Steven Dao

Doing an internship this summer with Google Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts!

Education

B.A. Computer Science and Philosophy May 2015

The University of Texas at Austin

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Courses: Data Structures (Fall 2011), Computer Organization and Architecture (Fall 2012)

Abroad: Institut d'Études Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, France (Spring 2013)

Experience

Software Developer Intern SnapStream Media, Houston, TX (May–August 2012)

  • Worked in a team to re-architect a “TV search” web application in ASP.NET MVC
  • Developed using C#, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS web technologies
  • Retrieved data from and wrote queries for Microsoft SQL Server databases

Animation Intern Missouri City TV, Missouri City, TX (November 2010–April 2011)

  • Created station identification and advertisement graphics using 3ds Max animation software
  • Planned and edited storyboards for animation sequences
  • Produced animation projects as part of an independent study course

Projects

Linguistic Parser C#/.NET (Spring 2012)  View on GitHub

  • Originated from linguistics course assignment dealing with sentence syntax
  • Parsed possible phrase structure trees (binary trees) from input sentences
  • Built project to be extensible with interchangeable grammars and lexicons

Activities

Texas Student Television, UT Austin (Spring 2012–present)

  • Production Coordinator, Good Morning Texas (Fall 2012)

Volunteer Usher, Texas Performing Arts (Spring 2012–present)

Skills

Programming languages: Java, C#, C, Objective-C, JavaScript

Foreign languages: Native Vietnamese and intermediate French

Writing: Strong writing and editing abilities, analytical skills

Art and film: Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya animation experience, Adobe Creative Suite proficiency, and intermediate Final Cut editing ability