Peter To

312 W 48th Street, Apt 34

(860)833-3149

peter (at ) peterto.com

www.theconnectedcircuit.com

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With my liberal arts education and strong technical background, I have a unique ability to communicate to others technical aspects

Career History

Part-time Gadget Blogger, The Internet – June 2009 – Present

You can read all my thoughts and insights into the world of gadgetry here:

Examiner Blog

Western Union Payment Services, Manhattan, NY – August 2008-Present

Problem Analyst

• Troubleshooting institutional client issues for Western Union’s highly customized payment collection web application, supporting well over 300 corporate clients
• Using SQL to run figures, statistics and creating automated scripts

General Motors Asset Management, Manhattan, NY – October 2007-August 2008

Financial Analyst Intern

• Optimizing of Excel reports through the use of VBA macros to increase automation and efficiency
• Data aggregation from multiple resources to reconcile and compile accurate financial reports.

Sun Microsystems, New York – December 2007 – May 2008

Campus Ambassador

• Creating presentations for students and faculty about Sun technologies
• Organizing events to create an awareness of Sun technologies to the Fordham University computer and information science communities.
• Participating in multiple training sessions with Sun representatives to learn about Sun technologies to then teach these skills to other students, which emphasize my ability to learn quickly.

BNY Securities Group, Manhattan, NY – Summer 2006

Intern

• Customized a development tracking program for a new Commissions Management Utility, which will be used by all the firms within the Securities group.

Fordham University, Bronx, NY – September 2004- May 2008

Robotics Laboratory Assistant, December 2005-May 2006

• Designed software for remote control, robotic automation, and localization for controlling various robots.

Computer Laboratory Assistant, September 2004-May 2008

• Maintained and assisted students and professors with various troubleshooting computer tasks.

Computer Support Technician, September 2005, September 2006

• Assisted students with setup to the university network, and troubleshooting general computer and network related problems.

The Hartford Insurance Company, Hartford, CT – Summer 2005

Actuarial Intern

• Assisted in generating detailed reports with Microsoft Excel, proprietary software, and writing Excel VBA macros.

Skills

Computer:

• Platforms: Windows 3.x/95/98/NT/2000/XP, Unix/Linux
• Software: Visual Studio, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Adobe Photoshop
• Languages/Toolkits: Visual C/C++, Java , wxWidgets, DHTML and CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL

Other:

• Avid Tennis Player
• Fluent in Vietnamese and English
• Co-editor/Co-creator of Tech Sense, a Fordham University technology publication

Education

• B.A. Computer Science, Fordham University
• May 2008