Professional Experience

Software Development Engineer, Microsoft, Mountain View, California

March 2009 to present

Responsibilities include:

• Developing social and community features for the MSN.com website.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California

January 2008 to March 2009

Responsibilities included:

• Teaching students operating systems and networking concepts.

• Preparing lab assignments.

• Grading course work.

Software Development Engineer Intern, Microsoft, Mountain View, California

June 2008 to September 2008

Responsibilities included:

• Working with a team developing a new architecture for the qna.live.com site.

• Developing a database verification tool as part of the new architecture.

Software Development Engineer, Amazon.com, Seattle, Washington May 2006 to August 2007

Responsibilities included:

• Developing a large distributed system as part of a tier one service in a service oriented architecture.

• Debugging and maintaining the tier one service to improve both reliability and performance.

Software Development Engineer Intern, Amazon.com, Seattle, Washington May 2005 to August 2005

Responsibilities included:

• Integrating an open source search engine with an existing product.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Graduation: March, 2009

GPA: 4.01

• Specialized in systems.

• Studied advanced operating systems, networking, distributed systems, and advanced database topics.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Graduation: April, 2006

GPA: 3.99/4.0

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

• Created both hardware and software for embedded systems.

Skills

Computer Language Skills:

• C++

• C

• C#

• Python

  Experience With Other Languages:

• Java

• Perl

• HTML

• XML

• SQL

Other Skills:

• Windows XP/Vista

• Linux

• GDB

• VisualStudio.NET

• Office

• Spanish

Volunteer Experience

Low-Income Home Remodeling Volunteer, Rebuilding Together Peninsula, Palo Alto, California, 2008

Foreign Humanitarian Service Volunteer, Charity Anywhere, Mexico, 1996 to 2004

Volunteer Representative, LDS Church, Los Angeles, California, May 2001 to May 2003

Achievements and Recognitions

• Brigham Young University College of Engineering and Technology Dean’s List

• Brigham Young University Academic Scholarship (full tuition)

• Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Interests

Percussion, skiing, fishing