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Andrew J. Garrett – Resume / Curriculum Vitae

Basic Information

Name Andrew James Garrett
Date of Birth January 30, 1991 (age 19)
Citizenship Australia/United States dual national
Present Occupation Software Developer, specialising in PHP/Perl web development, especially MediaWiki
Present location Sydney, Australia

Employment and Experience

Institution Role Responsibilities Years
Wikimedia Foundation Software Developer (Contractor)
  • Development, testing, deployment and support of strategic projects in MediaWiki and its extensions for improving the effectiveness and user experience of Wikimedia's volunteers. Such projects include:
    • Review, updates and improvements to 'LiquidThreads', a system which implements discussion threading in MediaWiki.
    • Total reimplementation of the MediaWiki preferences system to use cleaner code and to improve the user experience.
    • Implementation, testing and deployment of the 'Abuse Filter', a heuristic-based filter for undesirable contributions to Wikimedia projects.
  • Assistance with day-to-day system administration and code review tasks as a developer with shell access.
  • Fixing and triaging bugs filed against MediaWiki and its extensions.
 2008–Present
Wikimedia Foundation Software Developer (Volunteer)
  • General development, maintenance and review of MediaWiki code in a voluntary capacity
 2006–2008

Education

Institution Description Years
University of New South Wales Commencing university studies, Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (major in Linguistics). Term commences in March 2010. 2010–Present
Macquarie University, Sydney In penultimate year of High School, completed the university undergraduate level PHIL131 (Critical Thinking) course, and scored 82/100 (a Distinction) 2007
Knox Grammar School Completed the Higher School Certificate, and received a Universities Admissions Index of 98.10, placing me in the top 1.90 % of the 2008 NSW cohort. Placed fifth overall at this school, and received four awards: the Legal Studies Prize, the Chemistry Prize, the Osman Memorial Prize for Excellence in Physics and Science, and the Outstanding in Year 12 Studies Prize.
 2003–2008