Artem Avdacev 4A Software Engineering artem@avdacev.com aavdacev@uwaterloo.ca 905-901-3517 Over 7 years of computer programming experience. Languages: Java, C/C++, Objective C, Perl, PHP; some Python, Ruby, and Bash Worked with: iPhone SDK, J2EE, Ruby On Rails, XSLT, CSS, AJAX, MySQL, SVN, Perforce, Linux Design Principles: object oriented design, high-level UML design, black/whitebox/unit testing Program Manager Intern Microsoft (Windows, Web Services & Content) Redmond, WA, USA January 2010 - April 2010 Designed the user experience for a prominent Windows feature for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Developed an interactive prototype, held design reviews, and drafted a user study to test the feature design. Directed a team of PMs, developers, and testers to agree on a functional spec; coordinated end-to-end requirements across neighbouring teams. Technical Yahoo! Intern Yahoo! Inc. Sunnyvale, CA, USA May 2009 - August 2009 Built a performance monitoring tool for a system with load > 2000 qps. (Perl, Nagios, Linux) Used Apache JMeter for stress-testing with production-like load. Developed a tool for location-aware app. testing on iPhone simulator. (iPhone OS 3.0 SDK, Obj C) Software Developer Intern SAP BusinessObjects Vancouver, BC, Canada September 2008 - December 2008 Configured an auto-install test infrastructure environment for daily, weekly and monthly builds. Deployed and tested the flagship product across all major J2EE servers. (Java, Selenium) System Engineer/Developer Intern Invio Inc. Tokyo, Japan January 2007 - May 2007 Contributed to Sugoi-Mail, an open-source mailing list manager. (Ruby on Rails, Bash, MySQL) Managed data migrations, installation, and server configuration on production Linux systems. Freelance Graphic Designer Audas Design Co. http://audasdesign.com April 2005 - Present Worked closely with clients to collect project requirements and specifications. Organized and managed other freelancers to collaborate on larger projects. Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator. Operations Intranet Web Developer/Programmer Intern Toronto Transit Commission Toronto, ON, Canada May 2006 - September 2006 Designed and developed a schedule-tracking intranet system. (ASP, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX) Responsible for collecting design requirements and restrictions. IT Support Engineer Emissary Computer Solutions Tokyo, Japan May 2007 - April 2008 Responsible for maintaining several IT infrastructures at client offices. (Windows/Linux) Built and deployed production servers including: VOIP, domain controller, webservers. One-on-One English Instructor GABA English Conversation School Tokyo, Japan June 2007 - February 2008 Fine tuned clients' business manners, communication, and presentation skills. Developed the thinking agility required to customize lesson plans on-the-go. Honours Software Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada September 2005 - April 2011 (expected) developing designs based on extensive user field research intricacies of writing PRDs for software systems queuing theory, bottlenecks, system optimization working with 3D models, OpenGL, and raytracing. C++ heavy course. intro to Xlib, Swing, and design of custom UI components emphasis on pragmatic and mathematical aspects of efficiency structure, implementation, and debugging of concurrent programs. software design patterns and standardized interchangeable parts fundamentals of DBMS, SQL, and DB administration.