Mark P Neyer, MS


1000 Smith Level Road
Apartment E14
Carrboro, NC, 27510
cell: 323 - NEYER - 03
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S. In Computer Science
Research Areas:
  • Real Time Computing on Multicore Platforms
  • Improving Power Efficiency in Multicore Environments
  • Complexity Theory
  • Dictionary Structures in .NET
May 2009

Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
B.S. Degrees in Computer Science, Math and Applied Physics
Magna Cum Laude
May 2007


Recognitions: Member, Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society
Member, Pi Mu Epsilon Math Honor Society
Winner, Richard J. Wehrmeyer Award for Excellence in Problem Solving


Proficiencies: Core Languages
  • Python / IronPython
  • C, C++
  • C#, C++/CLI
 Secondary Languages
  • SQL
  • Java
  • LISP
 Areas of Expertise
  • Distributed Systems
  • Algorithms
  • Complexity Theory
  • Native / Managed Interop


Industry Experience: Blue Capital, Chapel Hill, NC
Software Engineer, 09/08 - Present
Work on high frequency automated trading platform using C# and C++
  • Wrote topic-based Multicast system using IO Completion Ports
  • Rearchitected distributed system topology
  • Developed tools for statistical analysis of performance data
  • Wrote native wrapper for managed event-driven data processing library
Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Intern Software Development Engineer, 05/08 - 08/08
  • Concieved, designed, and implemented tool for measuring XBox DVD load performance times
  • Fixed performance issues in game editing tool for Fable 2
  • Integrated publisher tool into Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Seapine Software, Cincinnati, OH
Intern Software Engineer, 01/07 - 05/07
  • Maintained source code control program, using C++ and Qt
Technosoft, Inc, Cincinnati, OH
Intern Software Engineer, 09/06 - 01/07
  • Maintained distributed system for physical modeling, using C, C++, SQL and LISP
  • Designed and implemented one-time password system using SSL
HighBrew Technologies, LLC, Cincinnati, OH
Technologies Analyst, 08/05 - 05/06
  • Advised startup on software architectures for client solutions
  • Implemented distributed system to monitor production for Honeymoon Paper Products
AtriCure, Inc, Cincinnati, OH
IT Co-op, 01/05 - 05/06
  • Ran help desk for 100 employee company
  • Developed Python scripts to automate maintenance tasks


Academic Experience: Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC
MAESTRO Runtime System, 10/07 - 5/08
  • Designed and wrote Linux daemon to reduce power consumption on multicore processors.
Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Lego Robot, 03/07 - 05/07
  • Developed and built LEGO robot which followed light and avoided obstacles and the edge of a table.
  • Won robotics competition.
Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Operating Systems Project, 09/06 - 12/06
  • Implemented operating system for MIPS architecture with:
    • Paged, Segmented, Virtual Memory
    • Virtual Semaphore Support
    • Printer, Terminal, and Disk Drivers
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Computer Science REU, 06/06 - 08/06
  • Developed approximation algorithms for problems in optical networking
  • Learned rudimentary unicycling skills


Publications: Allan Porterfield, Robert Fowler, Mark P Neyer,
''MAESTRO: Program Thread and Synchronization Interface''.
In HPDC Workshop on Managed Many-Core Systems 08.

Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Kevin Corcoran, Seth Flaxman, Peter Scherpelz, Craig Weidert, Mark P Neyer,
''Approximation Algorithms for Traffic Grooming in WDM Rings''.
In ICC 2009 Optical Networks and Systems Symposium