Simon Tan

undergraduate software engineer at u.c. berkeley

Objective

A software engineering position working alongside experienced colleagues and using industry-standard tools, with elements of user interface design. (Internships starting June 2008)

Education

2004 - May 2008

GPA: 3.32 / Tech: 3.48

University of California, Berkeley

B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Relevant Courses:

Software Engineering (CS 169)
User Interface Design and Development (CS 160)
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (CS 188)
Introduction to Communication Networks (EE 122)
Operating Systems and System Programming (CS 162)
Programming Languages & Compilers (CS 164)
Introduction to Database Systems (CS 186)

Projects

Led a team to build a campus navigation web application using the Google Web Toolkit and Google Maps API (http://calmap.sybak.com/)
Worked with a user group to create an article markup system based on Anoto digital pen technology
Developed a PERL/CGI web application that allowed computing center staff to perform account management and statistics generation
Designed this scalable and standards-compliant résumé, available at http://sybak.com/resume

Skills

Languages: PERL, Java, C, C++, Python, Ruby, XUL, MIPS assembly, Scheme/Lisp, SQL, Visual Basic
Development Environments: *NIX w/Vim, Eclipse SDK, Microsoft Visual Studio
Desktop/Technical Support: Microsoft Windows 9.x, 2000, XP; Mac OS X
Web Design: Adobe Dreamweaver; HTML, CSS, Javascript, "AJAX", exposure to PHP

Experience

August 2005 - Present

Berkeley, CA

RSSP-IT of UC Berkeley

Programmer

Developed web applications for supporting an In-Room Connection (IRC) program, in PERL with the Template Toolkit library
Wrote PERL scripts to facilitate data input into PostgreSQL databases
Maintained, repaired, and updated legacy code for a ~64,000 line code-base
Used external libraries and open-source modules (CPAN) to add functionality to existing applications

Residential Computing Consultant

Collaborated closely with 5 other RCCs in a sub-unit of the organization
Provided desktop administrative support for residents living on campus
Performed network, operating system, and software troubleshooting

May - August 2007

San Jose, CA

Cisco Systems

Development Test Engineer

Formed the foundation of a bug trends web portal that queried an internal issue-tracking system
Trained on configuring Cisco products running IOS-XR
Authored unit test cases utilizing a nascent automation test engine in TCL
Supported a debugabilty initiative with content and presentations
Created and updated existing documentation that aided in bringup exercises

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