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Sindy J. Lee

Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley Campus, Mountain View, CA — M.S. Software Engineering, 2007

Stanford University, Stanford, CA — B.S. Computer Science, 2001

Software Developer, Academic Computing Services, Stanford University, Stanford, CA – 10/2009-present

• Collaborate with the software development and systems team to design, implement, deploy and mantain software applications that support the operational and programmatic needs of one of the University’s main computing departments and one which focuses on client/end user needs.
• Actively participate in cross-functional teams to achieve departmental goals, including working with internal and external clients to translate complex user requirements into technical requirements to drive technical and user interface design and implementation that completely fulfill client requirements.
• Investigate industry practices and new methods to continually improve and refine the software development process, including each step of the software development life cycle; specifications for development, testing, and production server environments; and integration and implementation of new technologies, tools, techniques and frameworks.
• Strive to meet important nonfunctional requirements, such as usability, scalability, performance, maintainability, security and reliability.
• Hire, train, mentor and manage student employees to fulfill above goals.

As Software Engineering Manager, Student Computing – 9/2006-10/2009:

• Led the software development and systems team of one of the University’s main computing groups and one of the few departments primarily focused on the computing and technology needs of students.
• Hired, managed and assisted professional and student staff to develop campus-wide software systems for students, faculty, and staff; administer servers, systems and network infrastructure; and coordinate maintenance of the department’s web presences.
• Served as a project manager for software development, systems and networking projects, from requirements analysis to designing and implementing solutions.
• Provided recommendations and planned new initiatives with technical and nontechnical staff, clients, and partners across campus to achieve technical and programmatic goals.
• Actively participated in computing and technology program and policy development for the department, associated offices, and the University in general.

As Systems Software Developer, Residential Computing – 6/2001-9/2006:

• Supported over 10,000 University faculty, staff and students by developing campus-wide software applications; managing software development and other projects; maintaining one of the University’s primary and most popular websites on computing and technology; and helping to manage and maintain the department’s Unix servers.
• Expanded the department’s software development program by developing software applications to fill large and small needs inside and outside of the department, forming valuable new partnerships, bringing in new revenue, and increasing the department’s ability to achieve operational and programmatic goals more effectively and efficiently.
• Hired, trained, mentored and managed student employees to fulfill above goals.
• Enhanced the position to play a larger role in policy and decision making for the department, associated offices, and the University in general.
• Projects included registration system to allow over 10,000 residential students to connect to the campus network; inventory database and trouble ticket/issue tracking system for managing equipment provided in public computing spaces across campus; survey system used by multiple campus departments to survey students, faculty and staff; and job application system used by several campus departments to facilitate the hiring process of residential staff.

Software Engineer, AllAdvantage.com, Hayward, CA – 3/2000-11/2000

• Excelled as a technical team member, starting with development of internal business applications and moving to the public website, especially on time and business critical projects, assisting in development, internationalization and quality assurance.
• Worked with various departments throughout the software development life cycle, from fleshing out requirements to designing and implementing useful internal applications.

Senior Web Developer, OneSight, Inc., San Francisco, CA – 6/1999-2/2000

• Developed the startup’s central business application used to run its main service, creating and executing online surveys.
• Served as one of the primary technical leads during the early period of the startup’s growth, managing and working with staff to develop both the front and back ends of the company website and intranet.