Greg Whitescarver
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Gela Fridman
Integrity, intelligence, and an entrepreneur are the words that I would use to describe Greg. I worked with Greg for many years at Huge as Greg moved around different offices and took on different roles. What consistently impressed me about Greg was his ability to establish a trusted relationship with seemingly everyone and find ways to break complex challenges into simple, solvable problems, and bring others along to solving them. Greg is exceptionally kind and genuinely enthusiastic about creating community and culture for a team of people to encourage them to do their best and more. He is technologies at heart and is a master at applying technology to create beautiful and intuitive products. Greg brought us the best of Huge at every turn – across creative, technology, and strategy - and was a pleasure to work with. I look forward to when we can work together again.
Jessica Morgan
Greg is an extremely knowledgeable and capable guy. He writes the cleanest, most effective, and most bug-free CSS and JavaScript that I have ever seen. His talent goes far beyond web front end, however - he is skilled with a very wide range of technologies, and uses them to his advantage on a daily basis.
Dennis Plucinik
Greg made a powerful first impression on me. He has very strong opinions and is not afraid to back them up. Initially I was tempted to engage him in an argument-for-the-sake-of-arguing but something in my head said it was advisable to do otherwise. Come to find out, I was fortunate to have been so perceptive. Greg is utterly untouchable because he has the chops to back up his powerhouse persona - and he knows it. At the same time, Greg has been deeply inspirational to me as someone who has a thorough, multi-dimentional, mastery of the myriad technologies involved in enterprise web development, and isn't arrogant about it which makes him a brilliant team player.
Gela Fridman
Integrity, intelligence, and an entrepreneur are the words that I would use to describe Greg. I worked with Greg for many years at Huge as Greg moved around different offices and took on different roles. What consistently impressed me about Greg was his ability to establish a trusted relationship with seemingly everyone and find ways to break complex challenges into simple, solvable problems, and bring others along to solving them. Greg is exceptionally kind and genuinely enthusiastic about creating community and culture for a team of people to encourage them to do their best and more. He is technologies at heart and is a master at applying technology to create beautiful and intuitive products. Greg brought us the best of Huge at every turn – across creative, technology, and strategy - and was a pleasure to work with. I look forward to when we can work together again.
Jessica Morgan
Greg is an extremely knowledgeable and capable guy. He writes the cleanest, most effective, and most bug-free CSS and JavaScript that I have ever seen. His talent goes far beyond web front end, however - he is skilled with a very wide range of technologies, and uses them to his advantage on a daily basis.
Dennis Plucinik
Greg made a powerful first impression on me. He has very strong opinions and is not afraid to back them up. Initially I was tempted to engage him in an argument-for-the-sake-of-arguing but something in my head said it was advisable to do otherwise. Come to find out, I was fortunate to have been so perceptive. Greg is utterly untouchable because he has the chops to back up his powerhouse persona - and he knows it. At the same time, Greg has been deeply inspirational to me as someone who has a thorough, multi-dimentional, mastery of the myriad technologies involved in enterprise web development, and isn't arrogant about it which makes him a brilliant team player.
Gela Fridman
Integrity, intelligence, and an entrepreneur are the words that I would use to describe Greg. I worked with Greg for many years at Huge as Greg moved around different offices and took on different roles. What consistently impressed me about Greg was his ability to establish a trusted relationship with seemingly everyone and find ways to break complex challenges into simple, solvable problems, and bring others along to solving them. Greg is exceptionally kind and genuinely enthusiastic about creating community and culture for a team of people to encourage them to do their best and more. He is technologies at heart and is a master at applying technology to create beautiful and intuitive products. Greg brought us the best of Huge at every turn – across creative, technology, and strategy - and was a pleasure to work with. I look forward to when we can work together again.
Jessica Morgan
Greg is an extremely knowledgeable and capable guy. He writes the cleanest, most effective, and most bug-free CSS and JavaScript that I have ever seen. His talent goes far beyond web front end, however - he is skilled with a very wide range of technologies, and uses them to his advantage on a daily basis.
Dennis Plucinik
Greg made a powerful first impression on me. He has very strong opinions and is not afraid to back them up. Initially I was tempted to engage him in an argument-for-the-sake-of-arguing but something in my head said it was advisable to do otherwise. Come to find out, I was fortunate to have been so perceptive. Greg is utterly untouchable because he has the chops to back up his powerhouse persona - and he knows it. At the same time, Greg has been deeply inspirational to me as someone who has a thorough, multi-dimentional, mastery of the myriad technologies involved in enterprise web development, and isn't arrogant about it which makes him a brilliant team player.
