I am a great hacker, self-starter, and quick learner. My passion is automation in general, but my current interests are mobile and context aware computing. I'm also a team player with good communication and social skills. I like working with people who pride themselves in their work. Summary of experience: • Building automation infrastructure for iOS/OS X testing • Expert in Python and Objective-C (and likely soon Swift) • Expert with shell scripting and Unix/Linux/Windows server administration • Systems architect and integrator with expertise in the design, implementation, and maintenance of computing, storage, and networking systems • Software engineer for WCDMA waveform test-bed • Software engineer, architect, integrator, and manager of nationwide DoD accredited computer network • Advocate for Agile methodologies (where appropriate) • Proficient in broad spectrum of programming languages and web frameworks • Experience with web application development and database administration • Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) software/system developer and project manager for GeoCam over DTN project at CMU • Head tutor for data structures and object oriented programming class at UCSD Specialties: Automation, shell, python, obj-c, computing/storage/network systems architecture, writing beautiful code, recognizing and applying the correct tool for the job, rapid prototyping, object oriented design and software engineering, sys admin leadership

Sr/Lead iOS Automation Engineer @ Building automation infrastructure for iOS/OS X testing From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months)

Master's @ Carnegie Mellon University From 2009 to 2011 B.S. @ University of California, San Diego From 2003 to 2007 Vache Shirikian is skilled in: Software Engineering, Agile Methodologies, Object Oriented Design, Eclipse, Java, C++, Python, Systems Engineering, JavaScript, System Architecture, Operating Systems, Git, Network Engineering, Automation, Test Automation