Artem Avdacev Data-driven, software-writing, designey PM guy. artem@avdacev.com aavdacev@alumni.uwaterloo.ca Over 8 years of computer programming experience. Languages: Java, C/C++, Python, Objective C, Perl; some Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, and Bash Worked with: MapReduce, Lucene, iPhone SDK, Ruby On Rails, XSLT, MySQL, Git, SVN, Linux Search & Data Mining Intern Yelp! Inc. San Francisco, CA, USA September 2010 - December 2010 Improved mobile search relvance and ran A/B tests to tune parameters. (Java, Lucene, Python) Digested 4.5TB of search data using Yelp's MapReduce framework on top of Hadoop. (MRJob, Python) Sliced, diced, and graphed big piles of data for everyone to see. (MRJob, Python) 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 (with Distinction, Co-op) University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada September 2005 - April 2011 developing designs based on extensive user field research intricacies of writing PRDs for software systems queuing theory, bottlenecks, system optimization 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. working with 3D models, OpenGL, and raytracing. C++ heavy course.