Paul Meisel
225 Wolomolopoag St
Sharon Ma 02067
Telephone: (781) 894-7004
E-mail: pmeisel@gmail.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
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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
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Responsible for the company's websites.
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Allowed clients to sign in and update their financial parameters using Symfony, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Prototype and YUI
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Built internal websites to allow the operation team to manage clients' finances using Grails, Groovy, JAVA, JAX-RS, PHP and MySQL
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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
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Updated the user interfaces for the search result page
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Built internal demos, to test new user interfaces ideas,
using Django (a quick proto typing tool built in python),
JavaScript, HTML and CSS
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Ran experiments on a percent of Google's traffic testing
the new user interfaces using C++, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
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Analyzed Google's logs using languages internal only to Google
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To figure out what experiments to run
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To calculate how well an experiment performed
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Rebuilt internal tool to manage experiment approval process using JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, and Java
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Mentored new employees
6/2004 - 04/2007, Web Developer at OHO
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Built and maintained a web based content management system for clients
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Trained new employees
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Wrote technical specs
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Generated time estimates for projects
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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
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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)
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Taught a variety of programming languages
9/1996 - 5/1999, Teacher Assistant at Brandeis University
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1/1999 - 5/1999, Programming in JAVA
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9/1996 - 12/1996, 9/1997 - 12/1997, 9/1998 - 12/1998, Intro to Computer Science
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9/1998 - 12/1998, Data Structures
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7/1997 - 8/1997, Summer Odyssey, Mutual Exclusion
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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:
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MA in Computer Science (Software Engineer), Brandeis University,
5/1999
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BA in Computer Science (Software Engineer), Brandeis University,
5/1998