EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• 8/2010 - 9/2025, Principal Software Developer / Sr Team Lead at SiteSpect (Purchased by Monetate 6/2025)
  • Maintained systems Linux (CentOS), Apache, Mysql/MariaDB, perl, javascript, AngularJs
  • Integrate react into existing product, but limited development in react/mui
  • Programmed control panel to allow user to configure changes their own websites
  • Programmed engine to make changes on the fly to client's websites
  • Built and maintained internal website using APIs from Jira, Google Calendar, BambooHr, GitHub and GitLab
  • Pages used to test product
  • Project Planning pages
    • Estimate when a project will be complete taking in to account developer vacation time
    • Status page that shows all tickets/branches a person is connected to, shows Jira tickets' statuses and harness lab results
  • Internal dashboards
  • Build many internal development tools
  • Original Team Lead at the company, mentoring new developers, planning estimations, and breaking down projects into manageable tasks.
  • Part of the 3 person bug triage team (Developer, QA engineer, Product Manager)
  • Last few years was the Quick wins and Bugs Team
  • Consultant on most development project, even if I wasn't a developer on the team
• 3/2009 - 06/2010, Senior Software Developer at Structural
  • Responsible for the company's websites.
    • Allowed clients to sign in and update their financial parameters using Symfony, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Prototype and YUI
    • Built internal websites to allow the operation team to manage clients' finances using Grails, Groovy, JAVA, JAX-RS, PHP and MySQL
  • Updated/Maintained the automatic testing suite for testing the web site using WINDMILL and Symfony
• 7/2007 - 10/2008, Software Engineer Level III at Google
  • Updated the user interfaces for the search result page
    • Built internal demos, to test new user interfaces ideas, using Django (a quick proto typing tool built in python), JavaScript, HTML and CSS
    • Ran experiments on a percent of Google's traffic testing the new user interfaces using C++, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
    • Analyzed Google's logs using languages internal only to Google
    • To figure out what experiments to run
    • To calculate how well an experiment performed
  • Rebuilt internal tool to manage experiment approval process using JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, and Java
  • Mentored new employees
• 6/2004 - 04/2007, Web Developer at OHO
  • Built and maintained a web based content management system for clients
  • Trained new employees
  • Wrote technical specs
  • Generated time estimates for projects
  • Worked with clients to determine what they wanted built for their website
• 9/2001 - 6/2004, Freelance
• 6/2003 - 8/2003, Instructor at Emagination Computer Camps
  • Taught a variety of programming languages
• 9/1999 - 8/2001, HighWired.com (now defunct)
  • Created dynamic WebPages using Vignette StoryServer, and Vignettes V/5
  • Maintained Website using Perl and SQL
  • Designed database structures using Oracle/SQL
  • Web site security, writing/maintaining code in NSAPI, Vignette's StoryServer, and Vignette's V/5, SQL, and C
  • Led programming projects and worked on teams
  • Regularly met with product and project managers to:
    • Discuss possible upgrades to the web site and give alternative solutions to the proposals
    • Generate time estimates
• 9/1994 - 9/1999, Freelance Computer Work
• 6/1998 - 8/1998, 6/1999 - 8/1999, Instructor at Computer Ed. High Tech Camps (In 2003 changed name to Emagination Computer Camps)
  • Taught a variety of programming languages
• 9/1996 - 5/1999, Teacher Assistant at Brandeis University
  • 1/1999 - 5/1999,  Programming in JAVA
  • 9/1996 - 12/1996, 9/1997 - 12/1997, 9/1998 - 12/1998, Intro to Computer Science
  • 9/1998 - 12/1998, Data Structures
  • 7/1997 - 8/1997,  Summer Odyssey, Mutual Exclusion
  • 1/1997 - 5/1997,  Programming in C

SKILLS:

• Programming Languages/Tools: Perl, MySQL, Javascript, AngularJs, Template Toolkit
• Former Languages/Tools: SQL, plSQL, OpenACS (hybrid of SQL and TCL/TK), Vignette's StoryServer and V/5 (hybrid of SQL and TCL/TK), TCL/TK, Python, Symfony (PHP Library), PHP, C, C++, JAVA, HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, CVS, Prototype (JavaScript Library), YUI (JavaScript Library)
• Additional Skills: Experience building/maintaining content management systems. Experience building web applications. I quickly learn new programming languages and other technical skills.

EDUCATION:

• MA in Computer Science (Software Engineer), Brandeis University, 5/1999 
• BA in Computer Science (Software Engineer), Brandeis University, 5/1998