Jacob Rossi

Current

• Invited Expert at W3C
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology
• Web Designer/Programmer at selfemployed (Self-employed)

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Past

• Program Manager (Intern) at Microsoft
• Software Engineering Intern at Cisco Systems
• Lifeguard / Swim Instructor: Parks and Recreation at City of Gainesville

• Lifeguard / Pool Manager at Brenau University

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• North Hall High School

Recommended

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Connections

45 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Jacob Rossi’s Summary

I am a 4th-year Computer Engineering major at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). I will be graduating Summer 2010.

Most recently, I completed a summer internship as a Program Manager at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) with the Internet Explorer team. Before that, I had a summer internship with Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA) working with enterprise wireless VoIP.

During academic semesters, I work as a senior teaching assistant (TA) for an engineering computation/programming course in MATLAB at Georgia Tech.

Related coursework:
-CS1371: Computing for Engineers (MATLAB) ("A")
-CS1372: Program Design for Engineers (C/C++) ("A")
-ECE1882: Intro to ECE Design ("A")
-ECE2025: Digital Signal Processing ("B")
-ECE2030: Intro to Computer Engineering ("A")
-ECE2031: Digital Design Lab ("A")
-ECE2040: Circuit Analysis ("A")
-ECE3025: Electromagnetics ("B")
-ECE3035: Mechanisms-Computing Systems ("A")
-ECE3040: Semiconductor Device Fundamentals and Microelectronic Circuits ("B")
-ECE3041: Instrumentation and Circuits Lab ("B")
-ECE3042: Microelectronic Circuits Lab (In Progress)
-ECE3055: Comp. Architecture & Operating Systems ("A")
-ECE3060: VLSI Design & Adv. Digital Logic (In Progress)
-ECE4001: Professional Practice (In Progress)
-ECE4175: Embedded Microcontroller Design ("A")
-ISYE3770: Statistics and Applications ("A")

Jacob Rossi’s Specialties:

Proficiency in:
-C
-VB .NET
-MATLAB
-Web Development (HTML, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP, CSS, etc.)
-SQL
-Photoshop (Graphic Design)
-Windows/Linux
-Microcontrollers
-MIPS Assembly
-Digital Logic
-Bluetooth Qualification


Knowledge in:
-DSP
-C++
-VHDL
-FPGAs, and Quartus II
-Regular Expressions
-Electromagnetics
-Semiconductor Physics
-VLSI

Jacob Rossi’s Experience

• Invited Expert

  W3C

  (Non-Profit; Internet industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  I help with the DOM Level 3 Events specification in the WebApps working group.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  Georgia Institute of Technology

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

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Teaching assistant for the Computing for Engineers course (CS1371) at Georgia Tech. Responsible for preparing/teaching a weekly recitation of approximately 50 students, writing/grading homeworks, writing/proctoring/grading tests, and conducting course-wide test review lectures (for 300+ students).

• Web Designer/Programmer

  selfemployed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Freelance web design for multiple companies.

• Program Manager (Intern)

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2009 — August 2009 (4 months)

  Program Manager for the Internet Explorer team. Intern.

• Software Engineering Intern

  Cisco Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  Software engineering internship with Cisco Systems working on Wireless Voice over IP phones

• Lifeguard / Swim Instructor: Parks and Recreation

  City of Gainesville

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  May 2004 — August 2007 (3 years 4 months)

  Summer job as a lifeguard and swim lesson instructor for Green Street Pool.
  
  Up-to-date American Red Cross certification for "CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer" and "Lifesaving and First Responder."

• Lifeguard / Pool Manager

  Brenau University

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  October 2005 — May 2006 (8 months)

  Lifeguard for the Brenau University Aquatics Center.

Jacob Rossi’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BS , Computer Engineering , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Cumulative GPA: 3.45 (as of 08/09)
  ECE/CS GPA: 3.89

  Activities and Societies:

  Vice President of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity (Xi Chapter), IEEE Member

• North Hall High School

  CollegePrep Diploma , 2002 — 2006

  Graduated 4th in class with 4.57 GPA.

  Activities and Societies:

  Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, Journalism (Layout/Design, Photography, Writing), Math Competition Team, Marching/Concert Band

Additional Information

Jacob Rossi’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Jacob Rossi’s Interests:

Work-related interests include: -Product Research & Design -Consumer Digital Electronics -Web Application ("web 2.0") Development -Embedded Computing Systems Personal interests include: -Piano performance (classically trained), Guitar, Music -Swimming -Photography -College Football/Basketball

Jacob Rossi’s Groups:

Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity (Xi Colony): Vice-President (2008), Secretary (2007)
IEEE

•    Zeta Beta Tau
•    Fans of Digsby

Jacob Rossi’s Honors:

Eagle Scout
Google Summer of Code entrant
Future Business Leaders of America: Top 5 in GA VB .NET Programming Competition

Jacob Rossi’s Contact Settings

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