Gela Fridman
Integrity, intelligence, and an entrepreneur are the words that I would use to describe Greg. I worked with Greg for many years at Huge as Greg moved around different offices and took on different roles. What consistently impressed me about Greg was his ability to establish a trusted relationship with seemingly everyone and find ways to break complex challenges into simple, solvable problems, and bring others along to solving them. Greg is exceptionally kind and genuinely enthusiastic about creating community and culture for a team of people to encourage them to do their best and more. He is technologies at heart and is a master at applying technology to create beautiful and intuitive products. Greg brought us the best of Huge at every turn – across creative, technology, and strategy - and was a pleasure to work with. I look forward to when we can work together again.
Jessica Morgan
Greg is an extremely knowledgeable and capable guy. He writes the cleanest, most effective, and most bug-free CSS and JavaScript that I have ever seen. His talent goes far beyond web front end, however - he is skilled with a very wide range of technologies, and uses them to his advantage on a daily basis.
Dennis Plucinik
Greg made a powerful first impression on me. He has very strong opinions and is not afraid to back them up. Initially I was tempted to engage him in an argument-for-the-sake-of-arguing but something in my head said it was advisable to do otherwise. Come to find out, I was fortunate to have been so perceptive. Greg is utterly untouchable because he has the chops to back up his powerhouse persona - and he knows it. At the same time, Greg has been deeply inspirational to me as someone who has a thorough, multi-dimentional, mastery of the myriad technologies involved in enterprise web development, and isn't arrogant about it which makes him a brilliant team player.
Experience
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Mojave
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder and CEO
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Apr 2019 - Present
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Self Employed
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technology Consultant
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Nov 2018 - Present
Providing technology strategy, systems architecture, current-state assessment, vendor analysis, technology roadmap development, web performance tuning, and compliance consulting. I specialize in synthesizing technical concerns for business, brand, and creative stakeholders, and in translating creative visions into actionable technology roadmaps. Providing technology strategy, systems architecture, current-state assessment, vendor analysis, technology roadmap development, web performance tuning, and compliance consulting. I specialize in synthesizing technical concerns for business, brand, and creative stakeholders, and in translating creative visions into actionable technology roadmaps.
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Huge
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Portugal
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Advertising Services
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Group Director, Technology
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Aug 2015 - Nov 2018
Business development, strategy, creative direction, solution architecture, delivery, career management, community involvement, and agency-wide thought leadership. As a veteran of interactive and a veteran of the agency, I have become an internal and client-facing steward of Huge's brand and Huge's standards of excellence—across user experience, creative, technology, and delivery. In two years, I built the technology business at the Oakland studio from near-zero revenue to over $10m per year. I've enjoyed enviable employee retention (through turbulent times), and delivered award-winning experiences (Cannes, Clio, Digiday) for clients like Google, UCSF, Nike, Target, Lexus, Zelle and Notifica. Show less
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Technology Director
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Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
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Director of Technology
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Dec 2012 - Jun 2014
Head of technology group at Huge LA, spanning key automotive, television, and consumer product accounts. Responsible for overall technical delivery across all accounts. Manage technology team from recruiting and resourcing through career growth. Scope and sell new projects. Client-facing role as senior technical representative of Huge. Community-facing role through teaching events (Austin, Mexico City, Los Angeles) meetups, and thought leadership activities.
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Technology Director
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Jun 2010 - Dec 2012
Develop and document approaches, practices, and development plans for our clients' projects. Vendor analysis and technology discovery. Project resourcing. Software architecture.
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Manager of Client-Side Development
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Aug 2010 - Apr 2012
Manage resourcing of front-end developers. Provide mentorship and career path support to developers of all levels. Conduct regular one-on-one check-ins as well as periodic reviews. Organize learning events, industry knowledge sharing, and morale outings. Spearhead internal projects.
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Tallan
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Consultant
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Sep 2009 - Jun 2010
Lead client-side javascript development in an extremely fast-paced environment, with an acute focus on page load times and site performance. Heavy DHTML and Ajax, on top of cache-friendly FreeMarker Templates. Hand-write change-proof Selenium tests in Java. Auxiliary work in Java, CSS. Current project is a soon-to-be-released new section of Disney.com Lead client-side javascript development in an extremely fast-paced environment, with an acute focus on page load times and site performance. Heavy DHTML and Ajax, on top of cache-friendly FreeMarker Templates. Hand-write change-proof Selenium tests in Java. Auxiliary work in Java, CSS. Current project is a soon-to-be-released new section of Disney.com
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Practice Technologies
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Web Development Lead
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Jun 2008 - Nov 2009
Provide technical leadership and hands-on development for all new web initiatives, as well as heavy Linux (and moderate Windows) system administration, SCM leadership, and web UI development. PHP 5, HTML, CSS, heavy Javascript, bash & windows shell scripting, Apache Web Server management/configuration, software planning & architecture, code review. Provide technical leadership and hands-on development for all new web initiatives, as well as heavy Linux (and moderate Windows) system administration, SCM leadership, and web UI development. PHP 5, HTML, CSS, heavy Javascript, bash & windows shell scripting, Apache Web Server management/configuration, software planning & architecture, code review.
