Johnson CHENG
10832 Forbes Creek Dr. Apt. U-306, Kirkland, WA, 98033 

phone: 206-529-4846
email: johnson.cheng@utoronto.ca

EDUCATION
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Bachelor of Applied Science - Computer Engineering | Sept 1999 - May 2003
  * Final year design project - Scalable Behavioral Simulation of Application-
     layer Peer-to-Peer Networking
  * Course highlights - Compilers and Interpreters, Programming Languages,
     Computer Organization, Distributed Systems
  * Voted as the graduating engineering class valedictorian 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA
  Software Design Engineer 2, Windows Kernel | Oct 2005 - Present
  + Owner of the ACPI driver, its internal AML interpreter, and the ASL 
     compiler package
    * Implemented and tested various ACPI 3.0 features for the interpreter
       and compiler, coordinated the ASL compiler releases
    * Triaged external issues, implemented debugger extensions, responded to
       customer feature and debug requests
    * Researched interpreter rework including multithreading support, deadlock
       detection, lower resident footprint, static bytecode analysis
    * Initiated and administrated a cross-team wiki for knowledge sharing

  + Developer for power management components in Windows Vista and Windows 7
    * Designed and implemented the new server power management architecture,
       worked with Intel and other partners on proposing additions to the ACPI
       specification
    * Triaged and fixed bugs related to Windows ACPI driver, kernel power
       manager, and the battery driver stack
    * Participated in industry conferences such as WinHEC and PlugFest in a 
       role of expertise
    * Mentored a new employee and conducted interviews for potential intern 
       candidates

- Platform Computing Incorporated, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Software Developer, LSF development team | Aug 2003 - Sept 2005
  + Main developer for Platform License Scheduler, distributed software used by
     EDA companies (e.g. Intel, Micron, Infineon) to intelligently and 
     adaptively manage application licenses in their clusters
    * Designed and implemented core infrastructure (UNIX daemon) and key
       features in 6.1 and 6.2 release
    * Drove and coordinated the 6.0 consolidation release
    * Led development collaboration with partner Macrovision
    * Created and presented product training material for the technical support
       team

  + Developer for the Load Sharing Facility& (LSF) software, the flagship
     product that virtualizes and manages heterogeneous server clusters
    * Implemented and unit-tested for various LSF releases
    * Supported customers through beta testing, triaged and fixed bugs

- IBM Software Lab, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Summer intern, AS/400 Application Development Tools | July 2002 - Sept 2002
    * Designed and implemented the Preference pages for the RPG verifier 
       options in Eclipse
    * Investigated possible migration paths for legacy tools in the Eclipse
       platform, created tutorials for the team
    * Led the implementation of a new development process using CVS and Ant
       script
    * Implemented a front-end dialog of the AS/400 Communication Console

  Co-op student, VisualAge for Java Service and Support | Sept 1998 - July 1999
    * Implemented a fix pack upgrade process based on Java servlets, simple
       database, and a VisualAge plug-in
    * Developed a Java-based online parser for legacy internal customer survey
       reports

SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Programming Languages
  * C - Seasoned system level programmer in POSIX (libc), NT, and WIN32
  * C++ / Java - Proficient application level programmer, experienced with
     COM+, STL, Eclipse SWT
  * x86 / x64 / ia64 - Extensive debugging experiences and some coding
     experience in the context of an OS
  * Python, PHP, Perl - Web programming experience
  * 68k assembly, LISP, VHDL, Pascal - Various levels of experience in either
     academia and industry

- Operating Systems
  * Unix - Seasoned Slackware Linux administrator, professional development
     experiences with Redhat Linux and Solaris, in-depth knowledge of the GNU
     development tools such as gcc, gdb, strace
  * Windows NT family - In-depth knowledge of the NT kernel, driver model /
     framework, user-mode development
  * OS/400, Mac OS X, Mac OS 9 - Enthusiast-level knowledge

- Networks
  * Distributed programming - Experience in client-server model based on
     Berkeley sockets, TCP/IP protocols, the RPC XDR protocol, and existing 
     clustering technology
  * Network Administration - Experience in building medium-sized LAN with NAT
     and Samba, configuring firewalls
  * Internet WWW - Experience in CGI programming, Java servlets, active web
     pages

AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
  * Executive in the University of Toronto Club for Cognition and Computation
  * Member of the University of Toronto Hart House Film Board
  * Co-developed a sniper shooting OpenGL game
  * Developed a computer-controlled LEGO robot vehicle as part of a course
  * Awarded as part of the IBM VisualAge Java/C++ support team
  * Top 25 percentile in the Open Challenge and Cayley mathematics contest
  * Recreational hockey player in the GSHL and TechRec leagues
  * Amateur classical clarinet player, downhill ski team

LANGUAGES
  * English - native-level fluency
  * Chinese (Mandarin) - native-level fluency

Reference Available Upon Request.