Resume

Xavier (Kris) dela Cruz

Year 3, Computer Science
123-456-7890 | generic@someschool.ca | 123 Java St., Rain, BC A1B 2C3

Personal Projects & Activities

Wedding Services WebApp   
In Progress

  • Implement a database to store wedding vendor data using a NoSQL database with MongoDB.
  • Enable user signup, login and authentication features using JavaScript, while using SquareSpace API.
  • Create material-design layout using Adobe DreamWeaver and Illustrator with JavaScript.

Group Chat Android App       
In Progress

  • Utilize live API’s to create a networking application for Android devices using the Java programming language.
  • Debug and implement tests using Github-stored source code.

Project Euler  
In Progress

  • Solve given problems using both Racket and Java programming languages as tools.
  • Spend 2 hours a day to solve as many problems as possible, with the goal of completing Project Euler.

HackerRank.com
In Progress

  • Answer challenge questions in the fastest time possible in order to attain a higher score than other users for each question.
  • Finish 5-10 challenges a day in order to progress through subsequent problems.

Mind The Gap
March 2016 – April 2016

  • Parsed the London Underground API to generate a list of train lines, stations, and arrival schedules.
  • Implemented and tested classes such as Station, Line, and Arrival using Java.
  • Tested UI features and overall project implementation using an Android emulator.

Technical Skills

Programming: Racket, Java*, SQL*, C#*, Ruby*
Applications: Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Matlab, Octave
Web:  JavaScript*, HTML5*, React*, CSS*, nodeJS*
Tools: IntelliJ IDEA, Sublime Text Editor, Dr. Racket, Android Studio
*currently learning

Freelancing

Tea for Two Studios                                                                              
 January 2013 – Current
Freelance Wedding Photographer, Videographer & Editor

  • Maintain accurate record-keeping of business expenses, profits, and team composition for multiple assignments using Excel and Word.
  • Coordinate and direct a team of four people during the wedding day using Slack.

Biochemistry Employment

ALS Environmental                                                                   
August 2012 – December 2012
Contract Laboratory Assistant

  • Processed CVAFS data using Excel-based software to generate a report before department deadlines.
  • Utilized cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (CVAFS) to analyze mercury content in water, tissue, and soil samples.
  • Prepared tissue, water and soil samples through dilutions and decantations for analysis.

UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences                                                      
January 2011 – April 2011
Co-op Research Assistant

  • Cultured multiple mammalian cell lines used to verify expression profiles of genes via qRT-PCR.
  • Optimized primers for experimentation, using reverse transcription and gradient PCR.
  • Performed immuno-assays for protein content analysis of cell lines with varying mutations.

Amgen                                                                                                  
May 2010 – December 2010
Co-op Tissue Culture Laboratory Technician

  • Cultured mammalian B-cells and myeloma cell lines to prepare for fusions, and antibody testing.
  • Performed cell fusions, using polyethylene glycol or electrofusion methods to generate hybridomas.
  • Practiced thorough aseptic technique while performing tissue culture duties to avoid contamination.

Volunteer Experience

Canadian Technology Undergraduate Conference                                        
May 2013
Infect ’13 West – Photographer

UBC Biochemistry Career Night                                                                               
Feb 2013
Speaker

Education

University of British Columbia

  • Bachelor of Computer Science as a Second Degree (BCS)             Expected Grad. 2018
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology                                                          Graduated 2012