Mark Jeffrey Miller

                          Phone: (310) 318-9549
                    Email: mjmhire at bigfoot dot com


Professional Objective:

    A challenging position on an experienced team of engineers with
    opportunities for professional growth. I am especially interested in
    working with Java application servers using strong object-oriented
    design methodologies. I generally prefer doing things "the right
    way" over doing things the easy way.
    

Relevant Skills:

    Languages: Java, C/C++, VHDL, Perl, Bourne Shell, Scheme, MIPS
    Assembly.
  
    Java APIs & Libraries: J2EE, EJB, Servlets, JSP, JHTML, Apache
    Xerces/Xalan, SAX.
  
    Other APIs: OpenGL.
  
    Web Technologies: XML, XSL/XSLT, HTML, PHP, CSS, Javascript.
  

Environments:

    Application Servers: ATG Dynamo, Apache Tomcat.
  
    Database Systems: Oracle8, MySQL.
  
    Operating Systems: Unix (FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux), MS Windows
    NT/2000.
  
    Tools and Editors: CVS, Makefiles, Ant, DocBook, Emacs,
    Matlab/Simulink, Xilinx ISE, Visual C++, Eclipse.
  

Education:

    Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
    May 2002. GPA: 3.38
    University of California, Berkeley
    
      Subjects: Computability and Complexity, Computer Architecture,
      Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Database Management Systems,
      Technical Communication, Software Engineering, Compilers, Intro
      to Computer Programs, Data Structures and Algorithms, Machine
      Structures, Microelectronic Circuits, Systems and Signals.
    
    Test Scores: SAT 1600 / ACT 34
    

Awards / Honors:

    * Regents' Scholar, UC Berkeley
    * Alumni Scholar, UC Berkeley
    * Recipient, 1 of 7000 nationwide, National Merit Scholarship
    * Nominee, 1 of 400 nationwide, American Academy of Achievement
    

Employment History:

    Developer -- Starvine, Inc.
    December 2002-January 2003
    
    Helped develop presentation and business logic layers for a
    web-based test suite management system. Work included a strong
    design and planning component, including class hierarchy and object
    relationships.
    
    
    Developer / Release Engineer (volunteer) -- The XML Résumé Library
    February 2002-Present
    
    The XML Résumé Library is an open-source effort to develop an
    interoperable standard for résumé creation, formatting, and
    exchange. The project averages about 500 downloads per month.
    
    Projects:
    * XMLRésumé Filter: Created a SAX-based filter that allows users to
      easily target their résumé to jobs at specific companies or in
      specific industries, while maintaining a complete record of their
      experience and skills in a single file.
    * ORC: Created the Online Résumé Converter, which takes as input an
      uploaded résumé.xml file and converts it to PDF, HTML, and
      plain-text. The system is highly portable and designed to have a
      small footprint.
    * Formatting Improvements: Introduced comma-separated lists and
      two-column tables to reduce the number of pages necessary for each
      formatted résumé. Added support for embedded stylesheets and
      optimized margin sizes, which simplified the transmission of
      formatted résumés. Improved internationalization support and fixed
      numerous bugs.
    * Assumed leadership of the project in September 2002, identified
      important features and bugfixes, implemented them, and released
      versions 1.5.0 and 1.5.1.
    
    
    Software Engineering Intern -- Spotlife, Inc. (San Mateo, CA)
    May 2000-August 2000
    
    Spotlife is a mid-sized company providing webcam/webcast services;
    their software is included in 2/3 of all video cameras sold and is
    used to power Yahoo! Video Email and EBay video auctions. During my
    internship I worked as member of the server engineering team,
    involved with several independent and partnered projects while
    working extensively with servlets, J2EE, ATG Dynamo, and the
    existing codebase.
    
    Projects:
    * Created servlets-based redirection system used by the entire site
    * Located, documented, and fixed several critical bugs, extending
      uptimes by 2 orders of magnitude
    * Created a DTD for describing important system processes in XML, as
      well as XSL stylesheets for tranformation into HTML
    * Implemented several administrative tools as servlets, decreasing
      admin dependence on the server team
    * Charged with managing code builds and upgrades to the QA servers
    
    
    Software Development Intern -- Siemens TTB Center (Berkeley, CA)
    May 1999-May 2000
    
    Siemens Technology-to-Business Center is a high-tech incubator /
    research center focused on developing ideas into technology to be
    used by its parent company, Siemens AG. While there, I designed and
    implemented a web-based bookmarking system that included
    user-to-user bookmark sharing and messaging, and a browser-embedded
    user-interace. Feedback from user groups was consistently positive.
    
    Projects:
    * Designed/implemented a relational database schema
    * Designed/implemented web-based front end (PHP)
    * System included user authentication, access control, and a
      customizable UI
    * Created COM "Explorer Bar" for use in Internet Explorer 5
    

Interests:

    * General Activities. I enjoy travel, snowboarding, running, scuba
      diving, and conversational Italian. I have recently spent some
      time mountain biking and hiking.
    * Open Source Projects. Besides the XML Résumé project, I have been
      an occasional contributor to and tester for KDE and the FreeBSD
      ports system, as well as SGI's File Alteration Monitor.
    

Last modified February 2002.