Resume
Application Engineer – Practically Green, Cambridge, MA
Summary: Practically Green utilizes interactive technology, game mechanics, and social media to make going green achievable and fun.
Primary contributions include participating in the rewrite of the entire site with test coverage within in a demandingly short time period.
- Maintained and expanded API using Grape to support mobile applications.
- Successfully converted website from Authlogic to Clearance/OmniAuth authentication platforms
Technology: Ruby on Rails, Rspec, JQuery, CoffeeScript, Git, Heroku, NewRelic, Postgres, VIM, Haml/Sass
Principle Software Engineer – Disruptorbeam, Southborough MA
Summary: Disruptorbeam is a social game publisher focused on the world if roleplaying where applications receive millions of hits per day and databases process thousands of transactions per second.
Primary contributions include architecture design and software development for social media games.
- Performed in the complex, rapidly changing social media environment which demanded immediate, effective results on a massive learning curve.
- Responsible for implementation and architecture of Ruby on Rails/JQuery games on the Facebook platform from init to client acceptance.
- Successfully converted core rails engine from Authlogic to Devise/OmniAuth authentication platforms
- Worked with a geographically dispersed team across groups maximizing output on company goals
Technology: Ruby on Rails, JQuery, Mercurial, MySQL, VIM, CSS, Capistrano, NewRelic
Senior Software Engineer - RBM Technologies, Cambridge MA
Summary: RBM helps some of the world’s largest retailers lower costs and increase revenue by transforming the way they manage in-store merchandising and marketing. The company’s unique Web-based system cuts the cost of marketing presentations and drives revenue with market specific campaign planning and improved store level execution.
Primary contributions include project management and software development for iPOG, a web solution to easily implement planogram designs and communicate compliance to headquarters. Also, recently ported the SKUter module from one code base to another. Successfully launched for one of the largest telecommunications retailers in the world, SKUter(TM) enables retailers to automate their merchandising plans with the unique specifications of each individual store.
- Maintained significantly large Ruby on Rails application containing 121 unique models utilizing a Postgres database.
- Rewrote and refactored application business rules introducing industry leading idioms, design patterns, and testing concepts
- Participated in specification, design, implementation, testing and user acceptance for high-availability, reliable telecom web application.
- Mentored and managed newly hired developers and interns.
Technology: Ruby on Rails, Git, Postgres, VIM, CSS, Javascript, Prototype, Capistrano
Senior Software Engineer – Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Summary: Berkman is a research center at Harvard University focusing on the study of cyberspace and key policy issues. Founded by professors Jonathan Zittrain and Charlie Nesson, it is an interdisciplinary center sponsoring conferences, visiting lecturers, and residential and non-residential fellows.
Primary contributions include project management and software development for StopBadware, an anti-malware effort now operating as a standalone non-profit organization with financial support from Google, PayPal, and Mozilla. Founded the Gender and Technology committee which hosted an attitude-free, newbie-safe and mama- friendly Ruby on Rails workshop to encourage women to join the ruby on rails community. Organized the monthly Open Source Code Crunch promoting a welcoming, collaborative, mixed gendered development environment.
- Technical lead for Stopbadware.org, Badwarebusters.org, Discuss.Herdict.org
- Created and maintained Ruby on Rails applications in all phases of the software development cycle, including design, development, implementation, maintenance, training and support
- Migrated large amounts of data from Google spreadsheets, XML flat files into a custom MySQL database
- Implemented stored procedures and triggers to input data from partners and maintain database integrity
- Performed project management tasks to bring technical specifications from inception to functional prototypes
- Collaborated with non-technical business personnel to document enhancements into technical specifications
Technology: Ruby on Rails, Subversion, Git, MySQL, Eclipse, Aptana, NetBeans, Facebooker, XML, CSS, Javascript, Prototype, JQuery
Programmer Analyst – Picis Inc., Wakefield MA
Summary: Picis is a global provider of the most advanced suite of integrated products focused on innovative information solutions for the acute care areas of the hospital.
Primary responsibilities included software development of the Picis Credentialing Manager application, tracking physician and practitioner information and activities and integration with the Meditech information system. Selected as part of an elite team to contribute to BFIT advisory committee implementing business improvement strategies including the design of a company intranet.
- Migrated PowerBuilder application modules to .Net web application using legacy MS SQL Server databases
- Completed software development process utilizing structured and object-oriented programming concepts
- Performed project management tasks to bring technical specifications from inception to functional prototypes
- Collaborated with product team to design and implement application enhancements
Technology: C# .NET, Visual Studio, PowerBuilder, MS SQL Server, JavaScript, Visual Source Safe, Siebel
Application Analyst – Target Software, Cambridge MA
Summary: Blackbaud (aka Target Analytics) is the leading global provider of software and services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations.
Primary responsibilities included Oracle Forms development and maintenance as well as client technical support. Selected to serve on the company advisory committee recommending alterations to improve quality of product
- Reviewed, analyzed, and modified Oracle Forms application including encoding and debugging
- Performed beta and regression testing, test plan creation, QA and performance tuning
- Conducted advanced research for software configuration and system architecture issues
- Served on advisory committee to recommend alterations to improve quality of product
Technology: Oracle Forms, PL/SQL, TOAD, Eclipse, CVS
Senior Software Engineer – Taylor Rafferty, New York NY
Summary: Taylor Rafferty is a leading investor relations advisory company with extensive experience across a full range of global IR services.
Primary responsibilities included development and maintenance of their proprietary contact management application. Modules from the desktop application were migrated to the main website and made available to key clients using ASP and Javascript.
- Migrated PowerBuilder modules to an ASP web application through redevelopment and redesign
- Wrote stored procedures and maintained data integrity on MS Sql Server Enterprise database
- Managed collaboration between company departments to outline and define specifications to identify current operating procedures, gather requirements and clarify application objectives
- Wrote detailed documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, and enhancement requests
Technology: PowerBuilder, ASP, Javascript, Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, various hardware and software environments
Senior Technical Support Engineer - Sybase/Powersoft, Concord, MA
Summary: Sybase is a leader in developing and expanding innovative database technology. They acquired Powersoft, the makers of PowerBuilder, a developer tool to rapidly create client/server, distributed, and web applications.
Primary responsibilities included systems analysis and customer support for PowerBuilder Enterprise application products and tools. Also led the UNIX and Mac OS customer support/quality assurance teams.
- Provided pre- and post-sale support by attending presentations, demonstrations and installations
- Completed Introduction to PowerBuilder, PowerBuilder Performance, Tuning and Techniques, Mastering DataWindows, Transition to the Client/Server Environment, Building Applications with PFC Library courses
Technology: PowerBuilder, Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, Sybase, Oracle, HTML
Education
Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Smith College Major: Computer Science Minor: Theatre
Harvard Extension School: Programming in C# with Visual Studio .NET, Java for Distributed Computing, Advanced Website Development Using XML, Building Web-based Software with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
Oracle Courses: Oracle9i Forms Developer: Build Internet Applications, Oracle9i Programming with PL/SQL
Sun Microsystems Courses: Solaris UNIX Administrator Essentials and Intro to Java Programming