Michael J. Gnozzio - Williams Students Online - Williams College

Michael J. Gnozzio
mgnozzio@gmail.com
http://wso.williams.edu/~mgnozzio
70 Pinckney Street.
Home Phone: 857-277-0408 Apartment 5
Cell Phone: 201-230-7345 Boston, MA 02114
Summary: I recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, with Highest Honors in
Computer Science, from Williams College in Massachusetts. My current interests lie mainly in artificial
intelligence, object-oriented software development, and programming language design. I am proficient
with C, Objective-C, Java, Python and Ruby. I also have a basic knowledge of C++, LISP, Perl, ML, and
Smalltalk. My thesis project at Williams was on machine learning that dealt with constructive methods for
determining the topology of artificial neural networks. Since graduating, I have worked as a software
developer at Adverplex, Inc.
Work Experience:
Software Developer
Adverplex, Inc, Wakefield, MA
Spring 2007 – Present
Currently, I am employed as a software developer at Adverplex, Inc. I am responsible for writing and
maintaining Python code that the company uses to deliver advanced search engine marketing solutions.
These solutions focus specifically on keyword expansions, bid optimization, and campaign management.
Teaching Assistant Fall 2004 – Spring 2007
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
For the bulk of my undergraduate years at Williams College, I was employed by the Williams College
Computer Science Department as a “full-time” (10-hour expectation per week) teaching assistant. In my
3 years as a TA, I assisted with CSCI 432 (“Operating System”), CSCI 334 (“Principles of Programming
Languages”), CSCI 136 (“ Data Structures and Advanced Programming”) and CSCI 105 (“Understanding
the Web: Technologies and Techniques”). Assignments for those courses involved programming work in
C, Java, LISP, ML, Smalltalk, HTML, and image editing in Photoshop.
Computer Science Intern Summer 2005, Summer 2006
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
In the summers between my undergraduate years at Williams, I interned in Intel’s Digital Enterprise
Group. In the summer of 2006, I designed a MySQL database for storing data output from simulators of
next generation processors, wrote several Perl scripts to upload the simulator data to said database, and
designed a Ruby on Rails, AJAX based web application that interacted with the database to generate
charts and graphs for use in data analysis. The year before, I wrote a Java Swing application for
analyzing data on processor power consumption. That tool is now being used extensively by Intel
engineers working on optimizing the power consumption of Intel’s forthcoming Nehalem processor.
Research Associate Summer 2004
TOPs Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Working with a pair of professors at the Harvard/MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms, I was part of a program
that designed one week middle and high school level physics classes, which we then taught at the Boston
Museum of Science and MIT respectively.
Student Technology Consultant Fall 2003 — Spring 2004
Williams College, Williamstown, MA

Michael J. Gnozzio
Student Technology consultants are employed by the Williams College Office of Information Technology
as members of the Desktop Systems group and are responsible for troubleshooting software issues and
repairing student computers throughout the course of the year.
Image Editing and Data Entry Specialist Summer 2003
dtw Marketing Research Group, Inc., Flanders, NJ
The summer after my senior year in high school, I worked as a member of the CD Promo Department at
the dtw Marketing Research Group. My primary responsibilities lied in cataloging, scanning, editing, and
processing images that would be included on the CDs produced for sale to the marketing departments of
pharmaceutical companies.
Education
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
• Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, with Highest Honors in Computer Science, June 2007
• GPA: 3.80
• Relevant Course Work
• Senior Thesis in Computer Science
• Digital Design and Modern Architecture
• Digital Technology and Society
• Compiler Design
• Operating Systems
• Machine Learning
• Theory of Computation
• Parallel Processing
• Computer Networks
• Principles of Programming Languages
• Algorithm Design and Analysis
• Computer Organization
• Data Structures and Advanced
Programming
• C, Unix, and Programming Tools
• Lego Robots
• Protecting Information Applications of
Abstract Algebra and Quantum Physics
• Mathematical Methods for the Physical
Sciences
• Introduction to Mathematical Proof and
Argumentation
• Multivariable Calculus; Statistical Design of
Experiments
• Minds, Brains, and Intelligent Behavior
• Academic Honors
• Elected to the Williams College Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Elected as an Associate Member to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• Elizur Smith Rhetorical Prize: Awarded to encourage excellence in public speaking
• Athletics
• 4 years of IM ice hockey
• 2 PE classes on beginning squash
• 1 PE class on conditioning and weight lifting
• Leadership Positions:
• Student Member of the Information Technology Committee
• Member of the Computer Science Student Advisory Committee
• WSO 1 Root (Head Officer/System Administrator)
• President of the Williams College Debating Society
Groton School, Groton, MA
• High School Diploma, Graduated Magna Cum Laude, May 2003
• Leadership Positions:
• Student Member of the Academic Technology Committee
• President of the Groton School Debating Society
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• 2nd Form Prefect
• Chapel Prefect
• Math Team Prefect
• Dramat (Drama) Technical Officer
• Yearbook Copy Editor
• Athletics
• 4 years of varsity ice hockey
• 2 years of JV and 2 years of varsity crew
• 2 years of III’s footballTest Scores
• SAT: 1460 (Verbal: 710, Math: 750)
• AP Computer Science: 5
• AP Calculus BC: 5
• AP Physics C, Mechanics: 4
• AP Physics C, Electricity & Magnetism: 5
• AP Chemistry: 5
• AP World History: 5
• AP English Language: 5
• AP English Literature: 4
• Academic Honors
• The Issac Jackson Memorial Prize: Awarded to the best mathematics scholar in the Upper School.
(2003)
• The Thorpe Science Prize: Awarded to a VI form student who has been the most successful in
developing an appreciation of the spirit and meaning of science. (2003)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Debating Prize: Given in memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt for service to the
Groton Debating Society. (2003)
• AP Scholar with Distinction Award in recognition of exemplary college-level achievement on
Advanced Placement Program Examinations. Granted to students who receive an average grade of
3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams in full-year
courses. (2002 & 2003)
• Groton School Golden Gavel Debating Award: Awarded to the individual with the highest speaking
points in an interscholastic debate tournament. (2002 & 2003)
• World Championship Individual Debating & Public Speaking Competition: Qualified to participate in
the world individual debate and public speaking competition in Reading, England (March 2003)
• Williams Book Award (2002)
• V Form Math Prize: awarded to the best mathematics scholar in the V Form. (2002)
• Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award: Recognition to the V Form Student who has
demonstrated excellence in the field of science. (2002)
• Stephen B. Fels Science Prize: Presented to the member of the Lower School who has
demonstrated exceptional enthusiasm for and proficiency in the experimental aspects of scientific
inquiry. (2000)
• John J. Pierrepont Prize: Awarded to the best mathematics scholar in the Lower School. (2000)
References:
Michael J. Gnozzio
Professor Andrea Danyluk
Chair and Professor of Computer Science
Williams College
Phone: 413-597-2178
andrea@cs.williams.edu
Professor Steve Freund
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Williams College
Phone: 413-597-4260
freund@cs.williams.edu
Professor Duane Bailey
Professor of Computer Science
Williams College
Phone: 413-597-2417
bailey@cs.williams.edu
Professor Brent Heeringa
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Williams College
Phone: 413.597.4711
heeringa@cs.williams.edu
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