Eitan Levi
Objective
To explore new systems, seek out new environments and
challenges, and boldly go where no software engineer has gone
before.
Highlights
Outstanding communication, troubleshooting and problem solving
skills
Excellent ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
Involved and enthusiastic attitude and work ethic
Education
Concordia University. September 2003 - May 2008
BEng in Software Engineering
Champlain College St-Lambert. August 2001 - May 2003.
International Baccalaureate in Computer Science &
Economics.
D.E.C. in Social Studies
Work Experience
Software Developer, IBM Canada. July 2008 - Present.
Worked on the Garbage Collection team for the J9 Java Virtual
Machine.
Designed and implemented improvements to various parts of the garbage
collector and virtual machine.
Troubleshooted problem reports from internal and external customers to
determine root causes for memory leaks and slowdowns.
Extreme Blue Technical Intern, IBM Canada. May - August
2007.
Part of a team of technical students and one MBA student.
Designed and implemented an integration layer for two of IBM's existing
products.
Software Engineering Co-op, Lockheed Martin Canada. May - December 2006.
Intern on the Naval Systems Engineering team.
Developed a Java framework for rapid-prototyping graphical user interfaces.
Teacher's Assistant, Concordia University. January 2005 - April 2008.
Instructed classes of computer science and software engineering
students in developing system software in Linux with C programming, Perl
programming and shell scripting.
Programmer, Edvance Software. May - December 2005.
Developed a Delphi software product for high school
administrators, teachers and students.
Tested, optimized and improved existing modules with feedback from users of
the development version.
Programmer, Fitting Room Central. December 2004 - February 2005.
Designed and developed statistics tracking software for retail
clothing stores.
Worked directly with an entrepreneur to analyze the problem and reveal
formal requirements and specifications.
The product is still being used in some retail stores.
Academic Projects
Settlers of Catan
Developed a graphical version of the popular board game with
the ability to play over a network.
Prescription Management System
Worked throughout an entire year on a 7-member team to plan,
design, implement and test a system for tracking medical prescriptions using
Smart Card technology and the .NET Framework.
Project Cobra
Applied the Rational Unified Process, Object-Oriented Analysis
and design principles to develop a Naval Battle Simulation on an 8-member
team.
Computer Skills
Programming Languages
Fluent in Java, C and C++ with working knowledge and experience
in Smalltalk, Python, Ruby, Delphi, C#, PHP, Javascript and various shell
scripting and mark-up languages. Always willing to learn more.
Operating Systems
Experienced and adept at using all forms of Windows, Mac OS X
and various flavours of Linux.
Applications
Eclipse and IBM Rational Team Concert, Microsoft Visual Studio
tools, GNU Compiler Collection, CVS and Subversion, and many others.
Activities
Canadian University Software Engineering Conference (CUSEC)
Co-Chair for CUSEC 2009. Managing a team of organizers to find
a venue, seek out sponsorship and promote to students across Canada.
Director of Promotions for CUSEC 2008. Instructed head delegates of other
universities how to promote to their students using many different media.
Concordia Engineering and Computer Science Association (ECA)
VP Academic for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Organized, budgeted and planned the bi-annual Ritual of the Calling of an
Engineer ceremony.
Administered a tutor bank and exam bank for all students in Engineering and
Computer Science.
Concordia Computer Science Society (CCSS)
President from June 2005 to May 2006.
VP Internal & External Affairs from May 2004 to June 2005.
CS Games
Captain of the Concordia team in 2005, 2006 and 2008.
Concordia Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
Student representative for the Computer Science & Software
Engineering department. January - May 2005.
Honours and Awards
Quebec Engineering Competition (QEC)
Awarded 2nd place in the Consulting Engineering category and a
special award for Technical Excellence in 2008.
Imagine Cup Software Design Competition
Designed, implemented and presented a system for distance
education with a team of 3 other students in the span of only one week.
Awarded the "First Runner-Up" prize in the 2007 North American Finals.
Engineering and Computer Science Council on Student Life
Received an award for "Outstanding Contribution to Student
Life" in 2005 for the entire faculty of Engineering and Computer Science.
Gold Society of the Year
Awarded to the Concordia Computer Science Society in 2005.
ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition
Received an Honourable Mention in the East Central Division in
2003.
Other Interests
Playing electric guitar and an appreciation for fine,
micro-brewed beer.