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HUGE, Inc.
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United States
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Restaurants
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Web Architect
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Apr 2007 - May 2008
Oversee software process, development infrastructure and source management for a leading web interactive agency. Extensive front-end web development, technology exploration, and developer staffing. Advanced Javascript development, including heavy DHTML and Ajax. Contribute substantially to internal software & process documentation. Oversee software process, development infrastructure and source management for a leading web interactive agency. Extensive front-end web development, technology exploration, and developer staffing. Advanced Javascript development, including heavy DHTML and Ajax. Contribute substantially to internal software & process documentation.
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OnForce, Inc.
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United States
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Facilities Services
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Software Engineer
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Apr 2006 - Apr 2007
Object-oriented PHP 5 architecture, development, and maintenance. Very significant contributions to documentation and technical specification, including UML diagrams (class, deployment, & interaction). Sole developer of browser-based server monitoring solutions for Linux (CPU/mem) and MySQL using OO javascript (including AJAX) and PHP, released under LGPL. Primary contributing developer to MySQL administration and optimization, including index analysis/refactoring and query optimization. Shell scripting (bash) for task automation, reporting, and more. Show less
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Lead Software Engineer
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Mar 2005 - Apr 2006
Lead engineer, manager, and developer for an evolving, PHP/MySQL-based web appliation serving millions of page views per week. On call 24 hours a day. Responsible for source control, troubleshooting, new feature design and implementation, new client launch, and scaling. Other responsibilities include *nix administration, developer training, documentation, client support, project planning & estimation, and project management. Lead engineer, manager, and developer for an evolving, PHP/MySQL-based web appliation serving millions of page views per week. On call 24 hours a day. Responsible for source control, troubleshooting, new feature design and implementation, new client launch, and scaling. Other responsibilities include *nix administration, developer training, documentation, client support, project planning & estimation, and project management.
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New York Law School
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United States
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Assistant to the Librarian
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May 2002 - Oct 2004
This is the job that taught me how to stay organized. I actually operated a dictaphone and transcribed spoken meeting minutes. I kept printers full of paper. I made sure we *never* ran out of my left-handed boss's favorite brand of pens (good old PaperMate - apparently they don't smudge). They figured out I knew computers; somehow that translated to repairing 20-year-old receipt printers (got free lunch for that one) or even typewriters. I was a long-haired party-animal, often hungover, and they were pretty cool about it as long as those spreadsheets were tight. They were only slightly disappointed when I was quoted in the NY Times saying I used my work computer for online dating. Show less
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Xanthus, Inc.
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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PHP/MySQL programmer
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Jun 1998 - Apr 2002
PHP/MySQL coding for a web-based project-management software. Templating for a PERL-based travel booking engine. HTML, JavaScript for dozens of small-medium web sites. Of interest: extensive sales & marketing participation - attended trade shows & expos, produced brochures, wrote promotional copy. Designed, implemented & populated a contact management system in PHP/MySQL. PHP/MySQL coding for a web-based project-management software. Templating for a PERL-based travel booking engine. HTML, JavaScript for dozens of small-medium web sites. Of interest: extensive sales & marketing participation - attended trade shows & expos, produced brochures, wrote promotional copy. Designed, implemented & populated a contact management system in PHP/MySQL.
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Rialto Cafe
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Chile
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Restaurants
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Bus Boy
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2000 - 2000
Light prep cooking, bread service, water service, and good old busing for 200-300 guests at lunch and many more at dinner for a busy restaurant in the heart of Downtown Denver. Speed, common sense, strength, and physical coordination were required to keep service on track for parties of up to 50 people. Also delivered room service for the attached Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Covered shifts expediting. Rialto Cafe was a fun place to work. Light prep cooking, bread service, water service, and good old busing for 200-300 guests at lunch and many more at dinner for a busy restaurant in the heart of Downtown Denver. Speed, common sense, strength, and physical coordination were required to keep service on track for parties of up to 50 people. Also delivered room service for the attached Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Covered shifts expediting. Rialto Cafe was a fun place to work.
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Waterloo Village
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United States
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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Dishwasher & Kitchen Assistant
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May 1993 - Aug 1998
For 5 years I worked part-time, and often full-time during the Summer, as a dishwasher for the catering facility at Waterloo Village, a historical village in New Jersey. Varied duties centered primarily on washing the damn dishes, but also included prep cooking, garbage duty, bathroom cleaning, and other tasks at the pinnacle of glamor. I also worked events, including beverage & food service for concerts with up to 40,000 spectators, and worked as a short order cook at the concession stand within the historical village. Once, for Oktoberfest, they set me up next to a suckling pig, handed me a giant knife and 100 loaves of bread, and told me to make & sell sandwiches for $6 a piece. Boy was that a mess. Show less
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