Brandon Bloom
Email: resume@brandonbloom.name
Last revision: September 2010
Work Experience
Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
July 2008 to April 2010
Software Development Engineer - XNA Game Studio
  • Integrated deployment and debugging of Windows Phone 7 games into Visual Studio
  • Created in-box platformer game for Xbox 360, Windows, and Zune
  • Shipped XNA Game Studio XDK Extensions 3.1
  • Upgraded and maintained complex, multi-platform build system based on MSBuild
Google (Mountain View, CA)
July to September 2007
Engineering Intern - Statistical Machine Translation
  • Extended a domain specific programming language for tweaking translations
  • Reduced per-sentence latency of production system
  • Improved subjective evaluations of translations with a proprietary technique
Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
April to June 2007
Software Development Engineer Intern - XNA Community Game Platform
  • Polished XNA Racing Game for release to web
  • Authored many samples with corresponding documentation or tutorials
  • Reviewed public API designs
  • Drafted technical specifications for future features
Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
April to September 2006
Program Manager Intern - Managed Solutions
  • Enhanced customer on-boarding process with InfoPath and SharePoint
  • Shadowed manager during road mapping meetings with customer executives
Program Manager Intern - XIT
  • Prototyped data analysis features using fuzzy logic in SQL Server
  • Elicited business requirements to replace a mission critical legacy reporting system
Eduware (Huntington, NY)
March 2002 to September 2004
Lead Software Engineer - The EduGame!
  • Led team of three other developers and two artists/web designers
  • Designed and implemented interactive classroom activities
  • Constructed infrared remote control system for up to 48 students
  • Developed a data analysis tool capable of processing the exam results of thousands of students across several schools for viewing in real time
Network Administrator
  • Installed and configured Microsoft Small Business Server 2003
  • Maintained approximately 25 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Clients
  • Configured Microsoft SQL Server for corporate records database
  • Established Microsoft SharePoint as an integral organization tool
Miscellaneous Small Business Tasks
  • Fielded technical support and customer service calls
  • Edited advertisements and user manuals
  • Interviewed applicants to fill my position
Education
Drexel University
Graduation:June 2008
Degree:Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
GPA:3.48
Technical Skills
Languages:Python, Javascript, C#, Java, Visual Basic (legacy), C, C++, SQL, HTML, CSS, XSLT
Operating Systems:Mac OS X, Linux (Ubuntu), Windows
Miscellaneous Skills
  • Proven strong leader and team player
  • Observant, talented problem solver
  • Pragmatic and business centric
  • Strong research and self-teaching abilities
  • Skilled technical writer
  • Employs unique thought process
  • Possesses a wealth of miscellaneous knowledge that has proven useful for problem solving as well as impressing co-workers
Professional Interests
  • Graphical user interfaces
  • Real-time graphics and simulation
  • API and object model design