Resume - Brett Cooley

Why should hire me

I am driven by a desire to design, implement, test, and scale elegant and effective code. This is something that applies to every project, regardless of language or size

I have a passion for software, and view developing it as a craft. I strongly believe in meritocracy, and will debate anything to find the best ideas

I enjoy working on the full stack, diving into everything from the kernel to CSS. I'm not afraid of jumping into other people's code, fixing bugs, and submitting them back upstream

Check out my work experience, education, and code; then get in touch with me via email or by phone.

College of William & Mary

B.S. Computer Science & Mathematics

Aug 2009 - May 2013

CS classes covering data structures, algorithms, systems programming, architecture, network security, and GPGPU programming
Math classes covering calculus, linear algebra, matrix analysis, operations research, abstract algebra, probability, and quantum computing
Defending an senior honors thesis in Computer Science
Current cumulative GPA of 3.67
Received Monroe Scholarship (Spring 2011) and Jane Mahoney Scholarship (Fall 2011) for outstanding academic achievement
Organized and facilitated first two W&M Hackathons (Spring/Fall 2012), organizing third W&M hackathon for Spring 2013
Current W&M Student ACM President (2011-Present)

Microsoft Azure (Networking)

SDET Intern

Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Developed internal tool for simulating network failure and congestion (fault-injection)
Saw project from concept to completion including design, architecture, implementation, testing, and documentation
Presented project in front of CVP of Server & Cloud Division, received positive feedback on project and presentation

Android Research

Pending publication on a class of native phishing attacks, and a novel defense technique. Worked under Dr. Haining Wang.

Languages & Tools

Python (Everything)
C/C++ (Drivers, Networking)
git (DVCS)
Sublime Text 2 (Text editor)
CUDA (GPU Parallelization)
Java (Algorithms, Android)
HTML/CSS (Modern websites)
Sass (Better CSS)
Scala (Type System)
Bash (System control)
Javascript (Cross-Platform Mobile)
VirtualBox (Testing)
Erlang (Learning)

4.0

Computer Science GPA

DynamX Consulting

Technical Analyst

Jul 2011 - Current

Assist President with Department of Defense funded modeling and simulation research projects
Build and maintain all online assets including a modern website
Create compelling visualizations for proposals and presentations
Provide technical support and hardware purchasing advise

ACM ICPC

Only sophomore member from W&M to compete, placed 1^st on-site, 12^th out of 166 teams (2010 Regionals)
Lead first W&M team to qualify for world finals, placing 1^st on-site and 2^nd out of 164 teams (2011 Regionals)
Competed at the North American practice contest hosted by University of Chicago, and world finals hosted by University of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland (2012 World Finals)

Years of programming

W&M Computer Science Department

Lab Consultant

Jan 2011 - Current

Assist entry level Computer Science students with class projects and homework
Advise all students on departmental lab procedures and Unix related questions

W&M Computer Science Department

Research Assistant

Sep 2011 - Jan 2012

Conducted independent research on security in the Android framework
Authored paper pending acceptance to ACNS 2013

Github

10+ public projects, including open-source contributions and personal projects ranging from websites to automation utilities to customized dotfiles
Public website for DynamX Consulting, utilizing modern technologies including HTML5, CSS3, and d3.js
Automation for Drupal updating and deployment to shared hosting via FTP
Issues and pull request for popular open source software including Github's own linguist and Python testing framework nose, among others

Stack Overflow

Over 1,300 points for over 50 answers
Answers on topics from temporal locality to hybrid sorting efficiencies to graph algorithms and many others