Timothy Armstrong

3A Software Engineering

Strong technical skills, developed through two work terms at a start-up company creating and maintaining a mobile web application.
Terrific initiative, developed through years of learning about new technologies and building personal projects to improve technical skills.
Great interpersonal skills, developed through four years working in a customer service position.
Expert leadership skills, developed through two years planning and making decisions on the executive level of high school student council.
Independent worker, excellent at following instructions and working without supervision, developed through both academic and workplace experience.

Web Technologies:
- JavaScript — Proficient with jQuery, Prototype, Backbone.js, and other libraries. Familiar with multiple approaches to optimize performance of large applications. Experienced in debugging with Firebug and WebKit Web Inspector.
- PHP5 — Experience with MVC frameworks, particularly CodeIgniter and CakePHP.
- HTML5 — Have previously built web applications using canvas, geolocation, local storage, caching, and video.
- CSS3 — Proficient with recreating any design using CSS. In-depth experience designing for desktop and mobile WebKit browsers using the newest features of CSS.
- MySQL — Strong understanding of building data-driven applications while protecting against SQL injection attacks.
Programming Languages: C, C++; working knowledge of Lisp, MIPS Assembly, Objective-C, Java, and Python.
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows; working knowledge of Ubuntu Linux and Mac OS X.
Application Software: Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; working knowledge of Eclipse and Adobe Suite
Project Management: Agile development using PivotalTracker; Basecamp.
Version Control: SVN, Git; working knowledge of Perforce

Implemented features in the mobile web application for Google+, a product with millions of users
Improved testing infrastructure, automating unit and integration tests for every build; lead by example to help the team dramatically increase test coverage in the codebase; provided regular reports on test coverage.
Coordinated a week-long event with the team's developers to improve test coverage; gave a presentaton with the technical details of the new test infrastructure and provided personal coaching.
Improved team's release engineering practices by automating an internal build of the application for testing.
Collaborated with other teams in different offices around the world to learn more about development practices.

Responsible for monitoring performance, maintaining, and adding features to the company's mobile web application which received tens of thousands of pageviews every week.
Created a new version of the mobile web application for iOS and Android mobile browsers, utilizing new features in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
Designed and implemented a gaming layer on top of the existing application allowing users to check-in to exhibitor locations at tradeshows and compete for points by answering questions.
Built a REST API for the company's internal data system as well as a JavaScript plugin which uses this API so that clients can integrate data stored on the company's website with their own website.

Created company's scalable and dynamic mobile web application based on an original proof-of-concept version.
Responsible for coordinating testing of the mobile web application across many mobile devices.
Built a content management system which allowed for easy entry of data by clients for use in the mobile web application.
Created a live feedback system for the mobile web application which allowed users to answer questions with the results graphed live using the Google Charts API.
Integrated content manager with Facebook and Twitter.

Relevant Assignments:
- Created a compiler for a subset of the C language. Implemented a scanner, lexer, parser, linker, and assembler in C and Java which generated MIPS assembly from original source code.
- Developed a calculator using Coldfire assembly which interfaced with serial and parallel hardware connected to the Coldfire board for input and output.

Awards:
- Governor General's Award — Awarded for achieving highest overall average in Grade 11 and Grade 12 courses.
- Academic Achievement in Math — Awarded for achieving the highest mark in Grade 12 Academic math courses.
- Technology Award — Awarded for proficiency with technology and for responsibility of all technical equipment at school events.

Regular participant in web programming contests:
- Created a game entered in An Event Apart's 10K Challenge, rated 4.36 / 5 by users
Participant in academic contests:
- University of Waterloo Math Contests in 2007 – 2009, placing first in the school on one occasion and in the top 25% of all participants on two occasions
- Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest, placing in top 25% of all participants
- University of Toronto Computer Science Competition, placing as runner-up, April 2008
Frequently hack on open-source projects
Selected to attend Youth Leadership Camps Canada, September 2008
Enjoy curling, computer gaming