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ANDREW TAMURA
University of California, Berkeley
El Cerrito, CA 94530
510-375-2890
andrew@andrewtamura.com

TECHNICAL Languages: C, CSS, Java, JavaScript, HTML, Objective-C, Python, and Ruby.
EXPERIENCE Frameworks: Cocoa Touch, Ruby on Rails, and Wordpress.
Tools: Apache Tomcat 5.x, Git, Hudson 1.x, SVN, Xcode.

NOTABLE www.gostudiorama.com: RAMA’s website (Personal project)

PROJECTS • Built on Wordpress and MySQL.
• Utilized CSS3 and HTML5 to design a modern looking, standards compliant website.
• Custom photo slideshow built with PHP and Javascript.
Mobile Retail Website for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Work project)
• Developed website to access inventory, pricing, and wedding registry via personal mobile devices in-store.
• Built using the Grails framework backed by a MySQL database.
• Worked as part of a seven member intern group including developers, BA’s, and PM’s.
• Presented the final project to the entire IT department, CIO (John Strain), and CFO (Sharon McCollam).
EE192: Autonomous 1/10 Scale Electric Car (Class project)
• Implemented driving logic in C, running on an embedded ARM7 processor.
• Worked with two other engineers to build a car that autonomously drives around a track.
• Designed and implemented proportional derivative steering control and adaptive velocity control.
• Placed 5th overall with an average speed of 7.78 ft/sec at 2009 NATCAR competition.
BART Schedule iPhone App (Personal Project)
• Built in Objective-C using Cocoa Touch libraries.
• Accesses BART’s realtime XML feed for train arrival data.

WORK RAMA: Berkeley, CA (July 2009 - present)

EXPERIENCE Co-founder, Core Member, and Full-time Volunteer
• Co-founded RAMA, a not-for-profit volunteer-run Asian American art and entertainment organization.
• Responsible for developing partnerships with and gathering sponsors from local and online organizations.
• Managed a staff of 30 volunteers at GO!STYLE 2010.
• Co-producer of monthly GO!OHANA and annual GO!STYLE shows.
• Built RAMA’s marketing strategy through Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and RAMA’s website.
Apple, Inc.: San Francisco, CA (September 2008 - January 2010, June - August 2007)
Part-time Mac Specialist
• Comfortable approaching customers in a highly competitive and fast paced environment.
• Contributed new ideas for the in-store sales training program.
• Successful selling products to a wide range of customers from first time computer users to professionals
using Macs in high performance environments.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.: San Francisco, CA (June - August 2008)
Intern Software Developer
• Spearheaded and developed the concept for the Intern Group Project (see Mobile Retail Website above).
• Developed and deployed internal web services using Grails and Apache Tomcat.
• Practiced agile software development methodologies including: feature driven development, pair
programming, continuous integration and test-driven development.

EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - Graduated May 2009

References available upon request