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848 N Rainbow Blvd #3270

Las Vegas, NV 89107

228.222.4545

Construct acquisition models, structure intl deals, build op. systems; no challenge too large.

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Ruby · SML/OCaml ·

Python Lisp

Perl Java

PHP C/x86 ASM

WEB TECHNOLOGIES

HTML · Rails ·

CSS · Sinatra ·

Pig/SQL · Haml/Sass ·

CouchDB JavaScript ·

Photoshop InDesign

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION

FreeBSD/Jails · Puppet ·

Linux (Arch) Bash ·

Windows · SVN/P4/GIT ·

Mac OS X nginx/thttpd ·

Cloud/EC2 munin/monit

· indicates frequent usage.

HIGHLIGHTED COURSEWORK

▪ Operating System Design

▪ Programming Language Design

▪ Natural Language Processing

▪ Marketing, Regression (TA’d)

▪ Microeconomics (TA’d)

▪ Information Systems

{Management, Apps} (TA’d)

▪ Business Communications

(won semester competition)

READING and WRITING

annotalia.com Public CMS to

demonstrate my custom-made

Etherpad-integrated backend.

librarything.com/catalog/Poleris

400+ books and linked reviews.

FEATURED WEBSITES

wishlist.dsoglobal.org Rails job site backed by Sphinx

with 87 volunteers, 69 providers, 152 opportunities.

graphafrica.com JS-heavy (jQuery) infographics with

wiki CMS. Funded as undergraduate research (SURG).

kamipad.com Portable PHP/SQLite notepad with la-

bels, search, backups, off-line usage, keyboard nav.

Edwin Shao

eshao@eshao.es

Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA 3.64 of 4.00

B.S: Double Major in Business Administration and Computer Science

WORK EXPERIENCE

LinkedIn · Mountain View, CA 2011 - Pres.

MARKETING MANAGER, UNIVERSITY PRODUCTS

  • Aligned to our University Products initiative. We’re making LinkedIn the most valuable and relevant career tool for students and recent graduates.
  • I am primarily responsible for managing consumer marketing and international expansion. Operate in marketing, business development, product mgmt.

Booz Allen Hamilton · Washington, DC 2010 - 2011

CONSULTANT, DIPLOMACY AND INTL. DEVELOPMENT

  • Consulted and managed capture for multilateral development banks and orgs.
  • Architected IT solution for $200M food security early warning system.
  • Advised Congressional/Federal clients on standing- Resulted in $35M, up $6B stimulus legislation, leading compliance team. 3-yr contract award.

Yahoo! · Sunnyvale, CA 2008

TECHNICAL YAHOO!, FRONTDOORS

  • Launched iPhone, Blueprint applications for Y! Buzz. ~10,000 PVs/month.
  • Marketed and implemented My Y! module for Y! Buzz. ~1,000s of installs.

Google · Mountain View, CA 2007

ASSOCIATE TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

  • Project-managed process-improvement tool and team. ~1,600 hrs saved/year.
  • Coded product demos, data analysis scripts, and other partner deliverables.

Smart Futures · Pittsburgh, PA 2006

WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER

  • Product-managed overhaul of application responsible for core revenue stream.
  • Produced 3 dynamic websites from barebones specifications.

STARTUP EXPERIENCE

Development Solutions Organization · USA; Qatar 2008 - Pres.

FOUNDER and CEO/PRESIDENT

DSO gathers the best talent from the best companies LNKD, BAH, MSFT, LEK,

to provide an unmatched diversity of expert skills to INTC, GOOG, Y, Bain,

our international development clients. FNM, Bwater reps.

DSO recruits top students by promising hands-on 8% acceptance rate;

experience and mentorship. These students work GOOG, USAID, Infosys, under professionals to implement client solutions. Deloitte, GE, BA exp.

  • Completed 9 client engagements utilizing 10 professionals, 24 students total.
  • Incorporated and drafted regulatory/financial controls; 15 board members.
  • Attracted 3 corporate partners to provide funding for travel and expenses.

ProjectEDUCATE · Pittsburgh, PA; Mongu, Zambia 2008

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

  • Researched and guided implementation of open access wifi mesh network.
  • Managed grant cycle including prospecting, slick creation, and app submission.

OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS

github.com/eshao/stationx Declarative tool that

generates and maintains nginx configuration files.

github.com/eshao/puppet Puppet modules to

showcase macros/constructs used to reduce complexity.

labsproject.org Backup software for huge datasets.

(Core developer, assistant architect, web designer roles.)