Resume for Philip I. Thomas

Focus on short-term projects in an agile environment to support the 50,000,000 daily users of OpenDNS and Umbrella.

Emphasize rapid deployment across all infrastructure, with production code in front-end MVC, back-end API, Hadoop, server configuration management, advertisement optimization, native Windows application, and native OS X application.

Projects resulted in $100,000+ annual increase in ad revenue, increased account security, retention of top customers, and ongoing release of API.

Performed screening of potential investments with a focus on technical analysis.

Contributed to the analysis of most initial investments, resulting in the fund being recognized as a Top 12 Midwest Venture Player by Forbes

Second Major: Physics

Minor: Electrical Engineering

Senior Project: Scheduling Algorithm for Small Workforces

Started a biweekly freeform hack night hosted by OpenDNS.

Grew to over 500 members with 50 event attendees in San Francisco.

Meetup expanded to Vancouver.

Launched wute.vc, a lecture series connecting students with venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs.

Organized and managed events with Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian, Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey, Square Founder Jim McKelvey, Venture Capitalist and Author Brad Feld, and Venture Capitalist Albert Wenger.

Performed with audition-only salsa dance team, taught salsa lessons, and participated in community outreach.