Description: A personal website showing photos and projects by Dan Armendariz
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I'm a Software Development Engineer for Amazon Web Services . I'm currently based in Seattle after initially joining at the Amazon Development Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, working on the Cloud9 IDE .
Previously, I was a Preceptor in Computer Science at Harvard University working on curriculum design and research for the introductory sequence of Computer Science classes at Harvard College. Further back, I was a masters student at UC Berkeley studying Computer Science with a focus on online education, advised by Professors Dan Garcia and Armando Fox . My work investigated student metacognition in online courses through an adaptive exercise system that customized the progression of question topics to each
Beginning in 2008 I was a network engineer for Mindset Media . In 2011, Meebo acquired the company where I continued my role until May 2012.