J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira

Objective	A leadership position at a high-technology company, with a potential focus on systems and infrastructure.
Work Experience	Co-founder and CTO,   AppJet, Inc., San Francisco, CA October 2007-December 2009 Co-founded a successful technology startup; AppJet raised over $700K from angel investors before being sold to Google, Inc. Major engineering accomplishments include: Developing an all-in-one solution for hosting and distribution of web applications written in JavaScript and Java. Building and deploying the web server infrastructure for AppJet and EtherPad, a web-based real-time document collaboration system. Inventing a "Comet"-style real-time update infrastructure for web browsers, using only JavaScript on the client. Software Engineer,   Google, Inc., New York, NY August 2006-October 2007 Lead development of backend of Google Health. Trimmed and simplified the codebase, easing deployment and significantly reducing operating costs. MIT EECS Department, Cambridge, MA Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant for 6.001, EECS's introductory CS course. Duties included teaching 6 tutorial sections per week of 5 students each, grading projects and exams. MIT Information Systems, Cambridge, MA 2002-present Residential Computing Consultant: Assisted dormitory residents in six dormitories with computing and networking problems.
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2001-2006 Master of Engineering degree in Computer Science (2006)   Thesis title: Measuring the Performance of a Distributed Quota Enforcement System for Spam Control. Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science (2005) Graduate coursework included Distributed Systems, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Artificial Intelligence, and Computation Theory. GPA: 5.0/5.0 Columbia University and CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY 2000-2001 Coursework in Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Computer Theory while in high school Hunter College Campus SchoolsNew York, NY 1988-2001 National Merit Scholar, A.P. Scholar with Distinction, and winner of the Miriam Burstein award for commitment to the life of the mind.
Research Experience	MIT CSAIL, Network & Mobile Systems group, Cambridge, MA May 2004-June 2006 Analyzing a system for spam reduction using electronic stamps and distributed quota enforcement. Developed a prototype system for mobile-assisted localization of nodes in a sensor network. MIT Media Lab, Physical Language Workshop group, Cambridge, MA Summer 2004-Spring 2005 Developed a voice-controlled magazine viewer. Created an interface for a voice message bank. MIT A.I. Lab, Genesis group, Cambridge, MA Jan. 2002-May 2004 Collaborated on a method for translation between several representations of the world. Assisted in the creation of a system in Java that visualizes simple English phrases such as The bird flew to the pole.
Personal Experience	Individual Programming Projects: A simple DNS server to simplify local development of a web application with wildcard hostnames. A simple transparent reverse proxy for HTTP, originally Python, rewritten in Scala and expanded. A TCP-over-DNS tunnel, for circumventing for-pay wireless in hotels and airports. A web-based live, collaborative whiteboard, written in JavaScript with a Python/MySQL back-end. A fast, multithreaded image browser built in Objective-C with Cocoa and several open libraries. A career fair management website, PHP with MySQL, for the TBP Career Fair 2004 and 2005. A text-mode word processor built with and for Linux using ncurses. An online article sharing and commenting system built in PHP using MySQL, for high school math magazine. A UNIX IP tunnel, for merging two physical networks into a single subnet.
Programming Experience	10 years of experience with C and Objective-C, including teaching experience 10 years of experience with Unix (Linux & Darwin) and various Unix libraries 5 years of experience with Java, plus 2 years of experience with Scala, building AppJet and EtherPad 5 years of experience with PHP and MySQL 2 years of experience with JavaScript and Server-side JavaScript, including AppJet and Etherpad 2 years of experience with Python, including various network-oriented programs 2 years of experience with C++, building Google Health backend
Volunteer Experience	2009-present Assisting in the establishment of a national organization of Educational Studies Programs (ESPs) 2008-present Assisted in the revival of Stanford ESP Summer 2005 Co-director of the High School Studies Program at MIT ESP. 2002-present Teacher of classes in Computer Architecture, Computer Systems, and Computer Programming for MIT and Stanford ESPs. 2001-2003 Opinion writer for The Tech, MIT's oldest student newspaper. 2004-2005 Webmaster for MIT's chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. Fall 2001 Volunteer for Reach Out: Teach a Child to Read; worked one-on-one with a 2nd grader for two hours a week.
Personal Interests	Computer systems, linguistics, photography, and education.