Kevin Le

Current

• Software Engineering Consultant at northrop-grumman-mission-systems

Past

• Senior Software Engineer at Raytheon
• Student Software Developer at Collaborative Agent Design Research Center (CADRC)
• Instructor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

• Tutor at Self-employed (Self-employed)
• Grader at Cal Poly State University
• Software Engineering Intern at Gluon Networks

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Education

• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
• Leland High School

Recommended

2 people have recommended Kevin

Connections

60 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My programming, software tips

Kevin Le’s Summary

Software Engineer with experience in small and large company environments.

Loves collaboration and exchange of technical ideas. Never wants to stop learning.

Educated in a wide range of specialties including algorithms, programming languages, databases, networks, human-computer interaction, graphics, etc. Interested in scientific simulation, application and web development.

Kevin Le’s Specialties:

Languages
- C++, STL, C, Java, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, XSD, Assembly, SQL, Matlab, Python, Perl, Bash, Bat, UML
Software/Tools
- Unix, Linux, Boost, VIM, Eclipse, Visual Studio, SlickEdit, ActiveMQ, JMS, Purify, Valgrind, gprof, Makefile, SourceSafe, Subversion, Telelogic Continuus, Rational ClearCase, MagicDraw, Trac, Bugzilla, gdb, g++, gcc, dOxygen, XmlSpy, Flash, Office, Photoshop, dynamic runtime linking: libdl, LoadLibrary
- DoD Top Secret Clearance, IT, Technical Writing

Kevin Le’s Experience

• Software Engineering Consultant

  northrop-grumman-mission-systems

  (Public Company; NOC; Defense & Space industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year)

  Created Java simulator for web services.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Raytheon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

  June 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 3 months)

  - Key developer on Windows/Linux C++ STL sensor framework used in battlefield simulation.
  - Refactored legacy code to optimize run -time (2-3x) and build times (2x).
  - Redesigned to generically handle I/O (Socket, ActiveMQ, HLA).
  - Fixed memory leaks.
  - Pioneered and implemented automated build and regression test framework.
  - Wrote visualization plots/scripts, coding standards, and detailed documentation.
  - Recommend task and development plans.
  - Demonstrated enterprise campaign software to VIPs.

• Student Software Developer

  Collaborative Agent Design Research Center (CADRC)

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  - Debugged Windows MFC C++ mature cargo-loading assistance application used by US Army.

• Instructor

  Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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

  April 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 3 months)

  - Educated college students in Windows/MS Office/HTML/Internet.
  - Designed schedule, teaching material, and exams.

• Tutor

  Self-employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  September 1999 — December 2004 (5 years 4 months)

  - Tutored several students from elementary to college level in various subjects including math, science, English, computer science, etc.

• Grader

  Cal Poly State University

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

  September 2003 — June 2004 (10 months)

  - Marked assignments and projects for Data Structures and Theory of Computing.

• Software Engineering Intern

  Gluon Networks

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2003 — September 2003 (4 months)

  - Tested and updated command interface on packet-based C++ switching system.
  - Created utility library’s unit tests.
  - Decreased build times (1.5-6x).
  - Software Director wrote: "[Kevin’s] research and analysis were always thorough and comprehensive and his implementation and testing always accurate. …He certainly has what it takes to become an engineering star."

Kevin Le’s Education

• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

  MS , Computer Science , 2000 — 2005

  Finished BS courses in 3 years.
  Thesis topic: Pipelined Apache HTTP Server. A proposed pipelining of the request stages inside Apache HTTP Server.

  Activities and Societies:

  Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Computer Science Honors Society - President, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Graduate Student Association (GSA), Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) - Vice President

• Leland High School

  1996 — 2000

Additional Information

Kevin Le’s Websites:

• My programming, software tips

Kevin Le’s Interests:

programming, software, new technology, computer hardware, road and mountain cycling, fishing, bodyboarding, snowboarding, tennis, computer, video, board games

Kevin Le’s Groups:

UPE, ACM, Silicon Valley Java Users Group

•    UPE - Upsilon Pi Epsilon
•    CalPoly SLO

Kevin Le’s Honors:

Raytheon Spotlight Award for Excellent Performance,
National Science Foundation Centennial Scholarship,
ACM So. Cal. Regional Programming Contest (16th place out of 62)

Kevin Le’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch