Hyrum K. Wright

hyrum@hyrumwright.org
(512) 560-5010
http://www.hyrumwright.org/

Objective

Contribute solutions to interesting problems. I work best in a fun, fast-paced development environment, where my skills and abilities can make a significant impact. I am particularly interested in developing great software, and "building cool stuff".

Experience

Dec. 2006-Present | Subversion Open Source Project | Full Committer, Release Manager
May 2007-Present | University of Texas at Austin | Research Assistant
Sept. 2006-May 2008 | University of Texas at Austin | Teaching Assistant
April 2002-August 2006 | Brigham Young University, Office of Information Technology | Software Engineer
January 2005-January 2006 | BYU Ares Project | Avionics Team Leader (Member, Jan. 2004-Jan.2006)

Education

2006-Present | University of Texas at Austin
2002-2006 | Brigham Young University
Courses of interest include:
Wireless Communication, Advanced Operating Systems, Computer Networking, Embedded Systems, Real-Time Operating Systems, Verification & Validation, Statistical Methods, Requirements Engineering, Compilers, Collaborative Development

Skills

Programming Languages
Software & Technologies
Linux (development & administration)
MySQL, Oracle databases
TCP/IP networking
HTTP
Version control, particularly Subversion

Publications & Presentations

Publications

  1. W. Kim, H. Wright, and S. Nettles, Improving the Performance of Multi-hop Wireless Networks using Frame Aggregation and Broadcast for TCP ACKs, to appear in ACM CoNEXT 2008, Madrid, Spain, December 9-12, 2008.

Presentations

  1. R. Grant and H. Wright, Hyrda: A Wireless Multi-hop Wireless Testbed, OSCON 2008, Portland, Oregon, July 21-25, 2008

Awards/Honors

EDGE Center Scholar, 2006-2007
BYU University Academic Scholarship, 2002-2006
Dean's List, 2002-2003, 2003-2004
Eagle Scout, 1995

Memberships

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Graduate Student Member
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Graduate Student Member
Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
The Subversion Corporation

Miscellany

Volunteer missionary, 2000-2002
Spent two years as a volunteer missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Los Angeles, California. Responsibilities included directing daily proselyting activities, and managing groups of 6-8 other missionaries in the same.
Amatuer Radio Operator, Extra Class. Callsign: N7YM