Albert Sun
3820 Locust Walk MB 816
Philadelphia, PA 19104
albert [at] albertsun.info
248 462 0328
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Candidate for Bachelor of Arts in May of 2010 GPA: 3.52/4.00
- Majors in Mathematics and Economics and a minor in Computer Science
- Relevant Coursework: Financial Accounting, Game Theory, Probability, Statistical Inference, Databases
- Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China
- Studied abroad in Beijing with a full scholarship including stipend. Coursework in Chinese language. Summer 2006
- Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- High School Diploma, GPA 3.98/4.00 June 2006
SAT Math: 760 Verbal: 800
- Dual enrolled at Oakland University to do coursework in math and biochemistry.
- Rescued debate program and led team to first ever State Finals. Chemistry Olympiad National Finalist.
Experience
- The Daily Pennsylvanian
- Web Editor-in-Chief 1/08 to Present
Responsible for the web presence. Web development in PHP/MySQL with Drupal and Wordpress. Oversee video production, Flash interactive content and other multimedia and blogs. Manage a staff of developers and producers.
Beat Reporter 9/06 to 12/07
Provided in depth coverage of technology issues and higher education issues. Reported with an investigative team that won a ‘Page One’ award and prize for coverage of the departure of Penn’s former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson.
- BusinessWeek
- Technology Writer Intern 5/08 to 8/08
Reported on trends, news, and startups in the Silicon Valley technology industry. Created and captioned slideshows. Wrote a variety of feature and hard news pieces.
- West Bloomfield Eccentric and Bloomfield Observer
- Columnist 9/06 to 5/07
Wrote a column on “College Life” and issues in higher education.
- Sundia MediTech Company, Ltd
- Intern 5/07 to 7/07
Wrote press releases and helped with administrative duties for Shanghai based pharmaceutical company.
- American Chinese School of Greater Detroit
- Teacher 9/04 to 5/06
Taught an SAT verbal skills course. Lectured, led discussions, graded essays. Assisted school administration in the day-to-day operations of the school and prepared and distributed course material.
Skills
- Experienced with CSS/ XHTML, PHP and Unix. Familiar with Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL.
- Development experience with Drupal and Wordpress.
- Experience with Final Cut, Audacity, Photoshop and Flash.
- Fluent spoken Mandarin and elementary written Mandarin.
- Classical piano training and wind ensemble and marching band experience with the euphonium.