Intern at VMware
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Intern at VMware
- Past
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- Engineering Co-op at Brandeis University Physics Department
- Computer Technician at Northeastern University Resnet
- R&D Engineer at Network Engines
- Research Assistant at Northeastern ECE Department
- Salesman/Technician at Circuit City
- Computer Technician at Computer V.I.P.
- Education
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- Northeastern University
- Braintree High School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Ryan Whelan’s Summary
I am currently a middler Computer Engineering student at Northeastern University. I'm still trying to decide if I want to focus on hardware, software, or both.
Ryan Whelan’s Experience
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Intern
VMware
(Public Company; VMW; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Software development in the Partner Engineering group.
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Engineering Co-op
Brandeis University Physics Department
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)
Designed a temperature gradient system to be used on experiments with microfluidic devices. Wrote LabView software to control, monitor, and log data for this system. Provided assistance to others in the lab with writing LabView code, and general troubleshooting. Implemented a wiki for streamlining the lab.
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Computer Technician
Northeastern University Resnet
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Perform software and occasional hardware repairs of students’ computers
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R&D Engineer
Network Engines
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NENG; Computer Hardware industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Compared the performance of an IP-PBX appliance running on hardware, the VMWare ESX hypervisor, and the XenSource Enterprise hypervisor. Utilized many different performance analysis and benchmarking tools to characterize this application.
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Research Assistant
Northeastern ECE Department
(Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)
Learned about common spam filtering methods (mainly for SpamAssassin). Devised a method of benchmarking effectiveness and overhead in spam filtering. Applied for and received a Provost’s
Undergraduate Research Grant. Submitted a paper to, and attended the Conference on Email and Anti-Spam 2007. -
Salesman/Technician
Circuit City
(Public Company; Retail industry)
March 2006 — October 2006 (8 months)
While working at this job, I sold computers, and assisted the technicians with working on computers brought in for repair.
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Computer Technician
Computer V.I.P.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
June 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 10 months)
I performed virus removals, computer reformats, and home visits such as new computer setups and networking setups.
Ryan Whelan’s Education
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Northeastern University
BS , Computer Engineering , 2006 — 2011 (expected)
I am currently majoring in Computer Engineering, entering my third year.
- Activities and Societies:
- IEEE, NUCAR, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Research Grant Recipient, Dean's List
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Braintree High School
2002 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Suicide Prevention
Additional Information
Ryan Whelan’s Websites:
Ryan Whelan’s Interests:
Computers, Research, Learning New Things, Music, Longboarding
Ryan Whelan’s Groups:
IEEE, NUCAR (Northeastern Computer Architecture Research)
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VMware Alumni
Ryan Whelan’s Honors:
I graduated Braintree High School in 2006, I was on the honor roll every term, and I was a member of the National Honor Society.
At Northeastern, I am on the Dean's List, and I am a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Ryan Whelan’s Contact Settings
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