1. Alexander Kizer
223 Meadowbrook Drive, Bloomington, IL
(309) 530-5862 w apkizer2@illinois.edu w github.com/apkizer
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Expected 2017
• GPA: 3.83/4.0, Technical GPA: 3.84/4.0
• Honors:
o James Scholar 2013 – present
o Dean’s List Four semesters
o Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
• Relevant coursework: Data structures course, discrete math course,
computer architecture course, systems programming course, algorithms
and models of computation course, distributed systems course.
WORK & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Microsoft Redmond, WA
Software Engineer Intern May 2016 – present
• Designing and prototyping a framework for running distributed end-to-end
tests in a production environment.
• Utilizing Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Service Fabric to deploy, host, and
test applications.
Yahoo! Champaign, IL
Technical Intern May 2015 – Aug. 2015
• Completed significant features for a large node.js project; the project was
an internal web interface used to manage access to Apache Hadoop
related hardware resources.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
Course Assistant Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2015
• Assisted with Discrete Structures and Systems Programming courses.
• Held office hours and answered students’ questions.
State Farm Research and Development Center Champaign, IL
Systems Intern May 2014 – August 2014
• Researched the market to determine if a potential mobile application
would succeed; designed and prototyped a mobile application which was
presented at end of intern program.
SKILLS
• Proficient in: JavaScript (front-end & node.js), Java, HTML/CSS, git, Vim.
• Familiar with: C++, C#, C, PHP, agile development methodologies.
• Fluent in Russian.
PROJECTS
Past projects are viewable at github.com/apkizer.