Objective


To build great products and large scale web and mobile applications. To build top-notch engineering teams and foster technical leadership and strategy.


Overview


Joseph leads Code & Theory's engineering team and provides technology strategy and leadership to clients. He is responsible for architecting systems and solutions, and has extensive experience with digital publishing, online advertising, e-commerce, and SEO. He has lead projects for NBC Universal, Comcast, Conde Nast, Brown-Forman, Gilt Groupe, Gant, L'Oreal, Interview Magazine, Current TV, and Du Jour Magazine, among others.

Prior to Code & Theory, Joseph was an engineering leader at Schematic, where he spent four years as a tech lead, architect, and developer on accounts such as Nokia, Panasonic, Scholastic, South Park Studios, and Amp’d Mobile.

Joseph graduated from Northwestern University with a double major in Computer Science and Cognitive Science. He then spent two years in R&D on projects related to artificial intelligence, educational technologies, and online communities.


Employment History


VP, Engineering / Acting CTO
2010-present, Code & Theory, New York, NY

• Manage 30+ person Engineering, QA, and IT department, oversee 60+ person global team
• Key player in sales, scoping, technology strategy, architecture, and execution
• Manage multiple external vendors and partners
• Lead multiple project teams in paralell, using agile, waterfall, and hybrid methodologies
• Highly active in recruiting and team building
• Some of clients/projects: NBC Universal (nbcolympics.com), Comcast, Conde Nast (Vogue.com), Brown-Forman (Finlandia Vodka, Woodford Reserve), L'Oreal (Maybelline), Gant (e-commerce), Interview Magazine, Du Jour 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

Software Architect
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
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Skills

• Languages: PHP, HTML, CSS, javascript/jquery, XHTML/css, Ruby on Rails, Java, C/C++, C#, JSP/Servlets, Perl, Python, ActionScript, LISP, Scheme, Visual Basic, 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