Rahul Malik

105 E. Armory Avenue - Champaign, IL 61820 Tel: 216-262-2691 Email: rmalik2@illinois.edu

EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Champaign, IL
College of Engineering: Bachelors of Science in Computer Science (2009)
Specialization: Human and Computer Interaction and Social Visualizations
EXPERIENCE
Entrepreneur/President/Lead Developer - Socolio.com - Champaign, IL January 2008- September 2008
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Designed a productivity tool to handle the overload of social network notifications in your inbox.
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Lead 5 employees to deploy an alpha level product in under 6 weeks.
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Trained employees to use Python, Django Framework, and the MVC design pattern.
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Networked with other entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, lawyers and accountants.
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Prioritized features and managed the development progress towards our alpha release.
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Designed deployment process using Apache, PostgreSQL and Gentoo Linux
Software Developer Intern - Yahoo! Inc - Santa Clara, CA May 2007- August 2007
• Designed a social mapping platform that allowed users to embed, share, and create custom maps.
• Researched and prototyped a procedure for overlaying custom data sets from Yahoo! Pipes onto Yahoo!
Maps to compete with Google’s Mapplets.
• Researched the capability of utilizing elevation data sets to create a three dimensional map display option.
• Prototyped a “mashup builder” that extends the social mapping platform by incorporating code generation.
• Produced over 20 code usage examples and documented the Yahoo Maps AJAX API v3.7.
Vice President - Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Alpha Alpha Chapter - Champaign, IL Fall 2006
• Administered over 12 chairman positions and coordinated all internal fraternity activities
• Directed efforts toward meeting charter requirements
• Designed the Enlightened Leaders Academy, a leadership-training program that has been implemented
nationwide starting Fall 2008 to over 100 universities.
• Designed and Implemented a new academic plan that raised chapter GPA from 31st to 10th among all frater-
nities and exceeded the “All Men’s Campus Average GPA.”
Recruitment Director - Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Alpha Alpha Chapter - Champaign, IL Spring 2005-2006
• Coordinated 28 men to execute an 8 week rush period.
• Increased membership by 71% to 48 members
• Designed a Recruitment Plan in order to ensure success in recruitment in the future.
RECENT PROJECTS
Speakli (http://speakli.com/)
• Developed a site to produce niche microblogging services in under 24 hours
• Yahoo University Hackday Overall Winner (2nd place) Fall 2008
• Best Mobile Hack Award and use of Yahoo Blueprint.
fusion.im
• Developed application to provide instant messaging capabilities to any site that has a social graph.
• Architected the application such that new networks could be added with ease and that we could facilitate
cross network communication via Jabber/XMPP.
MyMapr (internal to Yahoo! Inc.)
• Wrote client-side Javascript to interface with Yahoo! Pipes, Yahoo! Maps AJAX API, Flickr API, Upcoming API,
and Yahoo! Local API.
• Finalist at the LMC Yahoo Internal Hackday competition, Summer 2007
YApplets (internal to Yahoo! Inc.)
• Reverse engineered Google Mapplets
• Created a prototype using Yahoo! Pipes as a data source to compete with Google Mapplets.
• Prototyped a simple specification to demonstrate the concept for LMC Hackday.
SKILLS
Languages: Python, Javascript, PHP, OCaml, Ruby, HTML, CSS, SQL, Java, C/C++/C#
Web Frameworks/Libraries: Django, Ruby on Rails, YUI, JQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous, Mootools, WPF
Tools/Enviroments: SVN, CVS, Firebug, YSlow, JUnit, VIM, Trac