Joshua M. Hyman

                       PO Box 260818    (818) 395-9319
                    Encino, CA 91426    josh.hyman@gmail.com


[ Education ]

UCLA School of Engineering                                     Los Angeles, CA 
    Ph.D. Computer Science                                       December 2009

UCLA School of Engineering                                     Los Angeles, CA 
    M.S. Computer Science                                           March 2008

UCLA School of Engineering                                     Los Angeles, CA 
    B.S. Computer Science and Engineering                            June 2005
    Eta Kappa Nu Honors Society Member and Project Chair
    GPA: 3.6
        

[ Skills ]

 :: Fluent in: C, C++, and Python
 :: Familiar with: Java, Scheme, Perl, PHP, SQL, and Visual Basic
 :: Skilled in UNIX and Windows environments
 :: An understanding of computer networking concepts and distributed systems
    

[ Honors and Awards ]

 :: UCLA School of Engineering Dean's List
 :: Eta Kappa Nu Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Honors Society
 :: American Mensa Member
 :: 6th Place in ACM Regional Programming Competition
 :: Top 10 score in Brainbench Certifications for C, C++, and Python


[ Work Experience ]

Google Inc.                                                   Santa Monica, CA
    Senior Software Engineer                          September 2004 - Present
    Engineering Intern                                  April 2004 - June 2004

    Helping to implement a new distributed storage solution.  Updating the
    build system to use cross compilers and a distcc based distributed build
    cluster.  Building a distcc compile cluster and optimizing distcc to handle
    concurrent compile jobs.
    

IBM Almaden Research Center                                       San Jose, CA
    Extreme Blue Technical Intern                   June 2004 - September 2004

    Designed and Implemented a Linux research project using Python.  Presented
    this project to IBM Executives and Distinguished Engineers.  Performed
    design and code reviews for other projects in the lab.


Universal Studios                                           Universal City, CA
    Software Engineering Intern                      January 2004 - April 2004

    Designed, developed, and deployed a security analysis and remediation tool
    to provide more restrictive windows share and NTFS permissions Windows NT
    and Windows 2000 servers.  Web interfaces were provided to server owners
    and the operations group to monitor the tools progress.  Developed in
    ASP.NET and VB.NET with a MSSQL back end database.
    

UCLA Network Research Lab                                      Los Angeles, CA
    Research Assistent                                June 2003 - January 2004
   
    Developed a license enforcement addition for a wireless networking
    optimized TCP stack by providing kernel modifications and a system daemon
    to authenticate against a remote license server; using C, Python, public
    key cryptography, and a MySQL backend on FreeBSD.  Updated Super Scalar
    processor simulation to include power and temperature modeling; using C++
    and Java on RedHat Linux.


EasyTel                                                             Encino, CA
    Software Engineer                                    June 2002 - June 2003
    
    Designed and developed web based application framework; using PHP, JSP, 
    SSL, and a MySQL backend. Framework controls all session management, 
    database connections, and template compilation; using PHP DBI, JDBC, 
    Mohawk Session management, and Smarty PHP template engine. Polled 
    customer service and customer base for new feature ideas. Implemented 
    basic site and most popular feature requests. Maintenance and new 
    development is ongoing.


PeopleSoft                                                          Encino, CA 
    Software Engineering Intern                     June 2001 - September 2001 

    Developed software for the Quality Assurance Department to assist in the 
    evaluation and testing of bug fixes; using Visual Basic, ODBC for MSSQL, 
    Oracle, DB2, and MySQL backends. Constructed SQL queries to test software 
    installations for known bugs and to test the integrity of patches release
    candidates; tests running on Windows 2000, remote hosts running 
    Windows 2000 and Solaris.
 

California Institute of Technology                                Pasadena, CA 
    Developer                                       June 2000 - September 2000 

    Worked with a team of programmers for the Hrothgar project that set out to 
    build an interactive simulation of an ecosystem to run on Beowulf clusters 
    in a K-12 environment; using C, C++, BerkeleyDB, and MPI on RedHat Linux.
 

The Destination Group Interactive Division                  Valley Village, CA 
    Software Engineer                               April 1998 - February 2000 

    Lead developer and project planner for several programming projects, which 
    became invaluable additions to web sites created by this international web 
    design company; using ASP, JSP, PHP, and Perl, with MSSQL and MySQL 
    backends on Windows NT and 2000.
   
   
Becher + Carlson Companies                                  Woodland Hills, CA 
    Assistant Network Administrator                      June 1996 - July 1998 

    Administrated a mid-sized corporate network, responsible for all the 
    network hardware including servers, workstations, hubs, and switches. 
    Wrote applications for in-house use to accelerate the productivity of 
    employees; using Visual Basic, with a MSSQL or MS Access backend.


[ Other Interests ]

 :: Playing sports such as Baseball, Soccer, Football, and Basketball 
 :: Local professional sports teams
 :: National Scouting Organizations (became an Eagle Scout at age 15)
 :: Activities: river kayaking, snowboarding, and backpacking 
 

[ References available upon request ]