CV

Grady F. Laksmono
gradyfausta@laksmono.com
www.laksmono.com

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Science, May 2011
University of Southern California
Advisor: Prof. Cyrus Shahabi

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, September 2009
California State University, Los Angeles

AWARDS

Dean’s List, 2009
Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb Scholarship, 2008
George and Judy Strang Scholarship, 2008
Dean’s List, 2008
Corporate Scholars, 2008

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

ACM (member since 2007)
W3C Games (member since 2011)

LEADERSHIP

Google Campus Ambassador Lead
Google Inc, October 2008 – May 2010

Work with the Google Ambassador and Product Marketing Teams to host and organize campus events and product-focused initiatives.
Promote product adoption, new features, and launches to students.
Managed small budget and resources to host events throughout the year.

President
Cal State L.A. Student Chapter of Association for Computing Machinery, April 2008 – October 2008

Significantly improved the number of memberships and participations.
Host and organized campus events and activities.
Lead and managed the student chapter officers.

EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer
Zynga Inc, July 2011 – Present

Co-Founder
EventBean, March 2012 – Present

Co-Founder & CTO
trueRSVP Inc, March 2011 – March 2012

Managed, developed, and architected the prototypes and production websites from the ground up to launch using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript
Developed a custom and scalable MVC Framework
Lead an engineering team of front-end, back-end, and mobile engineers

Research Assistant
USC Information Laboratory, August 2009 – May 2011

Worked on the iCampus project to develop social networking applications and Application Programming Interfaces (API) using Java, JavaScript, AJAX, and Oracle.
Developed a web application to visualize Chevron’s oil and water production streams using IBM InfoSphere Stream (System S).
Developed a web application to visualize very large biomedical dataset using C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, and AJAX.

- Develop a complex event processing (CEP) web application using Microsoft StreamInsight, C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, Oracle, and AJAX.

- Developed a web application to visualize very large biomedical dataset using C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, and AJAX.

- Conduct independent research in various areas of geospatial and information management.

Software Engineer Intern
Yahoo! Inc, May 2010 – August 2010

Worked with the Yahoo! Application Platform (YAP) Team to design and develop a scalable system for YAP applications search engine that is used by multiple Yahoo! properties using Java, XML, JavaScript, and YQL Open Data Table.
Packaged the project as part of the production cycle, worked with the YAP codebase, and developed YAP application using PHP, JavaScript, and OpenSocial.

Student Developer
Google Inc, Summer of Code 2008

Worked with Moodle, mentored by Petr Skoda and Anthony Borrow, to develop the first version of the Moodle Integrated Development Environment (IDE) using Java, Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, and Eclipse Framework.
Developed the first version of the Moodle IDE and received the certificate of completion for the Google Summer of Code 2008.

Software Engineer Intern
O Negative Media LLC, May 2009 – August 2009

Designed, developed, and tested a core social game web application using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, and HTML.
Ported a popular MySpace social game to Friendster.

Web Programmer
Cal State L.A. College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, December 2007 – February 2009

Developed, maintained, and designed College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology website (ecst.calstatela.edu) using PHP, MySQL, Google AJAX Search API, HTML, CSS, and Flash.
Received a promotion to work as a staff.

Web Developer
Cal State L.A. Computer Science Department, September 2007 – February 2009

Developed, maintained, and designed Computer Science department website (cs.calstatela.edu) using PHP, HTML, and CSS.
Received a promotion to work for the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology.

Digital Documentation Assistant
Cal State L.A. Information Technology Services, June 2007 – December 2007

Maintained the university digital documentation (www.calstatela.edu/its/docs) and ITS training websites (www.calstatela.edu/its/training) using Visual Basic, ASP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Flash.
Developed flash animations and self assessment test, using Macromedia Flash and ActionScript.

Web and Media Digital Assistant
Cal State L.A. Information Technology Services, January 2007 – June 2007

Developed, designed, and tested the university web pages, using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Learned and maintained user accessibility standards for users with disabilities.

Webmaster
San Gabriel Academy, April 2006 – February 2007

Developed, maintained, and designed San Gabriel Academy website (www.sangabrielacademy.org) using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Received a promotion to work for Seventh-day Adventist churches.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java, C#, C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS
Databases/Servers: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Apache, Tomcat, IIS
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
IDEs/Version Control: Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, Dreamweaver, Subversion
Technologies/APIs: Spring, Hibernate, Lucene, AJAX, jQuery, OpenSocial, IBM InfoSphere Stream, Google Maps/Earth API