Sean Lynch

sean@lyn.ch
650.919.4656
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Waterloo

Experience

Associate Product Manager

App Engine team

Google

San Francisco, California
September 2008 - Present
  • Launched App Engine for Business, an enterprise focus edition of Google App Engine
  • Created multi-product plan to integrate stars and revive bookmarks resulting in very successful search integration
  • Doubled the number of products using shared comment infrastructure and tripled the number of comments during first year

Prototype Software Development

VendAsta Technologies

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
June 2008 - Aug 2008
technologies:
  • Python, Django
  • Google App Engine
  • RSS/Atom
  • jQuery
  • Built and extended third-party Python modules to run successfully on App Engine
  • Created initial user interface for StepRep and initial feed parsing code still used in production today
  • Integrated unit tests, code coverage, and build deployment with continuous integration server and Google App Engine

Application Developer Co-op (two terms)

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) team

Business Objects

Vancouver, British Columbia
Jan 2006 - April 2006 & Sept 2006 - Dec 2006
Received an "Outstanding" evaluations
technologies:
  • Java, JNI
  • J2EE, JSF, JSP
  • AJAX and JavaScript
  • C++
  • Perforce, Ant, Cruise Control
  • Debugged complex memory management issues spanning a JNI bridge
  • First person to take advantage of new 'innovation time' initiative
  • Asked to join newly created Oracle driver team to help architect the implementation, taking on a PM role on the team
  • Took lead in development of data visualization tool, one of the first features to be cleared for release
  • Attended Agile development conference as part of a team delegation
  • Active in company culture - Worked as 'Campus Ambassador' for University of Waterloo in between work terms

Other Co-op Experience

technologies:
  • J2SE/J2ME
  • AWT, Swing
  • PHP
  • Linux, Perl
  • ASP.NET, SQL Server
  • Location Software Development at Research In Motion (May 2005 - August 2005)
  • BlackBerry Network Operations at Research In Motion (September 2004 - December 2004)
  • Junior Programmer/Analyst as Saskatoon Public School Division (January 2004 - April 2004)

Education

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE HONORS CO-OP

Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo

August 2003 - June 2008
Waterloo, Ontario
  • Received Student Scholarship to attend Apple's developer conference WWDC 2008
  • Dean's honour list - Winter 2007, Fall 2007
  • One of only fifteen students accepted into the Digital Hardware option from 2008 class

SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA

Marion M. Graham Collegiate Institute

September 1999 - June 2003
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  • Received diploma with distinction
  • Placed first in province in 2003 Canadian Computing Competition
  • Member of math club and math competition competitor
  • Also took a number of technical courses at local community college

More about me

Extra-curricular activities

  • Part-time Volunteer for Zunior.com, a Canadian online music store (2005-2007)
  • IT Logistics volunteer for the Canadian Undergraduate Technical Conference (2007)
  • Member of Software Architecture group on UW DARPA team (2006)
  • Webmaster for Formula SAE team (2004)

Pastimes

  • Digital Photography
  • Listening and playing music
  • Toying with new software and gadgets
  • Driving and maintaining cars and motorcycles (anything that goes fast really)
  • Exploring the outdoors: Hiking, skiing, frisbee, bocce