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Benjamin Kovach
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125 Barrington Dr. Apt. 2
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Athens, GA 30605
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678-477-3140
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Who am I?
- A self-motivated, fast learner.
- A skilled programmer in multiple paradigms.
- Always excited to learn new things.
Education
University of Georgia
B.S Computer Science
- Overall GPA: 3.62
- In-major GPA: 3.78
- Expected Graduation: December, 2014
Seller Labs
Athens, GA
Backend Engineer Intern
April 2014 - Present
- Wrote Node-MWS, a node.js based, scalable interface to Amazon MWS.
- Implemented a RESTful API for interacting with company databases in order to simplify data access internally.
- Designed a continuous repricing engine for Amazon items.
UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Athens, GA
Web Developer
April 2012 - April 2014 (2 years)
- Managed and maintained a website with 100+ sub-pages.
- Wrote and implemented 10+ web scripts to improve user experience within the CAES website.
- Wrote 20+ in-house scripts to improve office workflow.
Online Banking Solutions
Atlanta, GA
Software Developer Intern
June 2011 - January 2012 (6 months)
- Co-wrote a robust analytics engine designed to track suspicious banking activity, including abnormal login times, locations, and frequency.
- Implemented a telephony system that dynamically generates telephone calls to deliver important information to users.
- Built an in-house tool to anonymize ACH data to analyze payment details without invading user privacy.
Personal Projects
https://github.com/5outh
- Designed and implemented Bang, an embedded DSL for composing drum machine sequences.
- Wrote Molecule, a small, statically, strongly typed programming language with type inference.
- Constructed interpreters for three programming languages.
- UGA Association for Computing Machinery, Student Chapter
- UGA Math Club
Relevant Skills
- Functional Programming
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Backend Web Programming
- Haskell
- Javascript
- Java
- C++
Awards
- Deans List, UGA (6 Semesters)
- 2014 John G. Hollingsworth Award
Talks
- What the Haskell? (slides) - Spring 2014
- Presented for the UGA ACM
- What the Heck is a Monad? (slides) - Summer 2014
- Presented for the developer’s meetup group of Athens
