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Robert M. Waugh has enjoyed an acclaimed career in computer programming and engineering.
A versatile computer engineer and analytics expert with nearly 20 years of experience in his field, Robert M. Waugh currently serves as a Vice President of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in New York. Commanding a diverse and impressive professional track record at major organizations across the United States, Robert M. Waugh launched his career in computer programming while still a student at Tennessee-based Oak Ridge High School. From August 1992 through June 1994, Robert M. Waugh performed as a Junior Programmer for the United States Department of Energy, serving in the division of emergency operations. In addition, Robert M. Waugh held a simultaneous position as Junior Programmer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), working in this capacity between August 1993 and January 1994. By the time he graduated from high school in 1994, Robert M. Waugh had already built a solid resume of computer programming, with experience in a rich variety of high-level government projects.
In early 1995, Robert M. Waugh moved to the Silicon Valley region and secured a position as Third Level Support at Silicon Graphics, Inc., where he provided client support services to high-profile businesses and individuals on such matters as networking, operating systems, and languages.
After Silicon Graphics Robert M. Waugh joined Netscape Communications, spending more than four years as a Senior Software Engineer designing the future of the Internet as we understand it today. Since then, Robert M. Waugh has served as Engineering Manager at Knowledge Universe Principal Engineer for Gloss.com LLC, Senior Software Engineer at Shopping.com, and consultant with Double Prime Inc. At present, Robert M. Waugh is a Vice President at Goldman Sachs Core Strategies, collaborating with an elite group of mathematicians, computer scientists, and other professionals.
Robert Waugh's Companies
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Goldman Sachs
2006
Vice President
Goldman Sachs is the world leader in investment banking, derivatives market making, and other high end financial services. The Strategies group in Goldman Sachs is an elite group of computer scientists, mathematicians, physcists, and other fields focused on delivering the worlds most sophisticated risk management in a front office role. Currently a member of the Core Strategies team, their elite team with a firm wide perspective providing long term strategy to the individual businesses and providing advise and analytics to senior management. We do this in the context of applied leadership, quantitative finance, and sophisticated software design. All members are expected to be highly competent communicators, thinkers, and problem solvers with the ability to not just understand and advise the business but to then turn around and implement rapidly highly complex software.
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Robert Waugh's Publications
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Favorite Authors , Robert Waugh
December, 2010
By: Robert Waugh
Robin Hobb – As the author of bestselling fantasy series such as The Farseer Trilogy, The Soldier Son Trilogy, and the Rain Wild Chronicles, Robin Hobb has been distinguished as one of the most popular fantasy writers today. Robin Hobb, whose real name is Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden also publishes a range of contemporary fantasy novels under the pseudonym Megan Lindholm.
Jim Butcher – Fantasy and Sci-Fi novelist Jim Butcher is the author of The Dresden Files and The Codex Alera series. The Dresden Files, the 14-book series that inspired two graphic novels and a role-playing game, chronicles the adventures of a wizard named Harry Dresden who lives in an alternate universe Chicago. In 2004, Jim Butcher released the first book of The Codex Alera series; a more traditional fantasy series that has garnered rave reviews.
Tim Pratt – Berkeley, California-based novelist Tim Pratt is currently serializing his science fiction novel The Nex (www.timpratt.org). Tim Pratt shot to fame with his work on the short story “The Gods,” which was nominated for a Nebula Award. Tim Pratt also earned the Hugo Award for his 2006 short story “Impossible Dreams.” Today, Tim Pratt is also well known for his urban fantasy series centered on the sorceress Marla Mason.
Robert Jordan – Bestselling writer Robert Jordan has made a number of contributions to the science fiction and fantasy world. In addition to his seven contributions to the well-known Conan the Barbarian series, Robert Jordan penned The Wheel of Time series. Projected to be a 12-book series, Robert Jordan authored 11 books, as well as several accessory books, before his untimely death from cardiac amyloidosis. The last three books of the series were finished by fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, with help from Mr. Jordan’s notes.
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Vice President of Core Strategies at Goldman Sachs
January, 2011
Currently serving as Vice President of Core Strategies at Goldman Sachs, Brooklyn, New York, resident Robert M. Waugh maintain close ties to Illinois’ Champaign-Urbana region, where he attended college at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and supported Parkland College, located in Champaign. About Parkland College: A community college established in the late 1960s, Parkland College grew out of a need felt by both the Champaign and Urbana boards of education to establish a technical institute in their communities. Eventually, educators and municipal officials decided a junior college best fit the area, and in 1967, Parkland Community College held its first classes with a total enrollment of nearly 1,350 students. Today, Parkland College educates more than 11,900 students per year in 85 classrooms and 60 labs. Located on a 233-acre campus, Parkland College is one of Illinois’ largest community college districts. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Parkland College offers more than 100 Associate degrees and training certificates. Providing adult and community education workshops, Parkland College maintains affiliations with major four-year colleges, allowing students to pursue advanced degrees upon graduation. Parkland College operates nine academic branches, including social sciences and human services departments and a computer science and information technology division. Parkland College’s campus houses a variety of cutting-edge academic and recreational facilities, designed to give students training and skills development. Among Parkland College’s amenities are a public access television station, a community supported art gallery, and a cultural center. The college’s 144-seat William M. Staerkel Planetarium, the second largest planetarium in Illinois, hosts as many as 40,000 people each year, while a 320-seat performing arts theater receives large crowds for school-run performances. Learn more about the benefits of attending Parkland College at www.parkland.edu
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