Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area
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- Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
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- Staff Software Engineer at National Instruments
- Water Simulation Programmer at University of Colorado at Boulder
- Software Intern at National Instruments
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Colorado State University
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Hexar Anderson’s Summary
Bright, talented, experienced software engineer who enjoys designing and implementing software to solve real-world problems. I have four years of work experience with C++ and .NET, but I have been programming for fun since the 3rd grade. I also graduated with High Distinction from the University of Colorado - Boulder, with a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science in 2003.
Hexar Anderson’s Specialties:
C++, C++/CLI, Managed C++, C#, Visual Basic.NET, C, VB6, HTML, CGI, PHP, MySQL
Hexar Anderson’s Experience
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Software Development Engineer
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
* Fix high-priority bugs in Visual Studio software
* Investigate failing build verification tests run against Visual Studio
* Contribute to the overall success of the newest release of Visual Studio -
Staff Software Engineer
National Instruments
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NATI; Computer Software industry)
March 2004 — June 2008 (4 years 4 months)
* Tech Lead for DAQmx driver software for .NET and C++
* Implement DAQmx API in C++, Managed C++, and C++/CLI
* Write example code for our API in MFC, C#, and Visual Basic .NET
* Review other engineers' code, have final say in technical decisions
* Perform freeform testing, unit testing, and validation for bug fixes -
Water Simulation Programmer
University of Colorado at Boulder
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 5 months)
* Developed new water simulation programs in C++
* Ported existing simulations from Unix to Windows
* Wrote a suite of water simulation tools in Visual Basic 6 -
Software Intern
National Instruments
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NATI; Computer Software industry)
May 2002 — August 2002 (4 months)
* Learned the C# Programming language
* Designed and implemented a Visual Studio .NET add-in to help Measurement Studio programmers complete function calls by providing parameter completion information
* Completed above project from design to alpha state
Hexar Anderson’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
Bachelor of Science , Computer Science , 2000 — 2003
Minor in Business.
Relevant Courses: Software Engineering Methods, Computers as Components, Algorithms, Digital Logic, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Theory of Computing, Computer Organization, Computer Graphics, Senior Software Project, Game Programming, Numerical Computation, Artificial Intelligence.
Final GPA: 3.944.- Activities and Societies:
- Tau Beta Pi, Boulder GameDev Club, Rocky Mountain Investment Management
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Colorado State University
N/A , Computer Science , 1998 — 2000
Took classes while in high school: Introduction to C++, C++ to Java, Data Structures and Algorithms, Calculus 3.
GPA: 4.0.
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Hexar Anderson’s Interests:
Rock climbing, running, swing dancing, juggling, video/computer gaming, guitar.
Hexar Anderson’s Groups:
American Mensa
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National Instruments Alumni -
.NET Seattle
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