Simon Tan - graduate software engineer of u.c. berkeley Phone: (510) 915-7789 267 Irvington Street E-mail: simtanx@gmail.com Daly City, CA 94014-1214 OBJECTIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A position within a software engineering team working alongside more experienced colleagues, exercising skills in project management and user interface design. EDUCATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 - May 2009 University of California, Berkeley GPA: 3.81 M.S. in Computer Science - Human-Centered Computing (CS 260) - Effective Project Management (INFO 290-11) - Visualization (CS 294-10) - Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces (INFO 290-4) - Needs and Usability Assessment (INFO 214) 2004 - May 2008 University of California, Berkeley GPA: 3.30 / CompSci: 3.53 B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Minor in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research - Software Engineering (CS 169) - User Interface Design and Development (CS 160) 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 - Created this scalable and standards-compliant résumé, available at http://sybak.com/resume SKILLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Languages: ActionScript 3, Java, Python, PERL, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby (on Rails), SQL, XAML, XUL, Visual Basic, MIPS assembly, Scheme/Lisp - Development Environments: *NIX w/Vim, Eclipse SDK, Microsoft Visual Studio - Desktop/Technical Support: Microsoft Windows 9.x, 2000, XP, Vista; Mac OS X - Web Design: Adobe Dreamweaver; HTML, CSS, exposure to JavaScript and PHP EXPERIENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May - August 2008 Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA Program Manager Intern - Designed a new tool window for the next version of Visual Studio after surveying the competitive landscape and developing the perspective of potential users - Collaborated with members of the User Experience team to create mock-ups used to present the concept - Composed a functional specifications document for the feature and conducted reviews - Solicited feedback from partner teams as well as real customers; used the data to alter and drive the design direction - Built a working prototype of the feature using C#/XAML and Windows Presentation Foundation August 2005 - December 2007 RSSP-IT of UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA 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 - Cooperated 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 Cisco Systems San Jose, CA 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 - Published and updated existing documentation that aided in bringup exercises References available upon request.