Employment History
Arbitron - Sr. Developer
Virtual
- Jun 2010 - Present
Yay... The previous start-up was acquired. A few of us are working on integrating
the IMMI technologies into the mix.
Shazam, Linux, perl, C, Apache, MySQL, Mobile devices
Integrated Media Measurement, Inc. - Sr. Developer
San Mateo, CA
- Oct 2004 - Jun 2010
Developing and maintaining all aspects of an audio matching and attribution system. From client empanelment to input processing to results manipulation.
Re-architected existing system for "fast match" capabilities, arbitrary-scaling, removed database dependency. In just 4 weeks. Whee.
Shazam, couchdb, Linux, perl, C, Apache, MySQL, YAML, JSON, Mobile devices, cydia, .jad, SVN
Garageband Records - VP Technology
San Francisco, CA
- Jun 1999 to Jun 2005
Architected and oversaw implementation of this large, evolving, wildly dynamic
and popular website designed for use by musicians and their fans.
Linux, Solaris, C, HTDB, Apache/FastCGI, replicating MySQL, dynamic Flash/Actionscript via libming, Perl,
RealServer, PHP, XML, RSS, Podcasting, CVS
Topica - Contract/Web Engineer
San Francisco, CA
- Sep 1998 to Jun 1999
Search engine architecture and implementation,
general webhacking, coding at all levels from
Oracle/Verity -> Tuxedo -> perl wrappers -> perl/HTML.
Perl, C, Solaris, Linux, Apache, Oracle/ProC, Tuxedo, Verity, CVS
Muzic - Software Lead
San Francisco, CA
- May 1998 to Sep 1998
Web application architecture, design, and implementation.
Developed user tracking, shopping cart,
and generalized CGI/database connectivity technologies.
C, mSQL, Oracle, Solaris/IRIX, Apache, RCS, HTDB, Photoshop
BigBook - Senior Web Engineer
San Francisco, CA
- Jul 1996 to Mar 1998
Recoded this popular, high-volume, high-availability website
site from the inside out to support dynamic page layout.
Designed and built web-based business website creation
tools with secure realtime credit card payment processing.
C, Informix/ESQL, IRIX, Solaris, Apache, Codemanager,
PGP, VRML, HTDB
ClariNet Online News Service - Contract Engineer
San Jose, CA
- Jul 1996 to Jan 1997
Assisted with integrating their newsfeed into
a web-based presentation system.
C, Solaris, NSAPI
NETCOM Online Communications - WebMaster
San Jose, CA
- Apr 1995 to Jul 1996
Started the web group and directed 2 webmasters for this now-absorbed ISP.
Designed and built web-based customer account creation/maintenance software,
customer website publishings tools,
staff publishing and helpdesk tools,
newsfeed presentation, tech support database, more.
Used the HTDB content management
system with Netscape NSAPI customizations
to serve over one million pages daily.
C, Perl, Netscape Commerce, NSAPI, Solaris, HTDB
Parts Of Speech - Sole Proprietorship
The Parts Of Speech Liberation Front is my consulting entity.
Recent projects include:
IMMI,
Profile East, Songwriter.tv,
510 Interactive,
Oingo Bingo,
700 West Studios,
Wilson,
Main Event Publishing,
Neil West,
Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless, and
the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Assistance Team