Adam Florin

Current

• Web Engineer at NewsTrust

Past

• Web Developer at Floating World Media
• Software Engineer at Simple Star
• Programmer at Cycling '74

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Education

• Brown University

Connections

74 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Adam Florin’s Summary

Academic experience is primarily with media art.
Professional experience is primarily in software engineering.

Adam Florin’s Experience

• Web Engineer

  NewsTrust

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)

• Web Developer

  Floating World Media

  (Online Media industry)

  December 2007 — March 2008 (4 months)

• Software Engineer

  Simple Star

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2004 — April 2007 (2 years 11 months)

  • For photoshow.com, led front-end engineering team, including user experience and CSS overhaul, DHTML interaction with Flash player and backend via AJAX, and a custom object-oriented MVC web framework in PHP
  
  • For PhotoShow DVD Service, designed and implemented a back-end media production system in Java, including data architecture, BPM workflow, automated graphic design from user-submitted content and a custom user interface for shipping from manufacturing facility
  
  • For PhotoShow desktop application, built web communication layer, employing an internal revision control system for managing transferred media

• Programmer

  Cycling '74

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2001 — January 2002 (7 months)

  • For the Max/MSP/Jitter development environment, designed and built tools for text processing

Adam Florin’s Education

• Brown University

  A.B., Computer Music and Multimedia with honors, 2000 — 2004

  • Studied music composition, hardware and software interfaces for live performance, tonal harmony and orchestration, robotics and ambient installation work
  
  • Served as General Manager at Brown Student Radio, extending community relations, fundraising, facilitating events and diversifying programming content

Additional Information

Adam Florin’s Websites:

• My Website

Adam Florin’s Interests:

haptics, physical input devices, data visualization

Adam Florin’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers