Preston G. Corless

• Adapted and optimized a modern WebAssembly (WASM) runtime for legacy platforms including Nintendo DS and Wii
• Built a command-line tool to instantly fetch scripture references, streamlining text-based study workflows
• Designed a custom stack-based programming language in Rust, specializing in arbitrary precision mathematics
• Led development of a map-based social app in Flutter and Dart where users can share and find local events
• Created first-ever graphics file format to support dynamic on-the-fly file compression, using fractal-based logic
• Released a cross-platform JavaScript mobile game on Android and Web made with Apache Cordova
• Customized Super Mario Bros. with new levels and characters using 6502 assembly and binary patching

Sep. 2025–Apr. 2027M.S. in Computer Science | Brigham Young University

Jul. 2022–Apr. 2025B.S. in Computer Science | Brigham Young University–Idaho | Cum Laude (3.93 GPA)

• Co-founded and oversaw as President of BYU–Idaho's Computing Society, brought weekly attendance up to 200+ people
• Returned to Computing Society three times to speak about finding internships and personal project self-motivation
• Won 1^st place in two hackathons; BYU–Idaho's Fall 2022 Hackathon, and a Fall 2023 multi-university hackathon sponsored by MLH, GitHub, and Verizon, among others

Jan. 2025–Aug. 2025IT Engineer Intern | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (ICS Department)

• Created a Rust program capable of verifying metadata of 47,500 files per second, reducing system checkup time by 95%
• Solved years-old Terraform automation issues and edge cases regarding JSON serialization
• Converted and deployed 4 Apache Tomcat servers as portable Docker containers, facilitating migration from legacy system

Jan. 2024–Apr. 2025Paid Student Peer Advisor | Brigham Young University-Idaho | Rexburg, Idaho

• Advised dozens of students on resume and portfolio development; provided strategic networking guidance and support
• Facilitated first internships for 2 students through recruiter referrals

Jan. 2023–Apr. 2023Android Developer Intern | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (ICS Department)

• Increased contacting productivity for application end-user base of over 50,000 by 15% by introducing and implementing new WhatsApp-related features, leveraging WhatsApp's public APIs
• Identified and corrected errors in Spanish localization of application
• Added or changed 10,017 lines of code in application codebase in span of approximately 3 months
• Applied Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Git, and Kotlin in a professional environment

Jul. 2020–Jun. 2022Missionary | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | El Salvador

• Gained fluency in Spanish Language, and became immersed in Salvadoran culture
• Collaborated 74 hours weekly with 11 other missionaries throughout mission and coordinated with 50+ more
• Served hundreds of people through proselyting and service projects
• Spoke on multiple occasions to groups of 100+ people

Service

• Volunteered in three hurricane/flood cleanup efforts: Hurricane Harvey (Houston, Texas), Hurricane Florence (Wilmington, North Carolina), and dam flooding in Midland, Michigan
• Led a Winter Clothing distribution project hosted by local church (giving 10K+ lbs. of clothing to those in need in Detroit area), participated in four others
• Organized an annual neighborhood Earth Day cleanup event
• Served in presidency of community religious organization