Objective
To work with cutting-edge technologies and see projects through from design to
implementation. To develop new skills and professional relationships, and to help businesses meet or exceed their goals.
Employment History
Technical Director
2010-present, Code & Theory, New York, NY
- Some of my clients: Vogue, Gant, Interview Magazine, Current TV, Gilt Groupe
Software Architect
2006-2010, Schematic, New York, NY
- Web application development
- Development and maintenance for very high traffic sites
- Emphasis on Object-Oriented Design and scalability
- Featured Clients:
- Nokia: Ovi Store
- Tech lead / architect with team of 5-10 developers
- Strong emphasis on scalability and stability
- Millions of users and downloads daily
- South Park Studios
- Primary back end developer for site redesign
- Scholastic: 39 Clues
- Acted as a Senior Developer
- Implemented Flash-PHP integration with AMFPHP, among other things
- Amp'd Mobile
- MySQL Application of the Year
- Multi-faceted PHP5/MySQL5 website
- Made many enhancements to custom CMS
- Worked on XML-based integration with various vendors
- Acted as Platform Lead while rebuilding the retail site from the ground up
- Acted as Release Manager for multiple major releases
- Major League Gaming
- Developed customizations for drupal/vBulletin based website
- Performed post-launch maintenance tasks
2004-2006, Articulab, Northwestern University
- Primary programmer on a variety of research projects
- Emphasis on software architecture and design
- Web application development
- Linux system administration
Software Engineer
2004, Distributed Learning Center, Northwestern University
- Developed an online interactive learning environment
- Extended an in-house content management system written in PHP/MSSQL
Web Developer/Mentor
2004, NU Information Technology, Northwestern University
- Analyzed, designed and implemented Java Server Pages
- Mentored lead web designer in JSP
- Participated in an in-depth evaluation of a content management system
Software Developer
2002-2003, Qualitative Reasoning Group, Northwestern University
- Worked on an automated reasoning system
- Augmented a battlefield simulation system
Assistant IT Manager
1999-2001, Cambridge Investment Research, Fairfield, IA
- System administration on Windows NT and Novell Netware
- Provided support for Windows NT/98/95 systems
- Maintained company's ColdFusion-based website
Related Experience
Co-founded How's That Job?, Inc, 2006-2009
- Developed business plan with two other founders
- Single-handedly developed PHP/MySQL/AJAX-based site
Co-founded Beyond Media, LLC, a web design company, 2004-2005
- Designed and implemented websites
- Worked closely with a variety of clients
Internship/Independent Study with Open Road Technologies, 2004
- Designed a new software interface, with emphasis on usability
- Created numerous design prototypes
Education
Graduated June 2004 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- Computing and Information Systems major
- Cognitive Science major / Artificial Intelligence concentration
- GPA 3.2 / 4.0 (Transcript available upon request)
- Languages: PHP, HTML, CSS, javascript/jquery, Java, C/C++, C#, JSP/Servlets, Perl, Python, ActionScript, LISP, Scheme, Visual Basic, XHTML, Ruby, CSS, ASP, ColdFusion, SQL
- Software/Services: LAMP, Magento, Brightcove, Doubleclick/DART, Zend Framework, PHPUnit, emacs, Eclipse, Visual Studio .NET, Macromedia Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator, Apache, MySQL, SQL Server, osCommerce, SVN, CVS, Microsoft VSS,
- Operating Systems: Linux (various), Windows (2003/XP/2000/98), Mac OS X, BSD
References
Available upon request