Jason Chalecki

Contact Info
	992 Lilac Street
	Pittsburgh, PA  15217
	(412) 260-8575
	chalecki@andrew.cmu.edu

Objective
	To design interfaces for software, consumer electronic devices, or automobiles that are efficient and enjoyable for people to use.

Education
	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
		Masters in Human-Computer Interaction
		Expected graduation, August 2006
		Cumulative GPA: 3.92/4.0

	University of Washington, Seattle, WA
		M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
		Graduated, March 2005
		Cumulative GPA: 3.84/4.0

	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
		B.S. in Computer Science
		Minor in Business Administration
		Graduated with University Honors, May 2000
		Cumulative GPA: 3.60/4.0, Major GPA: 3.52/4.0
		Dean's List for School of Computer Science, Fall 1998 & Fall 1997

Experience
	Software Design Engineer
		Office Division, Microsoft Corporation
		June 2001 – August 2005
		* Designed and implemented various features for a server application that serves HTML to web browsers
		* Designed and implemented various features for a client application
		* Designed and implemented various UI components, including dialogs
		* Implemented file type integration with the operating system’s shell

	Software Design Engineer in Test
		Subscription Services Division, Microsoft Corporation
		June 2000 – June 2001
		* Designed and implemented automated tests of a fundamental object model component
		* Worked on recovering stand-alone automated tests of the DAV component and making them compatible with the current automation infrastructure

	Software Developer
		Chemistry Department, Carnegie Mellon University
		April 1998 – May 2000
		* Assisted in development of virtual chemistry lab written in Java using Swing and JDBC
		* Worked on complete redesign of IrYdium Project web site using DHTML, style sheets and ASP technologies

	Web Application Developer
		GPU Service, Inc., Reading, PA
		May 1997 – August 1997, December 1997 – January 1998
		* Developed web front-ends to databases using C++ and ASP
		* Began development of generic document viewer using web and ActiveX based technologies

Skills & Techniques
	Design - Contextual Inquiry & Design, Directed Storytelling, Affinity Diagramming
	Evaluation - Think-Aloud, Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough, KLM (Keystroke Level Modeling) & GOMS
	Languages - C#, Java, C/C++, JavaScript, SQL, VBScript, XPath, XSLT, XQuery
	Technologies - AJAX, ASP.NET, XML, XML Schemas, COM, ASP
	Applications - Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
	Platforms - Windows 2k3/XP/2k, UNIX, Mac