willscott@gmail.com
Education
2011 – present
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
PhD Candidate. Focus on Distributed Systems and Networking (See Research).
2006 – 2010
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science Joint major; Concentration in Chinese
Dean’s list all semesters except when abroad.
GPA 3.7
Fall 2008
Beijing University, Beijing, China
Studied abroad in junior fall through the Pitzer in China program.
GPA 3.87
2002 – 2006
Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
Experience
2010 – 2011
Software Engineer, Google.
- Developed & Deployed code for gmail, Google Contacts, and the Google+ Project.
- Reviewed Code, and negotiated consensus for cross team development efforts.
Summer 2009
Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China
- Worked with the Machine Learning group at Microsoft Research Asia as part of
an NSF sponsored REU - Managed a four-person team of two US and two Chinese interns.
- Used C# to write additional functionality for the Microsoft Bing search engine.
Summer 2008
Researcher, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
- Worked on DARPA funded research project at HMC developing computer vision
recognition algorithms for sketches. - Used Java to write core image alignment code for a multimillion-dollar project.
Summer 2007
Google Summer Of Code, Google
- Worked with New Zealand based Silverstripe Content Management System.
- Added Search Engine Optimization features and integrated Google’s Adwords and sitemap-indexing systems.
Fall 2006 – Current
Grader and Tutor, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
- Graded and tutored semesters of CS 70 (Data Structures & Program Development
in C++), CS 81 (Formal Logic and Computability), and CS 105 (Computer Architecture).
Summer 2004, 2006
Intern, Trumba Corp. Seattle, WA
- Interned at the startup web application company developing a web calendaring
and event publication application.
Clubs & Activities
Faculty Council on Student Affairs Representative, Represented student interests to the faculty on issues such as the conduct code and police jurisdiction. 2011 – 2012.
Clinic Project Manager, Led a four-person team as part of capstone project. Created pipeline to process terabytes of collected data of the sun’s magnetic field. Senior year.
Board of Trustees’ Representative, Served as the student representative to the educational planning committee to provide input on changes in the college curriculum. Senior year.
Academic Excellence Tutoring, A paid tutoring position helping freshmen and sophomore students with required mathematics classes. Junior, Senior years.
Social Chair, One of two elected chairs for the college’s social activities. Position is on the student council and funds all campus social events. Revised party policy and created on campus training workshops for party hosts. Junior year.
Shanahan Endowed Student-Directed Project Fund, Received a $2000 stipend to design and build modified bicycles with a fellow student. Sophomore, Junior years.
Dorm Vice President, One of two vice presidents. Position organizes dorm activities throughout the year. Sophomore year.
Skills
Language
Three years of college Chinese, completing the core program offered by Pomona. Studied abroad in junior year in program daily intensive language classes and classes in Chinese culture, intellectual property rights, and mathematics.
Three years of college Chinese, completing the core program offered by Pomona. Studied abroad in junior year in program daily intensive language classes and classes in Chinese culture, intellectual property rights, and mathematics.
Programming
Extensive experience in web development and programming
Extensive experience in web development and programming
- Background in Networks, Algorithms, Web Security, Computer Systems.
- Proficient in PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, C++, Java, and C#.



