Bigi Lui

Current

• Software Architect at Zynga

Past

• Software Engineer at Zynga
• Web Application Engineer at Pure Web Applications
• Product Development Engineer at Intel Corporation

• Student Assistant Programmer at Department of Water Resources
• Instructor at UC Berkeley ATDP

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Education

• University of California, Davis

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Bigi Lui’s Summary

- Main interest in web applications development, both backend (PHP, MySQL) and frontend (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX)

- Experience scaling applications with millions of daily users running on LAMP architecture

- Experience with C++ development at Intel Corp

- Main goal is aiming to contribute an important part to a startup company in succeeding in Web 2.0

Bigi Lui’s Specialties:

Language of choice - PHP, MySQL
Strong in frontend - JavaScript/Ajax, CSS
- Speaks "browser quirks" as a second language.

Skillsets:
PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript (oo), AJAX, prototype.js, development in MVC architecture, object-oriented programming. SVG and VML development experience.
Proficient in C, C++, Perl, working knowledge in Java as well.

Bigi Lui’s Experience

• Software Architect

  Zynga

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Architect for Mafia Wars, providing guidance and direction to the app, resolving day to day system issues like scaling and performance, and more.

• Software Engineer

  Zynga

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  May 2008 — April 2009 (1 year )

  Games/Apps I've worked on in Zynga over the year include Mafia Wars, Street Racing, Dragon Wars, Fashion Wars, Dope Wars, Guild of Heroes, and more.
  LAMP development plus Javascript/CSS dev.

• Web Application Engineer

  Pure Web Applications

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  - Development in all aspects of Middle-Rock.com using Ruby on Rails, MySQL, OO JavaScript, Ajax, CSS as the main frontend developer of the site; owner of interactive SVG + VML stock charts.
  - Developed web applications for clients in PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL as well as frontend XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX
  - Experience working on Facebook Apps

• Product Development Engineer

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

  July 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  - Worked in the product team for Conroe/Woodcrest (Core 2 Duo and Xeon 5100 processors) and Penryn (next-gen cpu)
  - Developed CPU testing automation frameworks in C++
  - Owner of the CPU thermal testing module

• Student Assistant Programmer

  Department of Water Resources

  (Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Utilities industry)

  December 2004 — June 2005 (7 months)

  - Contributed to the software development for water quality information data collection
  - Contributed to and documented the system’s architecture design
  - Developed the ODBC database connector base code in C

• Instructor

  UC Berkeley ATDP

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  June 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 2 months)

  - Instructor for the "Introduction to Programming in C" and "Programming in C++" courses at UC Berkeley ATDP, a summer program for high-achieving high school students, for 2 summers.
  - Planning course materials, leading lectures and writing homework and exams.

Bigi Lui’s Education

• University of California, Davis

  B.S. in CSE , Computer Science and Engineering , 2001 — 2005

  Graduated with Honors in Computer Science and Engineering
  GPA: Overall: 3.59, Engineering: 3.92
  College of Engineering Dean’s list for 8 quarters

  Activities and Societies:

  Nominated member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, member of Tau Beta Pi

Additional Information

Bigi Lui’s Websites:

• My Website

Bigi Lui’s Interests:

Web dev tech blog writer: http://www.agum.com/web/ Traveling, music (singing), swimming, snowboarding, the beach, table tennis, volleyball, weight-lifting, competitive gaming (Starcraft, CvS2).

Bigi Lui’s Groups:

Tau Beta Pi, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Bigi Lui’s Honors:

UCDavis: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, graduated with Honors.

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