Experience

O'Reilly Media

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Engineering Director

  • Apr 2021 - Present

• Engineering Manager

  • May 2016 - Apr 2021

  I manage a team of software engineers who build the Safari learning platform and our conference sites.



Safari Books Online

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Engineering Lead

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2016

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jul 2012 - Mar 2015

  ● Participated in a transition to a microservices architecture.● Spearheaded efforts to improve application performance by modeling good programming practices and fostering a culture that cares about performance.● Acted as technical lead for Safari’s Django-based book reading platform.● Designed and developed, as a 20% project, Safari’s RESTful mobile api using Django-REST-Framework.● Developed a subsystem utilizing Python generators and lazy iteration for multiplexing chapter recommendations from multiple recommendation microservices.● Doubled the performance of the lxml-based epub parsing subsystem.● Developed the initial release of the internal ebook repository service, including a RESTful Tastypie api for ingestion and distribution.● Developed the first iteration of search using Solr for Safari’s new product.● Participated in a strong culture of automated testing and continuous integration employing Jenkins.



Mediaphormedia

• Web Developer

  • Mar 2012 - Jul 2012

  Developed content management solutions for the Python/Django based Ellington content management system.● Engineered, developed, and tested priority queue system for batching of search index updates and deletes. Utilized heapq for prioritization in conjunction with Kombu, Haystack, RabbitMQ, and Solr.● Designed and developed photo batch upload and editing feature for Marketplace businesses. Incorporated drag-and-drop uploading, rotation, scaling, and delete using jQuery and Tastypie for both ajax and client-side operations.● Refactored obituary feature, providing moderated condolences, additional meta data, and presentation layer enhancements.



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Python Developer

  • Feb 2011 - Feb 2012

  Developed with Python in environments ranging from hosted Linux/MySQL to Google Appengine for both web-based applications and command-line tools.● Engineered, developed, and tested platform for developing personalized online reports - (Django, Appengine, Google SQL Service, Google Closure)● Extended and maintained pre-existing online mail-merge tool, focusing on improved stability and security - (Django, MySQL, Openoffice)● Extended and maintained application for rewarding bonuses - (Webapp, Google Closure, Appengine)● Improved accuracy of compensation calculations in proration analysis tool - (SQLite, Google Docs API)● Interacted with clients to ascertain requirements● Acted as a resource for junior python developers



Five Q

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programmer

  • Dec 2009 - Feb 2011

  Developed custom content management systems for small businesses and non-profits using Python/Django and PHP/Symfony.● Developed a classified ad system - (Django, MySQL)● Extended and maintained event registration system with integrated billing - (Authorize.net, Django)● Developed and maintained several e-commerce sites - (Django, Satchmo, MySQL, UPS API)● Collaborated to build custom real-estate CMS that scales to provide sub-sites maintained by a growing number of individual properties - (MongoDB, Django, MySQL, Google Maps API, Google Visualization API)● Pioneered the use of the Symfony framework in projects requiring PHP● Estimated development time for all projects.



Naples Daily News

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Developer

  • Apr 2009 - Jan 2010

  Integrated web and print content management systems. Developed data conversion software, internal applications, and customer-facing web applications.● Designed and developed scrolling tide chart viewer - (Python, Matplotlib, xtide, Tornado, jQuery)● Lead the development of an online police arrest mugshots database, developed backend, automated police site scraping tools, and integrated markup and styles - (Django, PostgreSQL, XML)● Developed a contact management tool for reporters - (Django, PostgreSQL)● Integrated Ellington web CMS with Jazbox print CMS with custom Python middleware - (NITF, Python, Jazbox, Ellington)



Rocky Mountain News

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internet Site Developer

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2009

  Championed and lead migration from ColdFusion to Django. (Note: the Rocky Mountain News shut down 6 months after I arrived. Tragic.)● Established best practices for Django/Python development● Trained other developers in the use of Django● Managed hosting and system administration● Lead development of holiday lights route mapping application; developed unique algorithm for traveling salesman problem; developed back-end and integrated front end - (Google Maps API, GeoDjango, PostGIS, PostgreSQL)● Lead development of online campaign finance database incorporating public FEC data.



American Mathematical Society

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Programmer/Analyst

  • Jul 1996 - Aug 2008

  Acted as a generalist involved in application development, system engineering, database management, and legacy code maintenance.● Became a leader in the development of web-based applications and usability.● Designed, developed, and maintained scanned document archival system incorporating scanning, automatic document identification, archiving of documents, and integration with related internal systems. Managed migration from legacy system. - (Perl, HTML::Mason, Ingres)● Designed and developed MathSciNet front-end, the AMS's flagship product - (Perl, HTML::Mason, Javascript, XHTML, CSS)● Migrated author identification and matching system to web from legacy 4GL. - (Perl, Ingres, HTML::Mason, C, HTML, CSS)● Converted software for generating printed indexes from Cobol to object-oriented Perl.● Designed and developed API for archival and revision control of articles throughout the editing process. - (Perl, RCS)● Lead migration to NIS directory service from hand-edited password files.● Administered Linux, Unix, and Windows systems, including such services as Ingres, Apache, Subversion, backups, etc.● Supported internal end users.



Simulation Resources, Inc.

• Programmer

  • Sep 1993 - Jun 1996

  ● Developed GUI interface for scientific simulation software● Maintained C-based simulation library ● Developed GUI interface for scientific simulation software● Maintained C-based simulation library