Christine Y. Yen                                                                 (408) 386-4782
cyen@christineyen.com                                                            San Francisco, CA

Education ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY                                            Cambridge, MA
-  Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, June 2009
-  Cumulative GPA: 4.7/5.0 (4.8 in major)
-  Relevant coursework: Distributed Systems, Principles of System Design, UI Design and
   Implementation, Database Systems, Distributed Algorithms, Computer Systems Engineering, Design
   and Analysis of Algorithms, Laboratory for Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Work Experience ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VENUETASTIC                                                                      San Francisco, CA
Co-Founder                                                                       December 2010 - present 

AARDVARK (GOOGLE INC)                                                            San Francisco, CA
Engineer                                                                         June 2009 - Dec 2010
- Built dashboard to capture real-time system stats and activity, emphasized caching and performance
- Developed "etiquette matching" in routing logic, tracked eligibility for "edgy"/"lousy" questions
- Acquired Feb. 2010, involved in the storage and business logic layer, as well as analytics

GOOGLE INC                                                                       San Bruno, CA
YouTube Intern, Claim Your Content Team                                          May 2008 - Aug 2008
-  Designed feature to accelerate data access in YouTube Partner site - pushed to production by end
-  Built PyLucene index across industry metadata - lightweight alternative to internal indexing tool
-  Improved user experience by implementing AJAX front-ends for search functionality

MIT MEDIA LAB: PHYSICAL LANGUAGE WORKSHOP                                        Cambridge, MA
Web Development / Desktop Researcher                                             Sept 2006 - May 2008
-  (1/08-5/08) Wrote a Python syntax highlighter in Objective C to augment ongoing research project
-  (9/06-4/07) Built Ruby on Rails borrowing/lending system, focused on simplicity and efficient UX

MOZILLA CORPORATION                                                              Mountain View, CA
Firefox Intern                                                                   May 2007 - Aug 2007
-  Worked on 5-person Places team for Firefox 3, developed with cross-platform (XPCOM, XUL)
-  Updated storage/transfer of bookmark/history data to improve efficiency and standards-compliance

SARATOGAHIGH.COM                                                                 Saratoga, CA
Co-Founder and Lead Designer                                                     Aug 2002 - Aug 2005
-  Founded portal for school community, achieved 85% student registration, 50%+ of teachers+parents
-  Developed, debugged, and assessed user friendliness of PHP/MySQL-based application

Computer Skills ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Languages: Java, Ruby, Python, SQL, Javascript, Actionscript  Working knowledge: C++, PHP, Scheme
-  Software: vim, Eclipse, TextMate, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SVN, CVS
-  Operating Systems: Windows, OS X, Linux (Ubuntu)

Publications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C. Yang, C. Yen, C. Tan, S. Madden, "Osprey: Implementing MapReduce-Style Fault Tolerance in a
  Shared-Nothing Distributed Database," in Proceedings of ICDE, 2010.

Activities -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Science Club for Girls - 'mentor scientist' for weekly after-school program for K-5 girls
-  MIT Ring Committee - designed & delivered world's 3rd most recognizable ring for class of 2009
-  Interests: social media, graphic design, indie rock, and superheroes