Resume.

Contact Information

** Preferred method of contact is via email.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) 2007 - present

  School of Engineering and Applied Science. Intending to graduate 2011 with Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Digital Media Design, an interdisciplinary major in Computer Science, Fine Arts and Communication.

• Bethlehem Central High School (Delmar, NY) 2003 - 2007

Work Experience

• Software Engineering Intern - Google, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) Summer 2009

  Implemented new feature for social commenting on the Blogger application. Also completed miscellaneous bug fixes and minor refactoring in backend infrastructure. Primary work in Java, front-end languages (HTML, CSS, Javascript) and proprietary template system.

• Technical Intern - BASIK Group (New York City, NY) Summer 2008

  Worked with company actionscript framework to facilitate flash website builds for real-estate clients. Also worked on internal organization project.

• Residential Teaching Assistant (RTA) - Summer Academy in Applied Science & Technology (Philadelphia, PA) Summer 2008

  Worked as both an RA and TA for summer engineering program for high-school students.

• Assistant Webmaster - Chinese Community Center (Albany, NY) 2006 - 2007

  Administered CCC website and media content (photo gallery, news bulletin, documents).

• Freelance Illustrator, Programmer - Variety of Clients 2002 - present

  Select Clientele: Subeta.org (also served as Art Department Director), Sunnyneo.com

• CIS Department: Mentor and TA - University of Pennsylvania 2008 - present

  Mentor (spring 2008) and teaching assistant (fall 2008/spring 2009) for Introduction to Computer Science (CIS 110).

• Founder, Lead Developer - Avatarlog 2005 - present

  http://avatar.starried.net - Founded and developed checklist application site; supports over 35,000 registered users and 11,000+ daily visits. Expanding to include projects in image manipulation and advanced data cataloging.

• Culture Studies Instructor - NYS Capital District Chinese School (Albany, NY) 2006 - 2007

  Instructed Chinese cultural arts and crafts to students aged five to twelve.

• Front End Associate - Price Chopper, Golub Corporation (Glenmont, NY) Summer 2007

Skills

• Fluent With: Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, PHP, MySQL, (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript, Java, Microsoft Office
• Some Experience with: Final Cut Pro, Autocad Maya 2008, Macromedia Flash, Adobe InDesign/After Effects
• Languages: English; conversational French, Cantonese and Mandarin

Projects

For a list of personal projects that I have worked on outside of employment, please see the Coding section of this website!

Related Coursework

At college level:

• Digital Design Foundations
• Drawing I
• Film/Video I
• Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• Programming Languages & Techniques I and II
• 3D Modeling
• Consumer Behavior in Marketing
• Computer Animation
• Topics in Animation
• Computer Graphics
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Applications of Scientific Computation

At high school level:

• Digital Photography
• Advertising Design
• Web Design

Awards and Honors

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Paul and Kathleen Severino Future Leader Award (2006)
• AP Scholar with Distinction (2007)
• National Merit Finalist (2006 - 2007)
• President's Educational Awards Program - Outstanding Academic Excellence Award (2007)
• University of Pennsylvania Dean's List (2007-2008)