Objective
To work with cutting-edge technologies and see projects through from design to
implementation. To develop new skills and professional relationships.
Employment History
Software Architect
2006-present, 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, Java, C/C++, C#, JSP/Servlets, Perl, Python, ActionScript, LISP, Scheme, Visual Basic, XHTML, Javascript, Ruby, CSS, ASP, ColdFusion, SQL
- Software: LAMP, 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