Search Group
Improved indexing algorithm to speed up exact phrase match searches over 100x
Implemented catalog and indexing changes that allowed items to appear in multiple indices
Designed and implemented indexing algorithm changes to support phrase matches across multiple spellings
Created several new indices
Maintained, improved, and debugged existing C code
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Summer
2000 |
Quia,
Burlingame, California
Software Development Intern
Designed and implemented Java Servlets that access and update an Oracle database
Redesigned class structure to maximize modularity and reusability
Designed and created database schema
Redesigned Perl scripts to access database records instead of files
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1996
-2000 |
Inera,
Newton, Massachusetts
Software Developer
Developed eXtyles 1.0 as a suite of VB DLLs, OmniMark programs, and VBA MS Word extensions to automate the conversion of documents to XML and enforce corporate styles
Developed highly-interactive software in Visual Basic to assemble an electronic deliverables package consisting of text and graphic components of scientific journals
Designed and implemented in VB a Graphical User Interface to the SGML conversion software
Implemented and maintained a nightly regression test suite for our SGML conversion software
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Summer
1998 |
Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts
Software Development Intern
Designed and implemented a generic conversion program to produce a web-based application from a Toolbook application.
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| Education: |
| 2002 |
M.Eng. in Computer Science, Cornell University
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| 2001 |
B.A. in Computer Science & Math (double major), Cornell University
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| 1997-99 |
First two years of undergraduate study, Rutgers University
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| 1993-97 |
High School, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
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| Hobbies: |
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Running, Road and Mountain Biking and Triathlons: I am an Ironman! I have also biked solo from Amsterdam to Munich.
Street and Dirt Motorcycling: Rode 2200 Miles from Oklahoma City to Ely, Nevada on the (mostly dirt) Trans-America Trail in July 2010.
Snowboarding: Solid, raced for Rutgers.
Photography: Tons of personal photos. Worked as a photographer for Rutgers' daily newsaper and my highschool yearbook (and yearbook editor).
Travel: I have visited 37 countries on 6 continents.
Kite Surfing: I can return to my starting point and land about half my jumps.
Ice and Roller Hockey: I'm not very good but I've got a lot of heart.
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