Param Gandhi is a computer science student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a GPA of 3.71. He has experience raising funds and communicating with sponsors as a liaison for MadHacks. As an IT assistant at the university library, he assists patrons with troubleshooting and technology services. His past projects include developing a responsive website that increased bakery sales and independently researching internet filtering solutions in schools. Currently, he is working on a C heap allocator project implementing memory allocation and freeing methods.

1. PARAM GANDHI
409 W Gorham St Madison WI 53703 | +1 608-770-1172 | pgandhi2@wisc.edu | linkedin.com/in/gandhiparam/
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison 2018 - 2021
Bachelor’s of Science - Computer Sciences CGPA: 3.71
Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Data Science, Machine Organization, Linear Algebra
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient: Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Node.js. Beginner: C, Linux, Git, JUnit.
Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati
EXPERIENCE
MadHacks, University of Wisconsin - Madison October - November 2018
Sponsor Liaison
• Raised around $35000 in sponsorship money by sending cold emails to potential sponsors using resources such as
LinkedIn and Hubspot.
• Communicated with recruiters, selling the hackathon, explaining MadHacks sponsor packages, and understanding what
they want.
Library Info-Labs Assistant September 2019 - Present
Customer Service
• Manage IT equipment, such as tracking stock and circulation items owned by University’s library department.
• Assist patrons with troubleshooting network problems, 3-D printing, poster printing and re-imaging laptops and
cameras.
Lees Delicacees Website — www.leesdelicacees.co.in October 2017 - January 2018
Free Lance Web Development
• Increased bakery’s sales from 80 orders/week to 150+ orders/week by developing a brochure and a mobile-responsive
website to widen customer base and attract younger crowds.
• Used Bootstrap elements to make the website responsive and HTML, CSS for front-end design.
PROJECTS
Research paper examining the impact of web filters in a school environment November 2017 - March 2018
Author. Conducted and wrote the research paper
• Considerably increased school students’ and teachers’ ability to access web resources on school internet. Surveyed over
200 people and recognized that internet restrictiveness was due to the strict filters used on the school network.
• Studied about internet protocol(IP), VPN services, proxy servers and came up with two ethical solutions : 1) using
white lists to allow access to websites upon request. 2) layer filtering software according to access privileges of user
enabling tailored preferences.
Spotify Playlist Generator June - August 2019
Independent Project: github.com/rtkg12/spotify-playlist-generator
• Present users with new songs based on old taste. Used Spotify API to get data about the user’s favourite tracks, such
as mood, genre, tempo, and energy.
• Recommended songs to users by calculating songs that lie in specific ranges of the above mentioned song features.
• Used Node.js, Spotify API and Express to build the backend and JavaScript, HTML, CSS to build the front-end.
C Heap Allocator In Progress
Independent Project
• Designed a memory allocator in C by using the principles of Implicit Free list and Next Fit placement policy.
• Implemented memoryAlloc() and memoryFree() methods in the program by using address arithmetic, memory splitting
and coalescing.