David Idol

Software Engineer

I build cool software for a living

And I love doing it. I view programming as a creative exercise in problem solving. The process of designing solutions, figuring out the best possible implementation, and producing real-world results is what keeps me up at night.

Personal Information

Date of birth

August 21, 1989

Address

304 Davie Road
Carrboro, NC
USA

Email

Mobile

919 308 2755

Employment

Sum. 2012

Software Engineering Intern @ Google

Mountain View, CA — May 2012 to Aug 2012

Software Engineering Intern for the Google Web Toolkit

Primary developer of JavaBean data validation for GWT, based on the JSR-303 specification
- Provides a built-in framework for GWT developers to easily check if data (such as user-entered form data) is valid
- Had to be implemented entirely without reflection, which is not used by GWT. This added significant technical challenge and required the use of alternate approaches, such as deferred binding
- Implementation passes all offical JSR-303 Technology Compatibility Kit tests to be 100% compliant with the JSR-303 standard
- Used test-driven development (beyond the JSR-303 TCK suite) to ensure all code is tested and works correctly
Wrote the official Google Developers reference page about the feature
Feature completed and added to Google's official release of GWT starting with version 2.5. All GWT users and developers now have access to this feature

Sum. 2011

Extreme Blue Intern @ IBM

Austin, TX — May 2011 to Aug 2011

Technical Intern for IBM Extreme Blue™, IBM's premier worldwide internship program

Worked on project to redesign IBM's virtual machine management software for its Power servers
- Created the system as a web application to manage up to 1,000 virtual machines
- Lead developer of front-end functionality using Dojo, JavaScript, JSF, and XHTML
- Assisted in back-end development for Java web servers
Met with IBM lawyers and technical experts to help establish open software licensing strategy
Member of team which presented project prototype to major IBM customers for their feedback
- Customers involved were all Fortune 500 companies
- Only Extreme Blue team in North America to interact with IBM customers
- Sole technical specialist of the team presenting the project
- Utilized customer feedback in developing front-end functionality
Presented completed project to top IBM executives (including IBM CEO Sam Palmisano) in Austin and New York City

Sum. 2010

Android Application Developer @ True Ventures

Palo Alto, CA — Jun 2010 to Aug 2010

Member of the True Entrepreneur Corps (TEC) program

One of 15 interns selected nationwide
Worked on-site at Valencell as lead developer of Android application
- Application works with Valencell PerformTek™ technology, which measures user's real-time heart rate, calories burned, and aerobic fitness level using audio earbuds. Data is collected from the earbuds and streamed wirelessly to the application
- Application manages and displays this data, allows the user to establish and measure fitness goals, and allows multiple users to compete in fitness-related challenges

Education

2012 - 2013

MS Computer Science @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Degree earned May 2013

Teaching Assistant (Fall 2012) for Professor Kevin Jeffay in COMP 530 (Operating Systems)
Independent research paper analyzing differences between Ajax long-polling (Comet) and Websockets with UNC Computer Science Professors Diane Pozefsky and Jay Aikat
Research on TCP packet flows using Apache Hadoop
Google Student Ambassador for UNC Chapel Hill (2012-2013)

2010 - 2012

BS Computer Science @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Degree earned May 2012

GPA: 3.63 (3.64 in major)
Research project to develop a web application that interacts with programming IDEs to log and display usage metrics with UNC Computer Science Professors PrasunDewan and Jason Carter
Tau Sigma National Honor Society
Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity
Dean's List all four semesters

2008 - 2010

BS Computer Science @ Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

Attended 2008 to 2010

GPA: 3.46 (3.76 in major)
Class Rank: Top 10%
Gamma Beta Phi National Honor Society
Dean's List all four semesters

Skills

Programming Languages / Libraries

Java SE/EEC/C++HTML5JavaScriptNode.jsC#Objective C/CocoaPythonSQLHadoopThriftProtocol BuffersFlash/ActionScript 3Bash

Technical Skills

Distributed SystemsWeb DevelopmentDatabasesVideo GamesOperating SystemsComputer Security

Software

GitSubversionEclipseXcodeLinuxMac OS X

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