JOB OBJECTIVE

SKILLS SUMMARY

• Comfortable with: Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
• Proficient with:
  • Scheme, C programming languages; Bash, Git, Make, LaTeX
• Intermediate Perl/Python/C++/Fortran/ARM/x86 skills
• Enthusiastic problem solver - fast learner
• Positive attitude - purpose-driven self-starter

EDUCATION

• Candidate for Bachelor of Mathematics
• General Math, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, September 2006 - Present
• Relevant courses:
  • CS343 - Parallel and Concurrent Programming
  • CS444 - Compiler Construction
  • CS452 - Real-time Programming
  • CS458 - Computer Security and Privacy
  • CS499R - History of OS Kernels
  • CS499R - Undergrad Capstone Open Source Project: Basie
  • CS499R - Distributed Real-time

WORK HISTORY

• Malware Analyst, Symantec Hosted Services, Anti-Virus Research and Response, Toronto, Ontario, May 2010 - August 2010
  • Reversed and analyzed malware and wrote heuristics for an email scanning service
  • Heuristics in Perl and C++
  • Reversing Windows EXE files by disassembling into x86 assembly
• Software Developer, Xandros, Scalix Server Performance Team, Ottawa, Ontario, September 2009 - December 2009
  • Resurrected and extended a benchmarking and testing suite for IMAP servers
  • Using the Twisted framework in Python
  • Graphing with the R statistical package
• Tutor, Instructional Support Group, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, January 2009 - April 2009
  • Full-time tutor for the CS136 course: wrote tutorial materials, taught tutorials, managed newsgroups, email, and automated marking of student submitted code
  • Automated marking system in Scheme and Bash
  • Tutorial lessons advanced Scheme and basic C
• Ice Model Research Assistant, Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, Ontario, September 2007 - December 2007, May 2008 - August 2008
  • Wrote software to interpolate between various map projection types so that ice model data could be verified against observed data
  • Number-crunching code in Fortran, scripts in Bash
  • Graphing with Gnuplot
• Software Site Monitor, Excapsa Services Inc., Etobicoke, Ontario, January 2007 - April 2007
  • Monitored servers and general network health
  • Installed, setup, and maintained SmokePing latency measurement tool
  • Bash scripting and SSH keys to automate tasks that need to be done on 100+ machines
  • Aided Network Administrator with general tasks around the office

ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

• Operating system kernel design experience
• two student projects involving writing real-time OS kernels
• pay attention to development of the Linux kernel
• Novice reverse code engineering skills
• Various projects can be found in my github account: http://github.com/kspaans
• Technical Conferences and Memberships

USENIX Operating Systems Design and Implementation 2008	| Ottawa Linux Symposium 2008	| BSDCan 2008
Reverse Engineering Conference 2010 (recon.cx)	| Ontario Linux Fest 200{7,8}

• Student member of the EFF and the ACM.
• Student Clubs
• Computer Science Club: member since Fall 2007. Volunteer, executive: taught UNIX 101 tutorials, helped out with events
• Kwartzlab Society Inc.: founding member
• Mathematics Society: student representative since Fall 2007
• Amateur music DJing and mixing
• Amateur beer brewing

LANGUAGES

• French
• Functionally Bilingual
• Good verbal comprehension and communication, average written competency