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Simon Zheng graduated with a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. He was born and raised in New York City, attended Brooklyn Technical High School, and has been living in California since starting college and graduate school at Stanford. He is interested in technology, education, languages and volleyball and his goal is to use his skills make a difference in the world.
Software Engineer @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) CS110 Course Assistant @ • Acted as a course assistant for CS110: Principles of Computer Systems (topics included Filesystems, Exceptional Control Flow, Caching, Threading and Concurrency, and Networking; full list of topics here: https://quip.com/H7YLA3vkTP1i).
• Graded assignments and exams, providing feedback on proper concurrency structures, networking protocol, and file system I/O.
• Held office hours for 6 hours per week to address both conceptual questions and debugging particular assignments. From September 2014 to December 2014 (4 months) Computer Forum Student Ambassador @ • Set up, attended, and provided detailed, written feedback for 2-4 company presentations and technical talks weekly
• Connected technology students and innovative technology companies through flyering, email blasts, and word-of-mouth marketing as well as collaboration with tech-focused student organizations such as Stanford ACM
• Established relationships with technology industry partners from Silicon Valley and around the country to optimize their recruiting efforts on Stanford campus
• Learned about latest developmental trends in various startups and companies in the technology industry From September 2013 to December 2014 (1 year 4 months) Financial Software Developer Intern @ • Investigated various distributed job scheduling systems to replace existing home-grown job scheduler.
• Gathered requirements from stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated viability of new system by migrating existing jobs and adapting logic from the existing system to new system.
• Programmed JavaScript-based GUIs in Bloomberg’s RAPID framework to expedite creation of programmer request tickets. From June 2014 to August 2014 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaResidential Computer Consultant @ • Taught technical classes regarding computing (CS1C, includes high-level overviews of internet, networking and operating systems) and multimedia production (CS2C, includes Photoshop, GarageBand, iMovie).
• Developed applied-skills beginner workshops to increase computer literacy, including: web page development, UNIX tricks, graphic design (Adobe Illustrator), multimedia.
• Provided technical consultancy for students who use the dormitory computer cluster and for students who own their own computer.
• Maintained local area network and assisted with network registration.
• Consulted for DormGov (dormitory government) for residential event organization and execution.
• Served as the first point of contact for 88 freshman residents and 6 staff members in Burbank dormitory with any issues related to computing (and general Stanford questions). From September 2013 to June 2014 (10 months) Software Engineering Intern @ Online Monetization Team - Subscriptions
• Implemented multiple changes and tracked their impact with A/B tests across various services and teams (Search, Profile, Email Communications, etc.) in an initiative to increase total Subscriptions Team revenue by 10%.
• Developed using predominantly Java-based frameworks such as Frontier and Spring and various front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSP and Dust Templates. From June 2013 to September 2013 (4 months) CS106 Section Leader @ • Teach sections for 12 Stanford students in introductory computer science courses (CS106A, CS106B), illustrating concepts and algorithms in Java.
• Conduct regular interactive grading to give students feedback on their programming assignments.
• Hold weekly debugging and code review office hours for students at Stanford's central computer cluster (the “LaIR”).
• Grade student midterms and finals From December 2012 to March 2013 (4 months) Operations Rotation Development Program Intern @ • Implemented and maintained new SysWiki and Microsoft Sharepoint data infrastructure to standardize business processes, facilitate communication between departments, and organize business documentation.
• Designed two systems training courses to be accessible to less technically-savvy employees and created corresponding training materials (slide deck, facilitator’s guide, student handouts, design documents) for future systems trainers.
• Trained Genentech employees from various departments with newly created SysWiki and Sharepoint training courses. From July 2012 to September 2012 (3 months) Rural Education Action Project Intern @ • Conducted 46 hour-long qualitative interviews with Chinese rural students and built spreadsheets with gathered data.
• Analyzed trends in student education and technology use and presented findings to Chinese Academy of Sciences to contribute to research on China’s ‘digital divide’ and ultimately advise policies to be implemented in the 13th Five-Year Plan. From June 2012 to July 2012 (2 months) Information Technology Intern @ • Troubleshot Time Warner Cable’s Netcool alert system during system malfunctions.
• Monitored server and network alerts and informed IT teams in the data infrastructure.
• Configured over 80 TWC printers and other hardware to be monitored in Netcool system. From June 2011 to August 2011 (3 months) Data Analyst Intern @ • Entered data from over 500 100-question NY/NYIII Supportive Housing Surveys into spreadsheets
• Performed statistical tests (ANOVA, t-tests, etc.) to analyze trends and find correlations between health issues and demographics such as race, location, and gender within NY/NYIII Surveys. From June 2010 to August 2010 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaQuestionnaire Assistance Center Clerk @ • Provided language assistance in Chinese and Spanish for non-English speaking respondents.
• Guided respondents step-by-step in filling out their 2010 US Census surveys. From March 2010 to April 2010 (2 months) Medical Interpreter Intern @ • Interpreted Spanish and Fuzhounese for hospital staff and patients.
• Translated patient consent forms and informational forms that are still in use.
• Conducted phone calls to obtain missing patient medical information. From June 2009 to September 2009 (4 months) Greater New York City Area
Master's Degree, Computer Science, GPA: 3.9 @ Stanford University From 2014 to 2015 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with Distinction, Computer Science, GPA: 3.9 @ Stanford University From 2010 to 2014 Stanford in Berlin From 2013 to 2013 High School Diploma, Biomedicine @ Brooklyn Technical High School From 2006 to 2010 Simon Zheng is skilled in: Spanish, Matlab, Microsoft Office, HTML, Public Speaking, Java, CSS, JavaScript, Chinese, Microsoft Word, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, Social Media, PowerPoint
Websites:
http://simonjz.com