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

I currently work for Microsoft in Seattle, on improving storage performance for the Azure cloud.
I graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in Computer Science in May of 2013.

I love computer systems! I have experience working on distributed systems, multithreaded native code optimization, storage drivers, RDMA networking, kernel programming and computer graphics.

I also love to learn and teach! I do a 1½ hour technical overview presentation on Azure Storage a few times a year for new developers, and I was also a teaching assistant for 6 classes over 5 semesters during my undergrad.

Work Experience
Software Engineering for Microsoft, 2013-Present

Principal Software Engineer on Azure Storage Performance, 2017-Present

• Working on making Azure Storage faster and reducing COGS

Software Engineer II on Windows Deployment, 2013-2017

• Lead a ground-up rebuild of key components for Window's 'Reset this PC' recovery feature
• Traveled overseas to work with PC manufactuers on customizing recovery for their devices
• General source of knowledge about deployment, mentored team members and interns

Patents

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

Teaching Assistant for Brown University Computer Science, 2010-2013

• 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

• Each position involved developing course materials (lectures, labs, assignments), grading and holding office hours. As a head TA, I also managed teams of undergrad TAs, organized courses, created new lectures and even gave a couple of the lectures I created.

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

Technology Experience

Most recently: C/C++, Windows Drivers, RDMA

These are my bread and butter in my current job role, so they're all still top of mind.

In the past: OpenGL, Qt, Python, Java, Linux shells, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL

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

Also dabbled with: Rust, Go, Ruby

I've played around with these in my free time, but haven't had the opportunity to build something notable.

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.