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| 2009 - present, The Rubicon Project. Santa Monica, CA
Application Interfaces Software Engineer
- Work with a team developing web-based software products designed to facilitate business and engineering needs in a high-demand, zero-downtime environment.
- Architected and deployed a PHP/SQL reporting engine designed to collate and report on the 1.5 billion ads the company serves each day. Currently serving as the authoritative source of financial and business-related statistics for Rubicon and all of its clients.
- Build applications using LAMP, PHP5.3, MySQL, Memcached, JavaScript, JQuery, Zend, AJAX, and CSS.
2008 - 2009, Internap Network Services Corp. Costa Mesa, CA
Cloud Services Engineer, Sr.
- Defined and developed client web portal and public-facing SOAP APIs for integration with new Cloud Storage and Cloud Servers product line.
- Liaised with department heads and product managers to define product scope and timelines.
- Completed fully-functioning version 1.0 of a scalable Cloud Storage solution including web-portal, credit card integration, and online file-browser in a highly demanding 3-week timeline.
- Built applications using LAMP, PHP5, MySQL, SOAP, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, Photoshop, CSS, and DHTML.
2007 - 2008, Internap Network Services Corp. Costa Mesa, CA
Professional Services Software Engineer, Sr.
- Developed custom content management and social networking web applications for CDN clients.
- Designed and implemented web 2.0 content management software suite responsible for $200,000 in direct sales and $2.3 million in related revenue.
- Developed cutting-edge ORM data model in PHP and MySQL; now used as backbone of all professional services products.
- Built applications using LAMP, PHP5, MySQL, JavaScript, ExtJs (Ext), JQuery, AJAX, CSS, and DHTML.
2006 - 2007, Dept.
of Computer Science, University of Akron. Akron, OH
Senior Web Application Developer / Student Project
Leader
- Led team of five graduate students creating web-based intelligent
classification
software for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
- Worked closely with engineers from Goodyear to create project timelines
and
intermediate objectives.
- Succeeded in meeting established timeline objectives, delivering
product to
Goodyear in August 2007.
- Designed applications using .NET, C#, IIS, ASP.NET, and MS:SQL.
2003 - 2007, College
of Engineering, University of Akron. Akron,
OH
Webmaster / Senior Web Developer
- Coordinated web-design activities for 5 departments
and over 100 faculty and staff.
- Managed team of web-developers, setting project
timelines and coordinating goals with faculty.
- Developed pages using PHP, CSS, JavaScript, Photoshop, and DHTML.
- Converted college website design to standards set
by university.
2001 - 2003, Ameriserv.net Inc. Cleveland, OH
Web Developer / Lead Programmer
- Managed teams designing and developing
e-commerce websites.
- Worked directly with clients to establish requirements and project
timetables.
- Programmed back-end applications using SQL, PHP, PERL,
and JavaScript.
1999 - 2001, Cyberjam Internet Services Inc. Akron,
OH
Web Developer
- Developed large-scale websites as a member of a team.
- Gained experience using industry tools.
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| 2001 - 2007, The
University of Akron. Akron, OH
Master of Science in Computer Science, 2007, GPA 3.58.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 2005.
GRE perfect quantitative score of 800, cumulative GRE score (quantitative & verbal) of 1390.
