\documentclass[]mcdowellcv \usepackageamsmath \nameGayle L. McDowell \address123 Spruce St, Apt 35 \linebreak Philadelphia PA 19103 \contacts(555) 555-1212 \linebreak gayle@careercup.com \begindocument \makeheader \begincvsectionEmployment \begincvsubsectionSoftware Engineer, InternApple ComputerSummer 2004 iChat AV

• Reduced time to render the user’s buddy list by 75\% by implementing prediction algorithm.
• Implemented iChat integration with OS X Spotlight Search by creating tool which extracts metadata from saved chat transcripts and provides metadata to a system-wide search database.
• Redesigned chat file format and implemented backwards compatibility for search.

\endcvsubsection \begincvsubsectionLead Student AmbassadorMicrosoft CorporationFall 2003 -- Spring 2005

• Promoted to Lead Student Ambassador in Fall 2004; supervised 10 -- 15 Student Ambassadors.
• Created and taught Computer Science course, CSE 099: Software Design and Development.

\endcvsubsection \begincvsubsectionHead Teaching AssistantUniversity of PennsylvaniaFall 2001 -- Spring 2005

• Courses: Advanced Java III, Software Engineering, Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science I \& II.
• Promoted to Head TA in Fall 2004; led weekly meetings and supervised four other TAs.

\endcvsubsection \begincvsubsectionSoftware Design Engineer, InternMicrosoft CorporationSummers 2001 -- 2003 Visual Studio Core (Summer 2003)

• Implemented a user interface for the VS open file switcher (ctrl-tab) and extended it to tool windows.
• Created service to provide gradient across VS and VS add-ins. Optimized service via caching.

Programmer Productivity Research Center (Summers 2001, 2002)

• Built app to compute similarity of all methods in a code base; reduced time from O(n²) to O(n log n).
• Created test case generation tool which creates random XML docs from XML Schema.

\endcvsubsection \endcvsection \begincvsectionEducation \begincvsubsectionPhiladelphia, PAUniversity of PennsylvaniaFall 2000 -- May 2005

• M.S.E. in Computer and Information Science, May 2005. GPA: 3.6
• B.S.E. in Computer Science Engineering with Minor in Mathematics, May 2005. In-major GPA: 3.4.
• Graduate Coursework: Software Foundations; Computer Architecture; Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Comparison of Learning Algorithms; Computational Theory.
• Undergraduate Coursework: Operating Systems; Databases; Algorithms; Programming Languages; Comp. Architecture; Engineering Entrepreneurship; Calculus III.

\endcvsubsection \endcvsection \begincvsectionTechnical Experience \begincvsubsectionProjects

• \textbfMulti-User Drawing Tool (2004). Electronic classroom where multiple users can view and simultaneously draw on a “chalkboard” with each person’s edits synchronized. C++, MFC
• \textbfSynchronized Calendar (2003 – 2004). Desktop calendar with globally shared and synchronized calendars, allowing users to schedule meetings with other users. C\#.NET, SQL, XML
• \textbfOperating System (2002). UNIX-style OS with scheduler, file system, text editor and calculator. C

\endcvsubsection \endcvsection \begincvsectionAdditional Experience and Awards \begincvsubsection

• \textbfInstructor (2003 – 2005): Taught two full-credit Computer Science courses; average ratings of 4.8 out of 5.0.
• \textbfThird Prize, Senior Design Projects: Awarded 3rd prize for Synchronized Calendar project, out of 100 projects.

\endcvsubsection \endcvsection \begincvsectionLanguages and Technologies \begincvsubsection

• C++; C; Java; Objective-C; C\#.NET; SQL; JavaScript; XSLT; XML (XSD) Schema
• Visual Studio; Microsoft SQL Server; Eclipse; XCode; Interface Builder

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