EDUCATION

UCSD M.S. in Computer Science, March 2009	San Diego, California GPA: 4.00
UCLA School of Law J.D., May 2003	Los Angeles, California GPA: 3.60
Stanford University B.A. in Political Science, Minor in Computer Science, March 1999	Palo Alto, California GPA: 3.65

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Programming languages: C, C++, C#, Java, and Python.
Web: Django, PHP, XML, XSLT, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Google Web Toolkit.
Tools: Mercurial, Subversion, Perforce, JUnit, CxxTest, CuTest, Make, SCons, and Maven.
Databases: Informix, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and T-SQL.
Also familiar with Bash and Perl scripting, LaTeX, SPARC and x86 assembly, and VHDL.

EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Software Development Engineer	Redmond, Washington 3/09 - Present
Working on storage offering for Windows Azure Cloud Computing service.
UCSD Graduate Student Researcher	San Diego, California 9/07 - 3/09
Researched "return-oriented programming" buffer overflow exploit technique on SPARC. Catalogued and created C API for proof-of-concept exploits and Python disassembly / exploit discovery tool. Enhanced internal structures of Xen/Qemu virtual machine data tracking system using C and Python
Google Software Engineering Intern	Irvine, California 6/08 - 9/08
Developed back-end auction analysis library for Google Audio Ads using Java and Protocol Buffers. Created AJAX web front-end interface using Google Web Toolkit and Java servlets.
Intuit Software Engineering Intern	San Diego, California 7/07 - 9/07
Developed cross-platform portable code samples for Foundations team in Shared Product Components division. Programmed Java and C# packages targeting Eclipse and Visual Studio environments. Designed integrated unit testing / code coverage reporting tool using Maven, Jelly scripting, and XSLT.
UCSD Teaching Assistant	San Diego, California 10/06 - 6/07
Led labs, discussion sections, and held office hours for introductory programming (CSE 3) and C / SPARC assembly (CSE 30) courses for Profs. Rick Ord and Susan Marx.
Morrison & Foerster LLP Patent Attorney Summer Associate	San Diego, California 10/03 - 5/06 5/02 - 8/02
Litigated intellectual property cases in the computer and life sciences industries. Drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the computer and mechanical arts. Advised software clients regarding patent portfolio assertion and open source licensing. Provided technical counseling in trade secret and CAN-SPAM criminal investigations. Licensed in California (currently inactive) and with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Enterprise Design Group Software Engineer	San Diego, California 9/99 - 6/00
Developed web applications for business clients. Wrote E-commerce, website management and security packages using Cold Fusion, Perl, C, Informix, and MS SQL. Maintained collection of UNIX and Linux web, email, and database servers. Assisted with data recovery and security investigations.
Stanford Law School Programmer	Palo Alto, California 2/99 - 6/99
Created web templates and C database interface programs to drive dynamic web site for technical redesign of the Stanford Law School's Securities Class-Action Clearinghouse. Wrote Perl utility scripts and developed new site functionality, including search options and aggregate case statistics.

PUBLICATIONS

Computer Science

Ryan Roemer, Finding the Bad in Good Code: Automated Return-Oriented Programming Exploit Discovery, M.S. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2009.
Erik Buchanan, Ryan Roemer, Hovav Shacham, and Stefan Savage, When Good Instructions Go Bad: Generalizing Return-Oriented Programming to RISC, In Proceedings of CCS 2008, pages 27-38. ACM Press, Oct. 2008.
- Coverage: UCSD Press Release, Information Week, Dark Reading

Law

Richard Kim, Ryan Roemer, Shifting Ground: Technology in a Post-Grokster World, San Diego Lawyer (Jan./Feb. 2006), p.18-22.
Michael Vella, Ryan Roemer, Open Source Software: Assessing the IP Risks, IP Law Bulletin (May 4, 2005).
Ryan Roemer, Locking Down Loose Bits: Trusted Computing, Digital Rights Management, and the Fight for Copyright Control on Your Computer, 2003 UCLA J.L. & Tech. 8.
Ryan Roemer, The Digital Evolution: Freenet and the Future of Copyright on the Internet, 2002 UCLA J.L. & Tech. 5.

COURSEWORK

Courses in algorithms, networking, object-oriented design, data structures, computer graphics, database design, digital logic design, operating systems, computer security, and computer architecture.

ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

UCSD
Awards:	TA Excellence Award, 2006-07
Groups:	Systems and Networking Group Security and Cryptography Group Center for Networked Systems
UCLA School of Law
Awards:	Order of the Coif (Top 10% of Class) White O'Connor Top Moot Court Team
Journal:	UCLA Journal of Law and Technology, Chief Technology Editor
Activities:	Student Bar Association, Computer Committee, 2000-01 Student Bar Association, Library & Technology Committee, 2001-02 Student Bar Association, Technology Advisory Committee, 2002-03