James Maa CV
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James Maa E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (650) 388-0628 Home Address: 1725 Newell Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Website: jamesmaa.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jamesmaa Github: github.com/jamesmaa EDUCATION UC Berkeley B.A. Computer Science Expected May 2016 GPA: 3.7 Relevant Courses: Structure and Interpretations of Computer Programs Data Structures Discrete Mathematics Linear Algebra & Diff. Eqn. Multivariable Calculus Technology Entrepreneurship Palo Alto High Graduated May 2012 Unweighted GPA: 3.91 Coursera Relevant Courses: AP Computer Science AP Statistics Relevant Courses: Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Pt. 1 Game Theory
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James Maa CV
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James MaaE-mail: [email protected] Phone: (650) 388-0628 Home Address: 1725 Newell Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Website: jamesmaa.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jamesmaa Github: github.com/jamesmaa
EDUCATION UC BerkeleyB.A. Computer Science Expected May 2016GPA: 3.7
Relevant Courses: Structure and Interpretations of
Computer Programs Data Structures Discrete Mathematics Linear Algebra & Diff. Eqn. Multivariable Calculus Technology Entrepreneurship
Palo Alto High Graduated May 2012Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Coursera
Relevant Courses: AP Computer Science AP Statistics
Relevant Courses: Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Pt. 1 Game Theory
WORK EXPERIENCE
Yahoo!Technical InternJuly 2013 – August 2013
Increased previous insights program performance by more than 50% Created framework that filters stores based on specific criterias Wrote debugging tools that plot data in matplotlib and writes to excel
LexityData Analytics InternJune 2013 – July 2013
Created a program that aggregates all store data to generate statistical insights Generated 15 different metrics for measuring a store’s performance Worked with Python and MySQL to produce and publish results for merchants
KnowledgeGridCo-FounderOctober 2012- April 2013
Founded education startup that catalogs learning endeavors through concept maps Worked on the concept map visualization tools in d3.js to generate map-building tools Created behavior-driven tests in Cucumber and Capybara
Hackers@BerkeleyIndustrial Relations OfficerOctober 2012 – Present
Handled club finances and take care of internal operations Worked with sponsors to set up and run hackathon for Cal computer science students Grew Hackers@Berkeley to the largest CS club in Berkeley in 18 months
BubblsFounderJune 2011 – May 2012
Created geo-social platform for teenagers to plan impromptu hangouts Participated as the first graduating class in the Teens in Tech Startup Incubator Developed the idea to an alpha prototype in 5 weeks
PROJECTS
ProductivBookMay 2013
Simple Chrome Extension that keeps the important parts of Facebook Built in Javascript
Wake Me Up Before You GoMarch 2013
Group initiated alarm clock that only turns off when everyone in the group hits “off” Won “Honorable Mention” at the CSUA Hackathon
Bounty HunterNovember 2012
Crowdsourcing platform for finding specific people Built on Ruby on Rails at a 24-hour hackathon
Scheme InterpreterNovember 2012
Coded a scheme interpreter in Python for a computer science class Supports most scheme expressions and runs with tail recursion optimization
I Saw You PalyDecember 2011
Community forum to anonymously post and browse missed connections Built on Code Igniter and jQuery
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient: Python, MySQL, Java, jQuery
Working: PHP, Ruby on Rails, Javascript
