Software Engineer
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Staff Software Engineer at Google
- Past
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- Software Engineer Lead at Microsoft
- Education
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- Harvey Mudd College
- Illinois Math and Science Academy
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Joe Beda’s Summary
Joe is a professional Software Engineer with experience with Microsoft and Google, living and working in the Seattle area.
Joe has a wide variety of skills and experience. Most recently, Joe has been working with the Google ads system, building tools to help advertisers pick the right keywords and bids in order to get the most out of their advertising budget. Before that, Joe helped connect Google services to the public telephone network (PSTN). When he first joined Google, Joe worked on defining and launching Google Talk.
Joe's experience at Microsoft included playing a key role in designing the next generation graphics system for Windows (graphics and media APIs for WPF). Prior to that he worked on MSHTML/Trident, the rendering engine for Internet Explorer for IE 4, IE 5, IE 5.5 and IE 6. He worked with the core data structures, parsing and drove performance across the product.
Joe's education includes a BS in CS with High Distinction and Departmental Honors from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. During college Joe worked with a local start up and did internships at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois and at Microsoft in Redmond. The Microsoft internships included working with the Project team and the Windows NT OpenGL team.
Joe lives in Seattle with his wife, an emergency room doctor, and his daughter. His hobbies include landscape photography, specializing in digital panoramics.
Joe Beda’s Experience
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Staff Software Engineer
Google
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
September 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)
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Software Engineer Lead
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 1997 — August 2004 (7 years 3 months)
Worked on IE 4-6. Helped to design and get Avalon (WPF) up off the ground.
Joe Beda’s Education
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Harvey Mudd College
BS, CS, August 1993 — June 1997
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Illinois Math and Science Academy
High School, 1990 — 1993
