**Jarrod Lombardo**
2640 NE 20th St
Renton, WA 98056
Mobile Phone: 505-459-8458
Email: jarrod@network-science.net

Summary

  * Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills, specializing in geometry and user interface related issues.
  * Able to ramp up quickly on new technologies such as programming languages, interaction frameworks, and input devices.
  * Effective as part of a team or alone.


Related Experience

  *Software Development Engineer
    Microsoft    Redmond, Washington    April 2010 – Present (full-time)
     * Developed touch scenarios for Metro IE 10 for Windows 8.
     * Developed advanced zoom scenarios within the mshtml.dll/ieframe.dll space which has four separate types of zoom, up to three of which can be used concurrently.
     * Fixed bugs relating to UI, touch, zoom, graphics performance, and accessibility.

  Advanced UX Prototyper (Software Design Engineer 4)
    at Microsoft contracting through Artech    Redmond, Washington    November 2009 - March 2010 (full-time)
     * Designed and implemented WPF/C# UX prototypes for user research studies and production code for Microsoft Surface.
     * Assisted designers with technical aspects of their interaction explorations and designs.

  Advanced UX Prototyper (Software Design Engineer 3)
    at Microsoft contracting through Averro    Redmond, Washington    August 2008 - August 2009 (full-time)
     * Designed and implemented WPF/C# UX prototypes individually and as part of multiple teams.
     * Created a multi-touch gesture contour recognizer and corresponding manipulation library using the Microsoft Surface vision based input system.
     * Drove the design and implementation of a tightly-coupled multi-user, multi-touch web browsing/searching experience application, "WeSearch" (paper to be published at CSCW 2010).

  Computer Programmer
    Physics Mathematics Computers Inc.    Socorro, New Mexico    February 2005 - March 2008 (full-time)
     * Maintained and Extended a 500,000+ line MFC Visual C++ physics simulation and modeling software package. Extensions included implementing new OpenGL functionality, user interface improvements, server to server communications, and physics computations.
     * Created a new server to allow simulations to be run remotely over a COM interface.
     * Created a new server allowing a customer to configure simulations customized to their application needs.
     * Coordinated parts of the project with geographically distant engineers through email.


Formal Education
 
  B.S. Computer Science, minor in Physics    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology    Socorro, New Mexico
  B.S. Mathematics, minor in Philosophy    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology    Socorro, New Mexico
  MS Training Course: Mastering Windows Debugging
  MS Training Course: Developing with Design Patterns


Other Experience

  *Facilities Director
    Steampunk Conventions Inc.    Seattle, Washington    March 2009 - Present (part-time, volunteer)
     * Arranged usage and setup for all convention spaces in the hotel.
     * Negotiated terms of hotel/convention center contracts.
     * Work with the on-site Operations and Security teams to solve problems that come up during the course of the convention.
     * Organized the attendee crowds and event line routes.
     * Arranged for sparse resources (people and equipment) to be in the right place at the right time.
     * Mediated major and minor issues between attendees and staff members.

  *Enforcer Manager
    Penny Arcade Expo    Seattle, Washington    May 2007 - Present (part-time, volunteer)
     * Worked closely with the Chief of Staff to manage the convention staff (roughly 450 members).
     * Created informational documents and training manuals for the new staff members during the lead up to the convention.
     * Arranged for sparse resources (people and equipment) to be in the right place at the right time.

  *Logistics Staff Head
    Nan Desu Kan    Denver, Colorado    March 2007 - Present (part-time, volunteer)
     * Lead the on-site Logistics team to solve problems that come up during the course of the convention.
     * Organized the attendee crowds and event line routes.
     * Arranged for sparse resources (people and equipment) to be in the right place at the right time.
     * Patrolled the convention areas looking for any security or safety risks.
     * Mediated minor issues between attendees and staff members.

  Quality Architect
    Forte Staff LLC    Bellevue, Washington    September 2009 – November 2009 (part-time)
     * Enabled employees to effectively fill roles at client sites.
     * Negotiated vendor contracts with clients.
     * Organized company finances/budget.

