Matthew W. Griffin
mattgriffin94@yahoo.com
http://CallMeSaint.com
(619) 977-8320
Campus Address
2740 College Ave
Apt 203
Berkeley, CA 94705
EDUCATION
Permanent Address
6586 San Miguel Rd.
Bonita, CA 91902
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Expected Graduation Date: December 2014
Overall GPA: 3.79
Major GPA: 3.85
Semester Honors: Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014
Christian High School – El Cajon, CA
Valedictorian
Cumulative GPA – 4.67
AP Tests taken with score of 5 – 9
SAT Score – 2340
ACT Score – 35
PROGRAMMING
JOB EXPERIENCE
Amazon, Irvine, CA, May 2014 – August 2014
Software Developer Engineering Intern: Worked with Amazon’s Appstore team.
Primarily used Java and OOP design to improve the Appstore by providing an
interface to allow users to view In-App Purchase history on the Kindle, Fire
Phone, and Android devices.
Quick Key, MA, December 2013 – Present
iOS Developer: Quick Key is a startup that empowers teachers to use their
mobile devices to scan and grade quizzes automatically, run analytics straight
from their phone, and upload the data to their electronic grade book. Worked
extensively on iOS applications, in areas ranging from image processing to
refactoring the API client logic to UI/UX development.
HM Electronics, Poway, CA, May 2013 – August 2013
Research Engineering Intern: Researched and explored the viability of future
product ideas for HM Electronics, including writing software for Mac OS X and
iOS to interact with various hardware and wireless systems. Worked closely
with Bluetooth 4.0 technology to build a working demo of several theoretical
products over the summer, furthering new design ideas.
TECHNICAL
EXPERIENCE
UC Berkeley
Undergraduate GSI (August 2014 – December 2014): Performing the role of TA
for CS 61C, UC Berkeley’s lower division Computer Architecture class. This
includes teaching discussion classes, leading labs, and holding office hours.
Reader (January 2014 – May 2014): Graded homework and projects for CS 61C,
UC Berkeley’s lower division Computer Architecture class.
Back to the Beach Software, El Cajon, CA, Jan 2010 – May 2012
Tech Support: Assisted customers who had bugs or questions about Web Studio
(a web design software) via email and Live Chat. This process included logging
bugs, creating pre-set responses that the team could use to expedite future
support requests, and developing workarounds to maintain efficiency until
development fixes the bug.
Botball Robotics, Christian High School, 2010 - 2012
Captain: Competed in regional robotics competition by designing and building
robots, programming them with a variant of C to autonomously solve challenges,
and tutoring newcomers how to program. Led team to 2nd, 3rd, and 6th place
titles in 3 years of participation (best in recent school history), out of over 20
teams in the San Diego area.
MEMBERSHIPS
HKN, Mu chapter (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Honor Society)
-Member since Fall 2013
-Member of Student Relations committee Fall 2013
Mensa International (IQ in top two percentile)
Berkeley Investment Group
California Scholarship Federation Life Member (Sealbearer)
ACTIVITIES
Cru at Cal – Christian Fellowship
Project Euler – Programming Challenge website in which users must use code
to solve mathematical and logical challenges. Have currently solved 25
problems, which is in the top 16% of over 350,000 registered members.
Investment – Involved with Berkeley Investment Group (BIG), including taking
a student-led course on the introduction to investing. Currently own a portfolio
of several tech companies.
Website Development – Built personal websites, and run freelancing web design
company as a side project ( http://MomentumBlogs.com )
TECHNICAL
COURSEWORK
CS 61A – Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
CS 61B – Data Structures
CS 61C – Machine Structures
CS H195 – Honors Ethics of CS
CS 70 – Discrete Math and Probability
CS 150 – Components and Design Techniques for Digital Systems (current)
CS 161 – Computer Security
CS 164 – Programming languages and Compilers (current)
CS 169 – Software Engineering
CS 170 – Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems
CS 188 – Artificial Intelligence
Math 1B – Calculus
Math 53 – Multivariable Calculus
Math 54 – Linear Algebra
EE 40 – Microelectronic Circuits
EE 20 – Signals and Systems (current)
Physics 7B – Thermo and E/M