I have 10+ years of experience leading software engineering teams and solving technical challenges. I also founded two bootstrapped startups, resulting in a pair of successful acquisitions.

Being an engineer at heart, I enjoy programming as well as managing. For most of my career, I've been fortunate enough to do both.

• Contributing to Python and Java development projects on the Pro Platform Team.

• Developed the initial framework and calendar section of the Cozi Android mobile application using Android's Java SDK.
• Conceived, developed, and launched a baby names resource site, built in Python/ Django.
• Helped launch a Facebook album collage application using JavaScript and the Facebook Graph API.

• Built the BallHype content aggregation platform and the ballhype.com and showhype.com web sites, reaching a combined 3 million monthly unique users at the time of their acquisition.
• Backend application aggregated and analyzed millions of documents each day from social, media, blog, and video sources.
• Frontend application provided rich Ajax-enabled user experience, including contests, messaging, voting, and other social networking features.
• Launched 100+ Blips aggregation sites which, along with ballhype.com and showhype.com, reached a combined 15 million monthly unique users.
• Migrated the platform to Amazon's EC2 Web Services.

• Led three functional teams to manage and extend the company's media and blog analysis applications (market360.biz360.com):
• Infrastructure Engineering: Java-based distributed computing platform for large-scale content aggregation and text analytics
• Application Engineering: Java/XML/XSL-based business intelligence application framework
• Product Management
• Launched blog monitoring product, enabling a 4x jump in processing scale in less than 3 months.
• Established agile software development methodologies.

• Managed and contributed individually to the backend engineering team, responsible for a high-volume Java-based distributed computing application. Application components included: web spidering, HTML data harvesting, indexing/searching, natural language processing, and data warehousing.
• Launched next-generation versions of most application components.

• Led development of the Java-based DETERMINE web applications for leasing and contract management. Coordinated the engineering release cycle--managed shared resources, prioritized tasks, and improved efficiency throughout the development process.
• Launched four new applications and several other features and enhancements.
• Contributed individually to Java, XSLT, JSP, and XML-based development projects.

• Managed the web development team, responsible for JSP, HTML, JavaScript, and UI design.
• Launched a graphical redesign and a UI overhaul.

• Managed the development team for the Perl-based Zing.com online photo application. Coordinated hiring, supervised training, and administered reviews for a 12-person team. Worked with product management to establish product launch processes.
• Launched an e-commerce engine and several co-brand sites, including English and Japanese versions of Sony's ImageStation.
• Contributed individually to Perl, HTML::Mason, XML/SOAP, and DHTML-based development projects.

• Planned, managed, and launched several new features for the Zing.com site, including a complete visual redesign and technical overhaul.

• Coordinated internal & external partners with internal & external development teams to develop rich media content for the Intel WebOutfitter service.
• Worked with the development team to establish technical requirements, make design tradeoffs, and resolve hot issues.

• Managed the e-commerce-enabled web site for the Intel AnswerExpress support suite, an Internet-based service for PC users.

• Developed HTML content for NBA.com: The Official Site of the National Basketball Association. Managed browser compatibility/page download issues and maintained code consistency.
• Also transcribed live interactive events with players, coaches, and executives.

• Created and launched the Java Boutique, an early Java resource site, just before the release of Netscape Navigator 2.0. Reviewed and incorporated submissions from independent Java developers, and assisted web developers with adding applets to their sites.
• Sold to Internet.com in 1997.

• Developed marketing collateral, including press tours and reviewer's guides, for a suite of Internet servers in the Internet Platforms and Tools Division.

• Java (9 years - Sun Certified Programmer)
• Python (5 years)
• Android (1 year)
• Ruby (1 year)
• SQL (12 years)
• HTML/JavaScript/CSS (12 years)

• Staffing/employee development
• Project management
• Product definition/planning
• Agile development methodologies