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Christopher Shum

Software Engineer
Providence, RI
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chris.shum.co
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chris@shum.co
Rising senior at Brown University double concentrating in Computer Science and Economics who loves the intersection of sound software engineering, and ethical product design. Products that strive to fix society's inefficiencies are what drive me.
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Work Experience

MongoDB

SWE Intern
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Jun 2016 - Current
  • Implement product features for MongoDB Compass – a GUI for rich data collection exploration and visualization
  • Building business intelligence analytics dashboard using Node.js, React, Koa to determine product usage and beta effectiveness

YURT Virtual Reality Facility - Brown University

Research Assistant
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Jan 2016 - Current
  • Spearheading research project to bring fluid, synchronous, high definition video to existing virtual reality system
  • Engineered the installation of SAGE2 in a 360-degree environment to coordinate video activity

Analysis of Algorithms - Brown University

Teaching Assistant
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May 2016 - Current
  • Reorganize course structure and develop course materials to teach algorithm analysis in dynamic programming, graph algorithms, network flow, optimization etc.

Ampush

SWE Intern
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May 2015 - Jul 2015
  • Architected fullstack webapp for ad­hoc campaign report generation, using Elasticsearch data store, Python Flask backend and AngularJS frontend
  • Implemented decoupled query engine server that performed continual data injection, and aggregation & filter operations on over 10 million entries
  • Deployed system internally and to a key customer, >$1B valuation startup.
  • Streamlined reporting processes for over 300 local teams by accelerating report generation process from 72 hours to ~300ms (99.9% time reduction)

Modern Web Applications - Brown University

Teaching Assistant
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Dec 2015 - May 2016
  • Held recitations and office hours for web application development tools and frameworks
  • Developed and graded assignments for 150+ students to teach programming paradigms and best practices

Tink | Knit

Director of Business & Finance
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Jan 2015 - Current

tink | knit is a social enterprise that aims to solve the work­family conflict for homeless low­income single mothers by training and providing freelance opportunities to them as skilled artisans

  • Built financial reporting process, led a team of eight to deliver monthly and quarterly financial reports on over $20,000 in revenue and funding

UBS AG ­ - Wealth Management Equities Team

Structured Products Intern
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Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
  • Automated product monitoring spreadsheets using Excel VBA to streamline month­end review from 20 hours to 15 minutes
  • Performed in­-depth cost/payout analyses of structured products across different asset classes and risk categories

Education

Brown University

B.Sc. Computer Science
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2013 - Current

Analysis of Algorithms, Data Science, Operating Systems, Computer Systems, User Interface, Models of Computation

Brown University

B.A. Economics
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2013 - Current

Econometrics, Investments, Corporate Finance, Economic Growth, Mathematical Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Linear Algebra

Projects

Souk

Full Stack Developer, Founding Team
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Nov 2014 - Current

Souk is a location-­aware online marketplace for students which aims to simplify the process of buying/selling items on campus.

Launched in May 2016 to entire Brown community of around 10,000 students.

S5FS - Operating Systems Project (Weenix)

May 2015

Designed and built System 5 File System in C as an on­-disk filesystem; addressing tracking issues and optimizing thousands of pointers and data blocks Implemented file and directory CRUD methods using concepts of superblocks, inodes, data blocks.

Skills

  • Python
  • Javascript
  • C
  • Java
  • MongoDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • SQL*
  • AngularJS
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Matlab
  • Flask
  • uWSGi
  • Scala
  • OCaml
  • Git
  • Vim
  • Excel VBA
  • Matlab
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
  • French
  • Cooking + eating
  • Film photoraphy
  • Half marathon