  Troubleshooter
    Project A-Kon    Dallas, Texas    June 2002 – June 2009 (part-time, volunteer)
     * Worked as part of a small team of Troubleshooters.
     * Organized the attendee crowds and event line routes.
     * Mediated issues between attendees and staff members.
     * Acted as intermediary between the convention staff and the convention center staff for security issues.
     * Arranged for sparse resources (people and equipment) to be in the right place at the right time.

  Enforcer
    Penny Arcade Expo    Seattle, Washington    August 2005 - May 2007 (part-time, volunteer)
     * Organized the attendee crowds and event line routes.
     * Patrolled the convention areas looking for any security or safety risks.
     * Managed small teams to take care of *one-off* tasks.
     * Filled in any apparent gaps in staffing, as possible.

  Class Associate for "Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues of Information Technology; Computer Science 382"
    Computer Science Dept. NMIMT    Socorro, New Mexico    January 2005 - May 2005 (part-time)
     * Moderated in-class discussions.
     * Devised and graded homework assignments.
     * Created class policy in concert with the professor and one other class associate.

  KTEK General Manager
    Student Association NMIMT    Socorro, New Mexico    September 2004 - May 2005 (part-time)
     * Dealt with the University Administration on all issues relating to the Campus Radio Station, KTEK.
     * Made radio station employee policy decisions with the assistance of the Music Director.
     * Led a small committee which organized events such as concerts and dances.
     * Coordinated with other committees to organize large-scale, multiple-day festivals.
     * Researched and began implementing 'Part 15' low-power AM radio broadcasting.

  Student Intern
    Arctic Region Supercomputing Center    Fairbanks, Alaska    June 2004 - August 2004 (full-time)
     * Researched various cryptographic algorithms.
     * Designed C++ MPI and OpenMP parallel programs that attempted to brute force passwords encrypted with the crypt(3) algorithm.
     * Designed Python string manipulation programs to generate common misspellings and "leet" versions of word lists.
 
  Interim Technical Director
    Macey Conference Center    Socorro, New Mexico    May 2003 - August 2003 (full-time)
     * Maintained the Macey Center Theatre during a period between full-time, salaried Technical Directors.
     * Ordered theatre supplies as necessary.
     * Supervised a small staff of Theatre Technicians, including handling work logs and scheduling.
     * Operated, repaired, and installed permanent and semi-permanent audio and lighting equipment.

  Logistics Operative
    Nan Desu Kan    Denver, Colorado    September 2002 - March 2007 (part-time, volunteer)
     * Managed small teams to take care of "one-off" tasks.
     * Patrolled the convention areas looking for any security or safety risks.
     * Organized the attendee crowds and event line routes.
     * Arranged for sparse resources (people and equipment) to be in the right place at the right time.
     * Filled in any apparent gaps in staffing, as possible.

  Chief Financial Officer
    Student Association NMIMT    Socorro, New Mexico    May 2002 - August 2003 (part-time)
     * Managed the Student Association (SA) financial accounts.
     * Coordinated relationships between the SA and the University Administration financial offices.
     * Supervised all student club income and expense accounts.
     * Chaired the SA Finance Committee, which is responsible for researching and analyzing all SA budgets and finance bills.

  Assistant Technical Director
    Macey Conference Center    Socorro, New Mexico    September 2001 - May 2004 (part-time)
     * Worked as part of a small staff of Theatre Technicians.
     * Operated and repaired audio and lighting equipment.

  Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Langmuir Laboratory    Socorro, New Mexico    October 1998 - May 2001 (part-time)
     * Prepared and maintained Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) data collection stations for field studies.
     * Wrote programs to assist in data collection and analysis in IDL, Perl, Bash and the C programming languages within the Linux operating system.
 

Specialties

  Adaptability, C++, C# (.NET 4 and 3.5), Cleanroom Programming, curses (programming library), Documentation, Formal Logic, Group Management, LaTeX, Leader, MFC Visual C++, Modern Algebra, Problem Solving, Python, Self-Starter, Trident (mshtml.dll), Troubleshooting, UI Layout, UX Design Implementation, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Zero-Defect Programming Methodology, Zoom