Edward Wolf

Current

Associate Systems at Fidelity Investments
Project Manager at The iTheater Project

Past

Senior Design Data Acquisition Lead at Rochester Institute of Technology
President, Student Government at Rochester Institute of Technology
Quality Assurance Engineering Intern at Savant Systems

Desktop Engineering Student at Rochester Institute of Technology
Senior Desktop Operations Representative at Rochester Institute of Technology
Systems Validation & Verification Co-Op at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Information Technology Intern at Genworth Financial
Helpdesk representative at The Taunton Press

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Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Hardware

Websites

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Edward Wolf’s Summary

I graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2009 with a BS in Computer Engineer and minor in Management. Below are some of my qualifications and goals.

Leadership:
-Responsible for managing a budget of $250k and distributing ~$1.5M for over 170 student organizations and 60+ student leaders
-Ability to set strategic goals and benchmark/change goals as time progresses
-Energetic and enthusiastic about delivering results (results oriented)

Communication Skills:
-Very strong leadership skills, verbal and written communication skills
-Public Speaking (crowds bigger than 6,000)
-Personable & interacts easily with others
-Clear, concise and persuasive

Work Ethic:
-Strong organization skills & ability to adhere to strict deadlines
-Prefer collaborating with other minds on projects, but can work diligently on own
-Passionate and dedicated to projects
-Ability to think critically
-Experience in Financial, Higher Education, Medical and Publishing industries
-Experience working within a start-up work environment

Short-term Goals:
-Adopt a dog

Long-term Goals:
-Raise a family
-Find a job I love to do and that allows me to lead, develop others and create new and innovative technologies
-Take advantage of sustainable practices to help preserve natural resources

Really Long-term Goals:
-Become a CIO, CTO, CEO or leader of a major technology corporation

Edward Wolf’s Specialties:

Assembly, C++, C, HTML, Java, Some Objective-Code, VHDL, MS Office, PSpice, OrCad, ModelSim, Eclipse, Eggplant Functional Tester, SubVersion, Minitab, Unix, Mac OS, Xcode, Dashcode, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Acrobat, Network Administration/Engineering, Helpdesk Support, quality assurance, leadership building, management, unit testing,

Edward Wolf’s Experience

Associate Systems

Fidelity Investments

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

Participant in the inaugural LEAP IT development program
Project Manager

The iTheater Project

(Computer Software industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

-Founded open source Macintosh Media Center application
-Maintain project website, email, SVN, trac, VBulletin forum and wiki
-Work with volunteers around the world (UK, Australia, Mexico, USA) to deliver free open source software
Senior Design Data Acquisition Lead

Rochester Institute of Technology

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

December 2008 — May 2009 (6 months)

I worked on a Multidisciplinary Senior Design Project where we designed a National Instruments LabView data acquisition system for a Dresser-Rand reciprocating compressor.
President, Student Government

Rochester Institute of Technology

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 1 month)

-Represented over 16,000 at one of America's leading technological institutions
-Responsible for managing a budget of $250k and distributing ~1.5M to over 170 student organizations
-Worked with faculty, staff, administrators and trustees to ensure RIT students are represented
-Established a strategic plan for Student Government, and oversaw the restructuring of the organization and the creation of a new constitution
-Expanded representation on Student Government to student athletes and graduate students
-Brought Steve Wozniak, Bill Nye and Marlee Matlin to RIT as park of our honorary speaker series
Quality Assurance Engineering Intern

Savant Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)

-Performed final testing and QA on high-end home control automation products
-Developed regression and daily test procedures for our systems
-Experience in manufacturing and debugging of consumer electronics
-Developed a Dashboard widget and a Cocoa menu bar application to control our systems
Desktop Engineering Student

Rochester Institute of Technology

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

March 2008 — May 2008 (3 months)

-Worked on implementing a Microsoft SCCM and Configuration Manager environment for over 3,000 enterprise desktops
Senior Desktop Operations Representative

Rochester Institute of Technology

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

November 2004 — May 2008 (3 years 7 months)

-Supported desktop and servers, as well as end user applications for over 3,000 RIT faculty and staff
Systems Validation & Verification Co-Op

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JNJ; Medical Devices industry)

May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

-Performed software verification and validation for Vitros® Blood Analyzer software
-Verified test limits used within analyzer software through automation processes
Information Technology Intern

Genworth Financial

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GNW; Insurance industry)

May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

-Saved company thousands of dollars by eliminating paper faxes and implementing desktop fax
-Improved workflow by creating new intranet website for the Capital Market Services division
-Created Java based utilities to assist with the maintenance of company machines
-Helped clear the backlog of IT maintenance issues
Helpdesk representative

The Taunton Press

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

-Supported over 200 users on both Mac and PC users
-Supported Lotus Notes and various professional publishing products and Mircosoft Software
-Assisted users with the transition from Quark to Adobe InDesign
-Assisted with the migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook 2003

Edward Wolf’s Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Sience , Computer Engineering - Minor in Management , 2004 — 2009

President of Student Government, 2007-2009
Vice President of Greek Council, 2006-2007
Vice President of Alpha Epsilon Pi, 2006-2007

Activities and Societies:

Student Government, Life Sciences Club, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Order of Omega, Greek Counci

Additional Information

Edward Wolf’s Websites:

My Company

Edward Wolf’s Interests:

Camping, biking, racquetball, technology, management, leadership training, organizational development, strategic planning, programming, inventing/tinkering, HDTV, television broadcasting, music