b'GAYLE LAAKMANN\n123 Apple Lane\nPhiladelphia, PA 19103\n610-555-1212\ngayle@careercup.com\n\nEDUCATION\nTHE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA\nPhiladelphia, PA\nMaster of Business Administration Candidate; Major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship\n2009-2011\n\xef\x82\xb7 Wharton Ventures (Early stage VC fund), Principal: One of eight students selected from 150+ applicants to join WV, which\nsources deals, performs due diligence, and analyzes tech and healthcare investments for deals of $100k - $3 million.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Chair, Wharton Yearbook (2009 \xe2\x80\x93 2011): Helped re-launch Wharton\xe2\x80\x99s yearbook in 2010 and publish it in just 4 months.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Wharton Venture Capital Competition (Finalist). Elected social chair of cohort of 70 students.\nUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA\nPhiladelphia, PA\nMaster of Science and Engineering, Computer and Information Science\n2003-2005\nBachelor of Science and Engineering, Major in Computer Science Engineering, Minor in Mathematics\n2000-2005\n\xef\x82\xb7 Created and independently taught Computer Science course, the first undergraduate to have earned permission to do so.\n\nEXPERIENCE\nCAREERCUP.COM\nSeattle, WA\nFounder and CEO\n2005-Present\n\xef\x82\xb7 Founded CareerCup to help candidates prepare for technical interviews through an online forum, book, video and coaching.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Built company to $Xk in revenue and $Yk in annual profit.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Negotiated partnerships with websites such as Glassdoor.com, SoftwareInterview.com, and Technical-Interview.com.\nSEATTLE ANTI-FREEZE\nSeattle, WA\nFounder and Co-CEO\n2007-Present\n\xef\x82\xb7 Founded SAF to organize social events for 4000 young professionals, and grew it to $Xk/year revenue and $Yk/year profit.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Landed article on front page of Seattle P.I.\xe2\x80\x99s Lifestyle section (http://xrl.us/safpi) within 3 months of company launch.\nKEENSCREEN\nSeattle, WA\nVice President of Engineering\n2008-2009\nrd\n\xef\x82\xb7 Led re-architecture of online advertising product, enabling company to ship product in 1/3 of previously estimated time.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Prepared, with CEO, projected cash-flow statements for three years and cut expected costs by 30%.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Hired and managed remote testing team, design team, and assistant.\nGOOGLE\nKirkland, WA\nSoftware Engineer\n2005-2008\n\xef\x82\xb7 Led successful integration of Google Talk music features with partner team and helped redesign product for better usability.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Designed and built Google Docs feature requiring collaboration with three internal teams and four outside companies.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Directed recruiting efforts for University of Pennsylvania, recruiting 20 candidates and earning award for being in top 5%.\nAPPLE COMPUTER\nSoftware Engineer, Intern\n\xef\x82\xb7 Designed new approach for searching iChat files, enabling rapid searching and backwards compatibility.\nMICROSOFT CORPORATION\nSoftware Design Engineer, Intern\n\xef\x82\xb7 Implemented features for developer products with millions of users in 50% of estimated time.\n\nCupertino, CA\nSummer 2004\n\nRedmond, WA\nSummers 2001 - 2003\n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\nAuthor, The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google or any Top\nTech Company (2011): To be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in March 2011.\nAuthor, Cracking the Coding Interview (2008): Wrote book about how to prepare for and master programming interviews.\nAvailable on Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com. ISBN 978-1451578270.\nInstructor, University of Washington (2006, 2008): Taught two Computer Science courses, earning rating of 4.8 / 5.0.'