Joey Dafforn

jdafforn@purdue.edu | 630.917.5639 | joey-dafforn.github.io

Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN May 2019
Major: Computer Science, Concentration: Software Engineering

Experience
Amazon | Software Engineering Intern Summer 2018
Created new action in Scala for IoT Rules Engine to send logs from devices to online portal
Used a distributed cache to authenticate
Wrote comprehensive tests and initiated public release of action
Purdue University | Teaching Assistant for CS250 (Computer Architecture) Fall 2017 – Spring 2018
Led labs involving circuits using breadboards and logic chips
Taught students how to program on a Raspberry Pi using ARM assembly
Bank of America | Software Engineering Intern Summer 2017
Used web applications to gather statistics on BoA’s private cloud using embedded SQL
Presented this data in an intuitive way using Node.js and HTML
Ported these web applications from PHP to C#
Purdue University | Teaching Assistant for CS159 (Programming in C) Spring 2017
Guided students in learning to program in C
Resolved questions regarding labs, projects and exams
Bank of America | Software Engineering Intern Summer 2016
Built a change control system for processes/documentation
Created application for blocking restricted emails
Modus Box | Software Engineering Intern Summer 2015
Created API's for secure electronic data interchange (EDI)
Tested and helped launch beta for trading partner management application

Projects
Fortnite Buddy (Swift)
Allows users to search leaderboards, player statistics, and Twitch streams
Released to App Store- over 2,000 downloads and more than 300,000 impressions
Event Up (Swift, Firebase, Google Maps API)
Create events with a location, time, picture, etc. and others can RSVP/attend event
Users that are checked in can chat with others at the event
Sound Freak (YouTube API, Node.js, Bootstrap, HTML)
User can search/play/download a YouTube video in a native web player
Password Cracker (C++, HashMap)
Optimized brute force algorithm in order to crack 8-12 character passwords using symbol table
Deal Locator (Java, Android Studio)
Finds the best deals for a specific restaurant/bar
Users can filter deals, RSVP and navigate to the location

Technical Skills
Java C Swift JS/HTML
SQL PHP C++ C#

Extracurricular
iOS Development Club 2016-Present
Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society 2015-Present
Naperville North Men's Gymnastics 2011-2015

Community Service
Service Trips, Hope Youth Corps, Manitoba, Austin, Oahu Summer 2018, 2015, 2014
Worked with Habitat for Humanity, completed 4 houses, ran day camp for children
of the Canadian Foster System, and served the local homeless