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"I worked directly with Will on a PHP project where Will continuously demonstrated his ability to design clean and concise user interfaces with a fully functional back-end. Equally as impressive is Will's ability to write clean re-usable code while keeping it very efficient. I'd be delighted to work with Will again in the future." April 19, 2009
Robert J. Palmer, Systems Engineer, Internap
worked directly with Will at Internap
"Will consistently demonstrates strong technical expertise. His willingness and ability to take on a many different responsibilities were key to the successful on-time completion of important projects. Will also has a strong eye for design that distinguishes him from most other software engineers." April 3, 2009
Scott Leibrand, Manager of Architectural Engineering, Internap Network Services
managed Will at Internap
"Will is a great developer. Based on feedback both from clients and the sales team, Will does a great job turning companies business requirements into reality." January 27, 2009
Dave DeGroff, Director of Sales, CDN, Internap
managed Will indirectly at Internap
"Will is a tremendous asset to any company lucky enough to hire him. While working with Will he has demonstrated vast and uncompromised skills that are both effective and efficient. I have no doubt he will have a long and outstanding career, and I think he would be a formidable resource to another organization. I recommend that all future employers consider his application." January 22, 2009
Michael Kowalski, Sales Engineer, Internap
worked with Will at Internap
"I've had the great pleasure to work with Will and he is a tremendous asset to any team or organization. He is both technical and people savvy, a rare combination. Will is knowledgeable, yet flexible, a team player who understands company objectives and balances customer initiatives also. It is not uncommon to see Will put in late hours getting projects done. Thanks Will!" January 20, 2009
Dave Park, CDN Sales Manager, Internap
worked with Will at Internap
"I worked with Will on a number of customer projects and he was always very helpful in ensuring the upfront design decisions would both meet the customer requirements and also allow an on-time ship date. Will would always jump in and put in that extra effort to make sure the customer was happy with their software." January 19, 2009
John McIlwain (johnmcilwain@hotmail.com), Director of Product Management, Internap
worked directly with Will at Internap
"Will joined our team as a new developer to extend our delivery capacity in Professional Services. Within his first week he was already up to speed in his new role and was making significant contributions to the team. Will has excellent technical and documentation skills, as well as customer skills and within a few weeks he assumed the primary lead role for a critical business project which he completed it on time and with excellent results. Will is an outstanding individual with great future potential that I would highly recommend for any position where his skills are needed. Please contact me at any time for additional details." January 16, 2009
Top qualities:
Great Results,
Personable,
Expert
Jay LaCroix (jay_lacroix@yahoo.com)
hired Will as a IT Consultant in 2007
"Will was a tremendous asset to the company. He has the rare ability to assist both behind the scenes and in front of the customer. He has a tremendous knowledge base that he shares in an easy to understand yet informative matter. I've worked with Will on specific customer applications where he was both instrumental in implementation and more importantly a vital component to closing the deal." January 16, 2009
Jeff Bettencourt, CDN - Sales Engineer, Internap
worked with Will at Internap
"Will is an extremely capable programmer who can communicate effectively with customers or other departments and has an eye for design as well. He can work to a schedule, design complex systems, troubleshoot problems quickly, and leverage his insights to fill in gaps within specs to deliver what the customer really needs. Contact me for more details." November 22, 2008
Jason Eggleston, Team Lead, Solutions Engineer, Internap
managed Will at Internap
"Will worked as lead programmer on the website we created for a startup video sharing network, and proved quickly to us that he is very thorough and conscientious. Will is both detail-oriented and an outstanding problem-solver, and went the full distance on our project, with his unending commitment to excellence. I would recommend Will without hesitation to any of my colleagues for future web development projects." July 30, 2008
Eric Scott, Principal, Day For Night Multimedia, Inc.
was with another company when working with Will at Internap
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| Presentation and Analysis of a Multi-Dimensional
Interpolation Function for Non-Uniform Data: Microsphere Projection.
Master’s Thesis for completion of Master of Science
in Computer Science. 2007. Akron, OH.
[ related project ]
Semi-Automatic Interactive Visualization of Quantum Dot Nano-Structures.
IADIS International Conference Computer Graphics and Visualization,
2007. pp. 117-121.
Multi-Dimensional Interpolation Function for Non-Uniform Data:
Microsphere Projection. IADIS International Conference Computer
Graphics and Visualization, 2007. pp. 143-147.
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project ]
Using Fictitious Play to Find Pseudo-optimal
Solutions for Full-scale Poker. 2006 International Conference
on Artificial Intelligence. 2006. pp. 374-380.
[ related project ]
Simulating Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). 2006 University
of Akron Computer Science Day. April 2006. Akron, Ohio.
Arbitrary Size Parallel Sudoku Creation. 2006 University
of Akron Computer Science Day. April 2006. Akron, Ohio.
[ related project ]
Using Adaptation to Approach Nash Equilibria in Full-Scale Poker.
Conference on Undergraduate and Graduate Research. November 2005.
Akron, Ohio.
[ related project ]
Game Theory and Its Application to Computer Science. 2005
University of Akron Computer Science Day. April 2005. Akron, Ohio.
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| Mountain Climbing [ related
project ]
Backpacking [ related project ]
Chess
Game Theory [ related project ]
Neural Networks [ related project ]
Genetic Programming (not to be confused with genetic algorithms)
[ related project ]
Technical Market Analysis
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