John Smith

34 Park Place #211, Palo Alto CA 95035

408-000-0000 | johnsmith@stanford.edu

EDUCATION
Stanford University Stanford, CA
Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
Relevant Coursework: Industrial Accounting, Investment Science Honors, Decision Analysis, Linear and Non-linear
Optimization
GPA: 3.86 GRE: 770M 550V

Purdue University West Lafayette, IN

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering Jan 2003 – May 2006
Magna Cum Laude and Dean’s Honor List
GPA: 3.91

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
XYZ Securities Palo Alto, CA
Research Associate Intern, Equity Research Group Aug 2010– Sep 2010
• Covered Consumer Branded Product (CBP) US $704m IPO
• Performed DCF valuations and SWOT analysis for CBP, fair-value range ($15, $16.5) per share and the stock traded to
$16 on first day, senior analyst kept recommendation target of $16
• Researched the price of wheat, crude palm oil and powdered milk commodities using Bloomberg Terminal and used
pricing data as inputs for existing excel-based financial model for CBP
• Drafted CBP research report for senior analyst, full research report published on Oct 7 2010 for trading with buy
recommendation given premium valuations

Micron Corp San Jose, CA

Verification Engineer, Memory Design Department May 2008– Aug 2010
• Spearheaded the creation of a new verification platform and refined the code with 2 engineers for 80-90 hours a week
before release, resulting in a 90% reduction in bug counts
• Successfully managed communications between the India Verification team and the US Design team to ensure smooth
information flow and timely deliverables, developed a new testing methodology to spot errors early in development
which sped up the development process by 20%

System Engineer, Memory System Engineering Department Jun 2006 – May 2008
• Supported Micron card product line, addressed 4 different memory and firmware failures per day across 200 cards
• Scheduled and enforced testing deadlines for fixes to memory issues, enabling Micron to show its first-ever 4GB micro
SD card at the Consumer Electronics Show 2007 in Las Vegas
• Worked Card Product Manager and 2 Engineering Managers for card testing and characterization to allow Micron to
deliver the first 45,000 unit batch of 1GB micro SD cards using next-generation technology to Shelzon in 2006

SKILLS, ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

Projects & Activities: Stanford Dance Club, Micron’s Employee Activities Committee, Purdue Students Association

Technical Skills:
Common Tools: Bloomberg Terminal, MATLAB, Visual C++, Eclipse, MS Office
Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, Perl, Verilog, SystemVerilog, SystemC, Java

Languages: Fluent in English and Mandarin

Interests: Black and white pencil draft sketching, coloring illustrations with Photoshop, basketball, custom web development
with AJAX and PHP