David Kilian https://www.davekilian.com [email protected]

I am a full-time employee working for Microsoft in Seattle.
I graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in Computer Science in May of 2013.

I love computer systems! I have experience in graphics, game engines, audio processing, and operating systems.
Lately I have been interested in learning more about distributed storage, networking and cryptography.

I'm a quick study, and I love to learn and to teach.

Work Experience
Software Development Engineer, Microsoft

SDE II on Windows Deployment, August 2013-Present

• After becoming the primary contact for recovery, I lead a ground-up rebuild of Windows's Push-Button Reset feature: I identified design-level issues causing us recurring problems, came up with a design to fix those, proposed it to the team and garnered support, impemented and tested the design, and supported it in market.
  
  Customers benefit from a halved failure rate, and broader support for automatic error recovery.
  My team also benefits from a regression test suite which catches problems early, as well as comprehensive telemetry which provides deeper insight into real-world behavior. We now see fewer, much less severe bugs.
  The flexible design has enabled multiple Windows teams to build their solutions on reset.

• Traveled overseas to work with PC manufactuers on customizing recovery for their devices
• General source of knowledge about deployment, onboarded and mentored multiple team members

Patents

• US 9,519,631: Semantic Diff and Automerge, based on work I did during my 2011 internship

Internships

• May-August 2012: Worked with Windows Fundamentals team on an unannounced OS licensing project
• May-August 2011: Worked with Visual Studio Ultimate team developing extension for Team Foundation Server

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Brown University Computer Science Dept.

• Head TA for Interactive Computer Graphics (a graduate-level course)
• Project mentor TA for Operating Systems
• Head TA for Introduction to Computer Graphics
• Undergrad TA for Introduction to Computer Systems Security
• Undergrad TA for Introduction to Computer Graphics
• Undergrad TA for Introduction to Software Engineering

• As a regular undergrad TA, I developed course materials (lectures, labs, assignments), graded assignments, and assisted students via office hours and email. As the head TA, I also managed undergrad TAs, organized courses, created new lecture content, and gave a couple lectures

Side Projects

• I post occasionally to a blog at www.davekilian.com
• I built a website for a webcomic, which I used to write for and "draw," at www.peebleslab.com
• Some of my past projects and current side projects can be found at github.com/davekilian

Technologies

Most proficient: C/C++, C#

My interest in systems programming keeps bringing me back to these languages.

C# was my first real programming language. I learned to develop using Windows Forms, XNA, MSSQL, and many features of the .NET framework. My studies in computer graphics and audio helped me learn to write performant C++, and my current job lead me to learn more about writing C/C++ applications with a focus on maintainability. During my job I set aside some time to learn new features introduced in C+11 and C++14.

Also know: Python, Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, PHP, Go

I have used these for non-trivial projects, but it's been long enough I may be rusty.

I go to Python whenever I need a quick script. I picked up Java for coursework, including on Android for a 2D game seminar. I built Peebles Lab (see Side Projects) from scratch using HTML, CSS and PHP. Recently I've started studying Go, but am not yet very experienced with it.

Other tools, platforms, frameworks: OpenGL, Windows, Git, Qt, Bash

Education

I have a B.S. in Computer Science from Brown University, for which I took the following courses:

• Software System Design
• Computer Networks
• Introduction to Multiprocessor Synchronization
• 3D Game Engines
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Introduction to Computational Linguistics
• Operating Systems
• Operating Systems Implementation Lab
• Models of Computation
• Interactive Computer Graphics
• Introduction to Computer Systems Security
• Introduction to Android Game Development
• Introduction to Computer Graphics
• Introduction to Computer Systems
• The Matrix in Computer Science
• Introduction to Software Engineering
• Discrete Structures and Probability
• Programming with Data Structures and Algorithms

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The most recent version of this document is available at http://www.davekilian.com/resume.html.