
Site Reliability Engineer at Google
San Francisco Bay Area

Site Reliability Engineer at Google
San Francisco Bay Area
Software engineer specializing in designing and working on complex, large software projects. Systems administrator experienced primarily with Linux and Mac OS X.
Java, Python, PHP, SQL wizardry, XHTML/CSS-compliant web design, network administration, clusters
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Internet industry)
January 2008 — Present (7 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Biotechnology industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Co-founder and minority shareholder of biotechnology consulting firm, providing technical expertise for initial operations.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
March 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 11 months)
Engaged in programming, bugfixes, and technical assistance to support staff for Puzzle Pirates. Wrote support ticket management system currently in use.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2006 — January 2008 (2 years)
Acted as lead systems administrator for the student volunteer-run UGCS computing cluster at Caltech, overseeing overhaul of the UGCS infrastructure for greater performance, security, and scalability for future growth.
Maintained computer labs, house servers, and provided technical support to students in Blacker House and Dabney House as a student representative of Information Management Systems and Services at Caltech.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
June 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Engaged in ongoing research into stomatal development in Arabidopsis thaliana, and CLE family genes.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
June 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Provided network administration and end-user support of Mac OS X, Word, and MathType to working group of 20-30 high school math teachers, including establishing common fileserver, backup scheme, centralized printing without pre-existing network infrastructure.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
Acted as principal software architect and programmer of a program to hold a testbank of quiz questions and associated answers, citing sources, and allowing students to access the questions and share lists of questions.
Biology, Computer Science 2005 — 2008
Went on indefinite sabbatical in 2008 from BS program.
HS Diploma, 2001 — 2005
piano, swimming, late night coding
Blacker House, Dabney House, UGCS, JHU CTY, Johns Hopkins CTY, Center for Talented Youth, CTY Lancaster, The College Preparatory School, Oakland
National Merit Finalist, 2005
Richter Scholar, 2006 Caltech Undergraduate Research Fellowship program