EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
MFA Digital + Media, expected 2012
Brown University, Providence, RI
Sc.B. Applied Mathematics/Computer Science, magna cum laude, 2005
EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2012
- Designed syllabus and taught course combining science fiction, art theory readings, and studio work for graduates and undergraduates
- Taught intro to programming (Processing) workshops for graduates in Digital+Media department and in freshman foundation studies
Software Engineer Intern, Google Research, Cambridge, MA, 2011
- Interned with Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas
- Designed and programmed a visualization project (HTML5/Javascript), which is not yet public
Software Engineer Intern, Google Research, Mountain View, CA, 2010
- Interned with CEO Eric Schmidt and Joshua Bloch
- Designed user interface and programmed front end for a project, which is not yet public
Software Engineer, Google, Mountain View, CA, 2005-2008
- Frontend developer for iGoogle, Google's personalized homepage (22.5 million users and 20% of all visits to Google's homepage in 2008) and Google Gadgets
- 7th engineer on iGoogle team
- Designed and wrote some of the most popular Google Gadgets (millions of users)
- Worked closely with business partners including CBS, NY Times, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, etc. writing and designing Google Gadgets and taught them to develop their own
- Google Gadget API Speaker - presented at Google Developer Day in Tokyo and Google Developer Night in Seoul; gave many internal talks at Google offices all over the world; spoke at several universities in Japan. Overall, reached thousands of developers and students through these talks.
Teaching Assistant, RISD and Brown University, Providence, RI, 2001-2005, 2010
- Classes taught: Introduction to Creative Programming, Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures, Head TA for Advanced Algorithms, and Javanese Gamelan
Research Assistant, RISD and Brown Department of Engineering, Providence, RI, 2001-2002, 2011
- Researched thin films in materials science/mechanical engineering departments
Software Test Engineer Intern, Microsoft, Redmond, WA, 2004
AWARDS
- RISD graduate fellowship and assistantship, 2011
- National Science Foundation grant for AVAToL Ideas Lab (tree of life visualization), 2011
- RISD graduate fellowship and assistantship, 2010
- Google's EMG (Executive Management Group) Impact Award for outstanding innovation on iGoogle, 2008
EXHIBITIONS
2012
Group show at Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
COLLISION17, AXIOM Center for New and Experimental Media, Boston, MA
Group show at Multiplexer, Las Vegas, NV
Transceiver, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Lincoln, NE
Transceiver, Drift Station Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Mediated Realities, Cohen Gallery, Providence, RI
Come Here, I Need You, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Digital + Media Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2011
GLI.TC/H, Amsterdam, NL
GLI.TC/H, Chicago, IL
Chopped & Stretched, Drift Station Gallery, Lincoln, NE
On the Threshold of Something Else, Something Other..., Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2009
Framed, solo show at Scout, Santa Cruz, CA
Group show at Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA
Student Exhibition 4, Cabrillo College Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Student Exhibition 3, Cabrillo College Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
SKILLS
- C/C++, JavaScript/DHTML (cross-browser), HTML5, Java, Python, Cinder, openFrameworks, Processing, OpenGl, Kinect, openCV, Max/MSP, Arduino, FLEX/ActionScript, MatLab
- Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Office
- Polish, French