Software Developer, Technology Evalgelist
China
- Current
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- Founder and Chair at Project:Possibility
- Past
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- Software and Video Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Campus Ambassador at Sun Microsystems
- Business Systems and Applications Engineer at Peter R. Thom and Associates, Inc.
- IT Specialist at UCLA Human Genetics
- Education
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- University of Southern California
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Connections
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Christopher Leung’s Experience
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Founder and Chair
Project:Possibility
(Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
• Evolve an unprecedented nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower software developers and persons with disabilities through open source software development
• Acquired grants, university funding, and technology assets valued at over $50,000
• Collaborate with universities, non-profit organizations, and corporations (including Mozilla, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems) to promote open source accessibility -
Software and Video Engineer
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
March 2004 — June 2008 (4 years 4 months)
Projects:
• Author and lead developer of Phoenix IPRW (Image Products Release Website), a LAMP-based system responsible for managing the release of all digital media products from the Phoenix Mission to the public
• Developed Jyperdrive, a Java/Eclipse RCP plugin and robotic simulation and visualization component for Maestro, NASA’s mission operations software suite
• Authored DIAL-PRO, a LAMP-based digital asset management system that allows the input, search, and streaming of digital media via AJAX web interface
Awards:
• NASA/JPL Spot Award, Beyond the Call of Duty - Cassini, 2005
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Exceptional Service - MER, 2005
• NASA/JPL Spot Award, Outstanding Achievement - Odyssey 2006
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Development and Test - Desert RATS, 2006
• NASA Team Bonus Award, Internet2 Implementation - Phoenix, 2007
• NASA Recognition Award, Phoenix Visualization, 2007 -
Campus Ambassador
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)
December 2007 — May 2008 (6 months)
• Promote Sun open source technology at USC
• Launched Java User Group
Awards:
• Sun Microsystems Campus Ambassador of the Month, May 2008 -
Business Systems and Applications Engineer
Peter R. Thom and Associates, Inc.
(Automotive industry)
August 1999 — August 2005 (6 years 1 month)
• Utilize DHTML in combination with ASP and SQL to engineer web tools that retrieve automobile data and perform accident reconstruction calculations on the fly
• Automate merge mail operations, report generation, file accounting, and associate management via VBA, macros, and batch programming -
IT Specialist
UCLA Human Genetics
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
October 2001 — July 2003 (1 year 10 months)
Christopher Leung’s Education
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University of Southern California
M.S., Computer Science, 2005 — 2008
• 1st Place, USC Google-All-Nighter Coding Competition, 2008
• Senator of the Year, USC Engineering Graduate Student Association, 2008
• 2nd Place Academic, USC Webfest, 2008
• Leadership Award, USC Office of International Services, 2008
• Order of Arete, Member, USC Student Recognition Award, 2008- Activities and Societies:
- • Senator, Computer Science, Engineering Graduate Student Association
• Director of Technology, International Students' Assembly
• Member, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Advisory Board
• Member, USC ACM Executive Board
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University of California, Los Angeles
B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, 2000 — 2004
• 1st Place, UCLA OpenGL Animation Competition, 2004
