To become a successful software engineer with expertise in distributed systems and computer security, and to continue to persue my education and professional development while leading a balanced personal and community life.

• Proficient with Java and C#.
• Proficient with Visual Studio, Eclipse and Vim.
• Experienced with C++, C, Ruby, Haskell and other languages.
• Experienced with Linux (Gentoo, Ubuntu and Debian) and Windows.
• Experienced with BASH, TCSH and DOS scripting.
• Experienced with several revision control systems, including Git, Perforce, Subversion, and Darcs.
• Familiar with SQL Anywhere, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and Adaptive Server Enterprise.
• Familiar with MIPS and ColdFire assembly.

• Debugging and problem solving skills developed through work experience, academic studies and hobbies.
• Teamwork and leadership abilities developed through clubs, outdoor activities, and volunteer work.
• Experience designing software in a variety of academic, corporate and government environments.

Intern on the team developing Windows Workflow Foundation, a framework for modelling business processes:

• Designed and implemented the feature to support Active Directory queries, including its architecture, execution semantics and API.
• Investigated and prototyped a variety of designs for the new version of the State Machine activity.
• Wrote the design document for the new version of the State Machine activity.
• Contributed to and participated in design reviews involving a variety of features, including my own.

Intern on the team developing QAnywhere, a webservices runtime built for mobile devices on top of a store-and-forward message queue. Also helped to maintain software developed on my previous terms working at Sybase. In particular:

• Implemented support for complex types, null reference types and empty arrays in the webservices runtime.
• Improved performance of the C# webservices runtime on Windows CE by an order of magnitude.
• Wrote tests for the webservices runtime under Windows CE.
• Fixed several serious and long-standing bugs in the code responsible for detecting the currently installed version of the MobiLink System Tables.

Intern on the team developing MobiLink, a product for synchronizing databases. In particular:

• Designed and implemented a system to generate SQL scripts that describe synchronizations between databases. Designed a test framework for this system.
• Internationalized the SQL generation process to add support for localized comments and error messages.
• Designed and implemented an algorithm to efficiently map tables and columns between two schemas.
• Designed and implemented components to simplify the writing of asynchronous tasks and progress dialogs.
• Updated and maintained "reference schemas" used to detect the installed version of MobiLink system tables. Also fixed bugs in SQL installation scripts.

Intern with a team developing custom applications for brokerages. In particular:

• Reduced loading time of the web interface by 50%, and decreased the size of the web pages.
• Redesigned the message queue to support synchronous message delivery and improve efficiency.
• Found and fixed several concurrency related errors.

Summer job with a team implementing a major administrative database over two summers. In particular:

• Redesigned and documented the underlying structure of the Cabinet Office's document-storage, decision-support and public-request database, resolving several flaws and adding support for interoperability with other government databases.
• Programmed routines for full-text searches utilizing generated caches to simplify database searches.
• Migrated historic databases into the newly designed schema, collaborating with a team.
• Designed and implemented an automated menu system generated from the database.
• Designed and implemented a database access-control system, vastly simplifying software updates.
• Programmed routines to generate external documents and email messages based on information in the database.
• Resolved complaints and feature requests from users. Trained users in the use of new features.

Notable courses:

• CS 343 - Concurrent and Parallel Programming.
• CS 486 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.
• ECE 354 - Real-Time Operating Systems.
• ECE 454 - Distributed and Network-Centric Computing.
• ECE 493 - Special Topics Course in Computer Security.
• SE 463 - Software Requirements Specification and Analysis.
• SE 464 - Software Design and Architecture.

• Math Dean's Honours List (Fall 2003, Winter 2004).
• English Language Proficiency Prize (2003) - Perfect score.

• Won a variety of awards and scholarships.
• Served two years as a teaching assistant.
• Received two Advanced Placement credits (Physics B - 5.0, Calculus AB - 5.0).

• Several years of experience with Debian, Gentoo and Ubuntu Linux; including installation, system maintenance, troubleshooting and software development. Linux has been the operating system on my laptop since 2005.
• Conributed several patches to fix minor bugs in Gentoo ebuilds.
• Development of a patch to the Linux kernel to ignore a broken UHCI USB controller on my laptop.
• Contributed a patch to the Linux kernel to support multimedia keys on my laptop. The patch was accepted in April 2006.
• Purchased a virtual private server running Debian in 2006, and set up web and email servers for multiple domains.

• Initiated, organized and lead first-ever robotics club at Richmond Hill High School.
• Co-ordinated club activities with the sister robotics club at Holy Trinity School.
• Built and programmed a mobile, remote-controlled robot with a team.
• Placed 2nd overall in the Canada FIRST Robotic Games; Best Engineering Panel Presentation.

• Surveyed woodlands, restored streambeds, planted trees, and removed invasive species.

• Supervised and lead crafts, woodworking and other activities for both disabled and other children, as a volunteer.

• Martial Arts - currently Chokushin Aikijujutsu, previously Goju Ryu Karate.
• Reading - mostly science-fiction, mythology and technical literature.
• Travel - all provinces in Canada; England, Scotland, France and Washington state.
• Camping and canoeing.

• Student member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO).
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS) - 2003.

Available on request.