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Joel Savitz

Joel Savitz

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer at Red Hat && joelsavitz.com

  • Education

    • Newton North High School

      2014 - 2016

    • University of Massachusetts Lowell

      2017 - 2020
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences 3.99 (Overall) 4.00 (Per Major)

      Activities and Societies: Commonwealth Honors College, Summa Cum Laude, Dean's List (all full-time semesters), Honors Fellowship (x2, first completed in 2018, second in 2020, paper presented at PCA national conference), Raspberry Pi on Fedora Linux open source software engineering (honors project, see: https://kdlp.underground.software) A piece of paper lol

  • Experience

    • JCC Grossman Camp

      Jun 2014 - Aug 2015
      Junior Counselor

      Worked with young children of various ages, mainly 9-10 year olds and including a few with special needsSupervised games and activities, took them swimming, and ensured safety

    • Newton North High School

      Sept 2015 - Jun 2016
      Teacher's Assistant

      Developed leadership skills teaching immigrant students English and other skillsDemonstrated communication skills by explaining English conceptsWorked with students from many ethnic backgrounds, including Chinese and South American

    • TechSimple

      Apr 2016 - now
      Co-Founder and President

      Solving technology problems of those who grew up before the age of computers and smartphoneshttp://techsimple.co

    • Independent Consultant

      Aug 2016 - Apr 2017
      Research Associate and Personal Assistant

      Took dictation and notes from former professor of city planning and turned them into a digital formatCo-authored a report on the housing situation in Newton for members of the Jewish Community based on a survey from early 2016, available in digital PDF format on request; printed copies are available for purchaseWorked with city planners from the City of NewtonManaged email communications and general office organization

    • Engaging Computing Group

      Nov 2017 - Dec 2018
      Developer and Research Assistant

      Coordinating group of three developers creating a sensor network for analysis of salinity in groundwaterDeveloping and demonstrating examples of distributed games on IoT devices for educational purposesResearching and developing innovations in computer science educationDeveloping iSENSE, an online data visualization tool (http://isenseproject.org)Co-authored research paper on virtual reality for education, accepted to SIGCSE 2019 conference

    • Red Hat

      Jan 2019 - now

      Linux Kernel Engineering and Program Lead for https://kdlp.underground.software/ Linux Kernel engineering Linux Kernel engineering

      • Software Engineer

        Jan 2022 - now

      • Associate Software Engineer

        Feb 2021 - Dec 2021

      • Linux Kernel Software Engineering Co-op Intern

        Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Joel Savitz
      Honors College Fellowship University of Massachusetts Lowell Honors College Sep 2018 A study of individual identity in ancient Roman literature
    • Awarded to Joel Savitz
      Honors College Fellowship University of Massachusetts Lowell Honors College Sep 2017 A study of individual identity in ancient Greek literature.
    • Awarded to Joel Savitz
      Dean's List -