Philip I. Thomas

I graduate this month from Washington University in St. Louis, where I am pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering with a second major in Physics and a minor in Electrical Engineering. After graduation I am joining OpenDNS in San Francisco as a Software Engineer.

Washington University in Saint Louis

Saint Louis, MO

• Majors: Systems Engineering, Physics.
• Minor: Electrical Engineering.
• Honors: J. Alan and Marcia K. Ritter Scholar.
• Relevant Coursework: Signal Analysis, Stochastic Simulation, Operations Research.
• Senior Project: Scheduling Algorithm with Optimization of Employee Satisfaction

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

OpenDNS Website

San Francisco, CA

Text Reject Website

Saint Louis, MO

• Designed, programmmed, and marketed an series of rejection-sending phone numbers that publish conversations online.
• Semifinalist for Arch Grants International Startup Competition.
• Semifinalist in national Student Startup Madness competition.

Sparo Labs Website

Saint Louis, MO

• Contract Position.
• Implemented Ruby on Rails-based application for capturing medical device signal, analyzing the recording with a signal processing algorithm in Matlab, and outputting processed data with Highcharts.
• Won 1st place in WUSTL Discovery Competition.

Cultivation Capital Website

Saint Louis, MO

• Performed screening of potential investments with a focus on technical analysis.

Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs (wute) Website

Saint Louis, MO

• Launched wute.vc, a lecture series connecting students with venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs, resulting in sponsorship by Cultivation Capital.
• Attracted over 200 students to first wute.vc speech by Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian using a paperless marketing campaign.
• Designed wute.vc and re-designed wute.org websites.
• Secured entry to the Rackspace Startup Program, including $3,000 worth of free hosting
• Ran and managed events with speakers including Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey, Square Founder Jim McKelvey, Venture Capitalist and Author Brad Feld, and Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian

WUSauce Website

St. Louis, MO

• Performed with audition-only salsa dance team, taught salsa lessons, and participated in community outreach.
• Implemented improved website and email marketing system, resulting in 20% increase in annual audition attendance and 200% increase in weekly lesson retention throughout each semester.
• Managed public relations campaign, including negotiating a live performance on TV
• Served as Communication Director for annual Dance-Off event in 2011, 2012, and 2013, resulting in over 500 students attending each event.

Washington University in St. Louis Department of Physics

Saint Louis, MO

Rackspace Website

Remote

• Contract Position.
• Wrote articles on Rackspace Cloud Files implementations for the Official Rackspace Blog.

Automation Kit

Saint Louis, MO

• Equipped over a dozen clients with marketing tools to capture, convert, and cultivate leads automatically.
• Selected Clients: Hostirian, Systematic Revenue, Venture Draft, St. Louis Arch Angels.

Washington University Student Investment Fund Website

St. Louis, MO

• Managed the investment of over $100,000 of the university endowment via qualitative, multiples, and DCF analysis, resulting in growth exceeding S&P 500 Midcap Index on invested funds.
• Competed nationally in investment competitions, and was a Finalist in the Spring 2011 Michigan Interactive Investments Competition.
• Previous Positions: Technology Portfolio Manager (2010), Webmaster (2010-2011), Healthcare Analyst (2010).

Washington University in St. Louis Department of Computer Science

St. Louis, MO

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

• Studied pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans with in vitro, in vivo, and computational techniques.
• Selected Project Experience:
  • Bioinformatics – Designed, developed, and implemented a scalable C. neoformans Strain Database for collaborative use in the scientific community.
  • Gene research – Studied stress sensors involved with nitrositive stress.
  • Animal testing – Analyzed strain virulence with in vitro studies in mice.