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Software Engineer Resume - Gayle McDowell

Gayle L. McDowell is a software engineer with internship experience at Apple and leadership roles at Microsoft and the University of Pennsylvania. She holds an M.S.E. and B.S.E. in Computer and Information Science and Computer Science Engineering, respectively, and has developed various technical projects including a multi-user drawing tool and a synchronized calendar. McDowell is proficient in multiple programming languages and technologies, with a strong academic background and teaching experience.

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Software Engineer Resume - Gayle McDowell

Gayle L. McDowell is a software engineer with internship experience at Apple and leadership roles at Microsoft and the University of Pennsylvania. She holds an M.S.E. and B.S.E. in Computer and Information Science and Computer Science Engineering, respectively, and has developed various technical projects including a multi-user drawing tool and a synchronized calendar. McDowell is proficient in multiple programming languages and technologies, with a strong academic background and teaching experience.

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GAYLE L.

McDOWELL
123 Spruce St, Apt 35
Philadelphia PA 19103

(555) 555-1212
gayle@[Link]

EMPLOYMENT
Software Engineer, Intern Apple Computer Summer 2004

 • Reduced time to render the user’s buddy list by 75% by implementing prediction
algorithm.
 • Implemented iChat integration with OS X Spotlight Search by creating tool which
extracts metadata from saved chat transcripts and provides metadata to a system-wide
search database.
 • Redesigned chat file format and implemented backwards compatibility for search.

Lead Student Ambassador Microsoft Corporation Fall 2003 – Spring 2005

 • Promoted to Lead Student Ambassador in Fall 2004; supervised 10 – 15 Student


Ambassadors.
 • Created and taught Computer Science course, CSE 099: Software Design and
Development.

Head Teaching Assistant University of Pennsylvania Fall 2001 – Spring 2005

 • Courses: Advanced Java III, Software Engineering, Mathematical Foundations of


Computer Science I & II.
 • Promoted to Head TA in Fall 2004; led weekly meetings and supervised four other
TAs.

EDUCATION
Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania Fall 2000 – May 2005

 • M.S.E. in Computer and Information Science, May 2005. GPA: 3.6


 • B.S.E. in Computer Science Engineering with Minor in Mathematics, May 2005. In-
major GPA: 3.4
 • Graduate Coursework: Software Foundations; Computer Architecture; Algorithms;
Artificial Intelligence; Comparison of Learning Algorithms; Computational Theory.
 • Undergraduate Coursework: Operating Systems; Databases; Algorithms; Programming
Languages; Comp. Architecture; Engineering Entrepreneurship; Calculus III.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Multi-User Drawing Tool (2004) Electronic classroom where multiple users can view and
simultaneously draw on a 'chalkboard' with each person’s edits synchronized. C++, MFC.

Synchronized Calendar (2003 – 2004) Desktop calendar with globally shared and
synchronized calendars, allowing users to schedule meetings with other users. C#.NET, SQL,
XML.

Operating System (2002) UNIX-style OS with scheduler, file system, text editor and
calculator. C.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS


 • Instructor (2003 – 2005): Taught two full-credit Computer Science courses; average
ratings of 4.8 out of 5.0.
 • Third Prize, Senior Design Projects: Awarded 3rd prize for Synchronized Calendar
project, out of 100 projects.

LANGUAGES AND TECHNOLOGIES


C++; C; Java; Objective-C; C#.NET; SQL; JavaScript; XSLT; XML (XSD) Schema
Visual Studio; Microsoft SQL Server; Eclipse; XCode; Interface Builder

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