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	<section id="contact-info" class="vcard">
		<h1 class="fn">Mack <span class="n">Duan</span></h1>
		<ul>
			<li class="website">
				<span class="name">Website:</span>
				<span class="value"><a class="url" href="/">http://mduan.com</a></span>
			</li>
			<li class="email">
				<span class="name">Email:</span>
				<span class="value"><a class="email" href="mailto:mack@mduan.com">mack@mduan.com</a></span>
			</li>
			<li class="phone">
				<span class="name">Phone:</span>
				<span class="value"><a class="tel" href="tel:2268081578">(226) 808-1578</a></span>
			</li>
		</ul>
	</section><!-- contact-info -->
	<section id="profile-summary">
		<h2>Summary</h2>
		<p>I am a well-rounded software engineer that can pick up new skills quickly. I am diligent, self-motivated, and work well in a team as well as individually.</p>
	</section>
	<section id="skills">
		<h2>Skills</h2>
		<ul class="name-value-pairs">
			<li>
				<strong class="name">Languages:</strong>
				<span class="value">C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<strong class="name">Tools:</strong>
				<span class="value">Vim, Zsh, Git, SVN, Eclipse, Visual Studio</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<strong class="name">Operating Systems:</strong>
				<span class="value">Windows, Mac OS X, Linux</span>
			</li>
		</ul>
	</section><!-- skills -->
	<section id="work-experience">
		<h2>Work Experience</h2>
		<ul class="chronological-events">
			<li>
				<span class="date">Sep, 2011 - Dec, 2011</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Engineer (Location Tagging)</span>
					<span	class="context">Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, CA</span>
					<ul class="description">
						<li>Worked on user-visible changes to gather to gather location data from user content</li>
						<li>Worked on back-end changes to process and analyze gathered location data</li>
					</ul>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">May, 2011 - Aug, 2011</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary"><a href="http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~deansweb/Student/URA.html">Undergraduate Research Assistantship</a></span>
					<span class="context">University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON</span>
					<ul class="description">
						<li>Built search engine interface to be used in research experiments</li>
						<li>Added tracking code to log user interactions</li>
					</ul>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Jan, 2011 - Apr, 2011</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Engineer (Realtime Infrastructure)</span>
					<span class="context">Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, CA</span>
					<ul class="description">
						<li>Implemented system to support load balancing on backend servers</li>
						<li>Ran simulations to stress test load balancing system</li>
					</ul>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">May, 2010 - Aug, 2010</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Mobile Software Developer</span>
					<span class="context">Xtreme Labs Inc., Toronto, ON</span>
					<ul class="description">
						<li>Developed and maintained several BlackBerry applications for various clients</li>
						<li>Maintained client website</li>
					</ul>
				</div>
			</li>
		</ul>
	</section><!-- work-experience -->
	<section id="education">
		<h2>Education</h2>
		<ul class="chronological-events">
			<li>
				<span class="date">Sep, 2007 - Present</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Candidate for Bachelor of Software Engineering</span>
					<span class="context">University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON</span>
					<ul>
						<li>
							<span class="summary">Compiler</span>
							<span class="context">Foundations of Sequential Programs (CS 241)</span>
							<p class="description">Wrote simple compiler for the WL (C-like) programming language</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<span class="summary">Hardware Ping Pong Game</span>
							<span class="context">Digital Circuits and Systems (SE 141)</span>
							<p class="description">Designed and implemented a hardware-based ping pong game using knowledge of various circuits learned in class</p>
						</li>
						<li class="project">
							<span class="summary">Lego Robot</span>
							<span class="context">Introduction to Software Engineering (SE 101)</span>
							<p class="description">Worked in a team to design and develop a LEGO robot to navigate a maze</p>
						</li>
					</ul>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Feb, 2007 - Jul, 2009</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Ontario Seconday School Diploma</span>
					<span	class="context">Bell High School, Ottawa, ON</span>
					<ul>
						<li class="project">
							<span class="summary">Text-Based Calculator</span>
							<p class="description">Wrote program that parses and evaluates text-based math expressions</p>
						</li>
						<li class="project">
							<span class="summary">Puzzle Game</span>
							<p class="description">Designed and developed a graphical puzzle game</p>
						</li>
					</ul>
				</div>
			</li>
		</ul>
	</section> <!-- education -->
	<section id="activities">
		<h2>Relevant Projects</h2>
		<ul class="chronological-events">
			<li>
				<span class="date">Sep, 2009 - Dec, 2009</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Web Developer</span>
					<span class="context">IEEE Waterloo Branch</span>
					<p class="description">Worked in a team to develop a web discussion forum</p>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Jul, 2009 - Aug, 2009</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Poker Hand Simulator</span>
					<span class="context">Personal Project</span>
					<p class="description">Developed graphical application that evaluates winning probabilities of poker hands via simulations</p>
				</div>
			</li>
		</ul>
	</section> <!-- activities -->
	<section id="accomplishments">
		<h2>Awards and Accomplishments</h2>
		<ul class="chronological-events">
			<li>
				<span class="date">2009 - Present</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Dean's Honours List</span>
					<span class="context">University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON</span>
					<p class="description">Had averages of 92.6% (2B), 94.6% (2A), 94.2% (1B), 94.4% (1A)</p>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Sep, 2009</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">President's Scholarship of Distinction</span>
					<span class="context">University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON</span>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Jul, 2009</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Second Highest Average in School Board</span>
					<span class="context">Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Ottawa, ON</span>
					<p class="description">Achieved a grade 12 average of 98.8%</p>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Jul, 2009</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Subject Awards</span>
					<span class="context">Bell High School, Ottawa, ON</span>
					<p class="description">Calculus and Vectors, Computer and Information Science, Economics</p>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Jul, 2009</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Mathematics Award</span>
					<span class="context">General Dynamics Canada, Ottawa, ON</span>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span class="date">Dec, 2007</span>
				<div class="details">
					<span class="summary">Second Place in National Sprott Business Competition</span>
					<span class="context">Carleton University, Ottawa, ON</span>
				</div>
			</li>
		</ul>
	</section> <!-- accomplishments -->
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