Derrick Isaacson

Current

• Software Development Engineer at Microsoft

Past

• Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
• Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com

Education

• Stanford University
• Brigham Young University

Connections

50 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Derrick Isaacson’s Summary

Software engineer with experience developing large distributed systems with high performance and availability requirements.

Derrick Isaacson’s Specialties:

Distributed systems, networking, operating systems

Derrick Isaacson’s Experience

• Software Development Engineer

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

  I work for the MSN Social and Community team. We develop services that allow MSN users to post comments, questions, and answers on MSN.com sites.

• Software Development Engineer Intern

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — September 2008 (4 months)

  Worked with team to develop new architecture for Microsoft's live.com site, specifically qna.live.com

• Software Development Engineer

  Amazon.com

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AMZN; Retail industry)

  May 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Software developer for a team that built and maintained a large distributed computing system.

Derrick Isaacson’s Education

• Stanford University

  M.S. , Computer Science , 2007 — 2009

  I worked as a teaching assistant for operating systems and networking courses.

  Activities and Societies:

  Specialized in distributed systems. Took courses on networking, advanced operating systems, advanced database topics, and distributed systems.
  
  Teaching assistant for operating systems and networking courses. Responsibilities included giving lectures, holding office hours, grading, and preparing lab assignments.

• Brigham Young University

  B.S. , Computer Engineering , 2000 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduated summa cum laude

Additional Information

Derrick Isaacson’s Websites:

• My Website

Derrick Isaacson’s Interests:

skiing, percussion, fishing, distributed computing

Derrick Isaacson’s Honors:

Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brigham Young University

Derrick Isaacson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch