%________________________________________________________________________________________ % @brief LaTeX2e Resume for Carl Myers % @author Carl Harris Myers % @url http://www.cmyers.org % @date January 2009 % @info Based on Latex Resume Template by Chris Paciorek % http://www.biostat.harvard.edu/~paciorek/ %________________________________________________________________________________________ \documentclass[margin,line]{resume} \begin{document} \name{\Large Carl Harris Myers} \begin{resume} %____________________________________________________________________________________ % Contact Information \section{\mysidestyle Contact\\Information}\vspace{2mm} \begin{tabular}{@{} l @{\hspace{38mm}} r} Carl Myers & (206) 931-9916 \\ 1614 Summit Ave \#202 & cmyers@cmyers.org \\ Seattle, WA 98122 & http://www.cmyers.org \\ \end{tabular} %____________________________________________________________________________________ % Objective \section{\mysidestyle Objective} As a skilled Software Design Engineer, I want to contribute to a company in a customer-centric way which makes a significant contribution to my employer, and allows me to grow as an engineer. %____________________________________________________________________________________ % Experience \section{\mysidestyle Experience} {\bf Amazon.com}, Seattle, WA \hfill {\bf March, 2006 -- January, 2009} \vspace{1mm} \\ \vspace{1mm} {\sl Software Design Engineer, Developer Applications Team} % \hfill {\bf January, 2008 -- January, 2009}\\ \begin{list2} \vspace*{1mm} \item Implemented an internal web service which provided string translation and localization and delivered the service to customers. This service replaced the previous system and is a key component of the company's international websites. Was lead engineer on a team including 3 other engineers. \item Performed requirements gathering and design for an internal web service which provided string translation and localization. Wrote design proposal and created a data model utilizing an Oracle back-end. \item Scoped, evaluated, then selected and implemented/integrated third-party text translation middleware for use internally, connecting engineers to language translators. \end{list2} \vspace{1mm} \vspace{1mm}% {\sl Software Design Engineer, Developer Tools Team} \\% \hfill {\bf January, 2008 -- January, 2009}\\ \begin{list2} \vspace*{1mm} \item Maintained and supported a complex build system used by over 2000 developers which focused on reproducibility, consistency, and dependency management of large codebases. Worked on a codebase which exceeded 200GB and 8 million files, which was divided up into more than 13,000 discrete packages. \item Acted as primary owner of the main source control repository, which included migrating to a new machine, upgrading software, ensuring backups were functioning, and being responsible for a priceless codebase containing over 8,000 man-years of work. \item Designed and implemented an internal-customer-facing distributed application which allowed customers to view logs for the build system to assist in debugging. \item Performed porting and developed porting tools to assist in the migration from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. \item Performed porting and key initial set up for migration from 32-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 under strict time constraints, allowing the company to save millions of dollars on hardware. \item Worked on many UI improvements which made developer tools easier to use, improving developer productivity. \item Participated in "Environment Improvement Ninjas", an internal group where we all spent personal time developing environment improvements to make ourselves (and other developers) more productive. Worked in porting the environment to new platforms, writing scripts to get metadata more easily, and tab completions. \item Assisted in porting many shared packages and third-party code from Red Hat 7.2 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 \end{list2} {\bf Purdue University Robot Vision Lab}, Lafayette, IN \vspace{2mm}\\\vspace{1mm}% {\sl Student Worker} \hfill {\bf 2005}\\ \begin{list2} \vspace*{1mm} \item Worked with researchers to write and maintain code using and supplementing Intel's OpenCV Computer Vision Library. Employed C, C++, Java, and maintained and scripted a complex build process. \end{list2} {\bf Purdue University Physics Computer Network}, Lafayette, IN \vspace{2mm}\\\vspace{1mm}% {\sl Student Worker} \hfill {\bf 2004}\\ \begin{list2} \vspace*{1mm} \item Worked with members of the Physics Department in a help-desk environment employing problem-solving and troubleshooting to solve both hardware and software problems, including some software development. \end{list2} %____________________________________________________________________________________ % Education \section{\mysidestyle Education} {\bf Purdue University}, Lafayette, IN \vspace{2mm} \begin{list2} \vspace*{1mm} \item Graduated in December of 2005 with a Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering. \item Coursework included Operating Systems Engineering, Advanced Object Oriented Programming and Scripting, Object Oriented Design, Networking, Microprocessor Architecture. \end{list2} %____________________________________________________________________________________ % Achievements \section{\mysidestyle Achievements} \begin{list2} \item Recognized as a leader in ownership and support of systems including on-call and pager duty (Amazon) \item Became a valuable team resource for Linux-specific and build-system related knowledge (Amazon) \item Interviewed candidates for open positions on the team regularly (Amazon) \item Mentored an intern and two new-hires (Amazon) \item Prominent member of the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra cello section. \item Leader for EPICS: Engineering Projects in Community Service "Judicial Database Systems" team. The project won the 2004 EPISC I2P competition, leading to the first commercial company spin-off from an EPICS project. (Purdue) \item Assistant Principal Cellist in the Purdue Symphony Orchestra (Purdue) \end{list2} %____________________________________________________________________________________ % Programming Expertise \section{\mysidestyle Programming Expertise} \begin{list2} \item Perl: 8 / 10, 3 years experience, 2 years development experience \item C++: 7 / 10, 3 years experience \item Java: 5 / 10, 2 years experience, 1 year development experience \item C: 5 / 10, 3 years experience \item Also fluent in Mason, Python, Motorola HC12 Assembly, Bash/Kornshell scripting, GNU Make, Mysql, Oracle PL/SQL, Ant, and hardware description languages. % TODO: add details about build system and web services expertise? \end{list2} %____________________________________________________________________________________ % Interests \section{\mysidestyle Interests} Open Source Software, Open Source Operating Systems specifically, processor architecture, networking, video games, classical music, and scientific pursuits. %____________________________________________________________________________________ % References % TODO: format this nicer \section{\mysidestyle Technical References} \begin{list2} \item Ben Bernard - Senior Software Design Engineer, Amazon.com - 206-266-2407 \end{list2} \vspace{2mm} \section{\mysidestyle Personal References} \begin{list2} \item R. Joseph Scott - Music Director and Conductor, Sammamish Symphony Orchestra - 206-323-2805 \item Keith Amling - Software Design Engineer, Amazon.com - 206-434-0931 \end{list2} {\sl More references available on request.} %________________________________________________________________________________________ \end{resume} \end{document} %________________________________________________________________________________________ % EOF