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PHILIP BEDWARD
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PROFILE
A passionate problem-solver who fulfills objectives through effective communication, creativity, and
collaboration skills. Seeking a full-time opportunity August 2019
EDUCATION
Rochester, NY
Rochester Institute of Technology
• B.S. in Software Engineering
• Concentrations in Education Technology and Mathematics
• RIT Founders Scholarship recipient; Dean’s List from Fall 2014 – Spring 2017
Expected May 2019
EMPLOYMENT
Software Engineer Intern
Microsoft Corporation
Summer 2018
Azure Networking - Azure DNS – Rescue DNS
• Research the performance, maintainability and scalability of NSD as a candidate for a backup DNS resolver
• Implemented an abstraction layer for NSD’s backend internal database communication so that it can work
with other database options
• Implemented a connection layer between a database, data-encoder, and Knot-DNS’s query resolver.
Tools: C, Python, NSD & Knot-DNS source code, Visual Studio Code, Hyper-V
Technology Analyst
Citigroup
Summer 2017 & Spring 2018
Citi Private Bank/Global Investment Lab – High Conviction App (Spring 2018)
• Developed a prototype/proof of concept iOS app that provides a low-friction click path to pertinent banker
and IC information along with anonymous usage statistics for management and review.
• Presented the application to the Head of the Global Investment Lab and to the Global Head of Investments at
Citi. Application received approval to become an official project thereafter
Tools: React-Native, JavaScript, Swift, Objective-C, XCode, WebStorm
Citi Private Bank – Diversity Training Program Analysis (Spring 2018)
• Tasked to analyze and provide visuals for the meaningful relationships from Citi’s Diversity Program Training
data
• Created a heatmap from the results of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to help identify what the
meaningful variables in the data may be
Tools: Python, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Pandas, Jupyter notebook
GeoTrader – Global Equalities Online Trader (Summer 2017)
• Constructed new GUI component allowing developers and production support to manipulate 400 server
properties
• Implemented patch-fixes for GeoTrader & created build configurations to eliminate use of manual local builds
Tools: SybaseDB, Gradle, JIRA, BitBucket
Software Engineer Co-op
Thomson Reuters
Summer & Fall 2016
GENT – Global Editorial kNow-How Tools
• Implemented server-side validation for main batch job interface
• Perform client-side, user interface, and server-side performance optimization(s)/enhancements
• Created utility service to transport documents as binary via WSDL, to a remote service that handles
conversion and validation
Tools: Maven, GitLab, OracleDB, JIRA, SOAP/WSDL
PROJECTS
HiddenConfigures (2017). Subconscious bias test prototype/proof of concept working to test if there is a
subconscious bias towards women in the tech field.
Tools: ReactNative, GitHub, Trello, LucidCharts
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