Nick Reynolds

Software Engineer

http://nickreynolds.net

me@nickreynolds.net

(425) 241-1185

Education

University of Queensland, Australia

Bachelor of Engineering (Software double major) with First Class Honors

2004 - 2007

Technical

  • C, C++
  • C#, Java, VB
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • PHP, JQuery, SQL
  • Client/Server
  • Mobile Development

Experience

Microsoft: Windows Phone 8

SDE II - Communications Team

Aug 2011 - Current

  • WP8 features relating to phone calls (currently undisclosed)
  • Ported existing code base to use new WP8 security model

Microsoft: Windows Phone 7

SDE II - Visual Voicemail and Phone Application

Apr 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Developed the Visual Voicemail feature in the WP7 release, interacting with the mobile operators to determine requirements
  • Improved the user experience of the phone call and voicemail scenarios

Microsoft: Exchange Forefront Protection

SDET II - Spam Filter and Outlook Addins

Sept 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Coordinated a team of 3 international test vendors and prepared weekly status reports
  • Worked as part of a team to implement and verify new a new spam detection algorithm to decrease server load across the entire product by 33%
  • Performed testing spanning multiple servers and datacenters

Microsoft: Information Protection and Control

SDET - Confidential Information Scanner

Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Developed and deployed an internal tool for reporting status and tracking work items
  • Set up code documentation system to upload all information to our internal SharePoint site to help improve code reuse
  • Collaborated with multiple teams (Network and Classification) to develop an information scanner and document protector

Microsoft: Windows Live OneCare

SDET - Antivirus

Mar 2008 - Dec 2008

  • Owned upgrade scenario for two releases, using live user metrics to plan scenarios
  • Worked on a special project to repair broken installations and reduce support costs

Global Roam Pty Ltd

SDE - Electrical Market Information

Nov 2006 - Feb 2008

  • Communicated directly with customers to gather feedback and improve the user experience
  • Planned and developed a new version of the graphical information software for the Ontario market

Awards

  • Microsoft Gold Star Award for excellence in leadership
  • "Dean's Commendation for High Achievement" at University for 7 consecutive semesters
  • Received “Excellence in Tutoring Award” and highest possible score in student survey
  • Cannon Information Systems Research of Australia University Sholarship

Projects

Chome Extension

An extension to allow users of laptops to easily open links in a background tab without using the context menu.

Phone Game

2D physics-based puzzle game built for Windows Phone 7 using the XNA Framework and the Box2D physics library.

Dynamic Web Site

A note keeping website built using PHP, MySql, CSS, HTML and JavaScript (using the JQuery library).

see full portfolio at http://nickreynolds.net