Software Engineering Manager
Greater Boston Area
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- Software Engineering Manager at TripAdvisor
- Principal Performance Engineer at Akamai Technologies
- R&D Manager, Principal Software Engineer at Nokia
- Technical Lead at Vividon
- Technical Manager - Architect at Inktomi Corp.
- Technical Lead at Invensys/Marcam/Baan/SSA Global
- Senior Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation
- Education
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- Northeastern University
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Art Huston’s Summary
Experienced software engineering manager with strong leadership, technical, and organizational skills.
Art Huston’s Specialties:
• Extensive background in mobile devices, audio/video, content management, and websites.
• Skilled in leading small and large teams, and in growing teams through hiring and mentoring.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in software architecture and development process.
• Technical skills in leading edge technologies including C/C++, Java, Apache, and Linux.
Art Huston’s Experience
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Software Engineering Manager
TripAdvisor
(Public Company; EXPE; Internet industry)
December 2008 — June 2009 (7 months)
Led team to create innovative content tools for TripAdvisor’s travel website.
• Delivered online help and support management tools to reduce costs and cut turn-around time.
• Automated content review tools to reduce outsourcing staff by 50% and move content to the web 50% faster.
• Developed fraud and spam detection tools to increase quality and to allow users to vote on content. -
Principal Performance Engineer
Akamai Technologies
(Public Company; AKAM; Internet industry)
December 2006 — November 2008 (2 years)
Created monitoring and testing tools and assisted in winning new accounts for new TCP/IP acceleration service at Akamai, resulting in successful customer trials and multi-million dollar line of business.
• Teamed with development and sales engineers to create profile of potential customers, and to increase product performance and reliability to win key accounts.
• Implemented automated monitoring and alerting tools to respond quickly to performance or reliability concerns before the customer knew they existed.
• Created simulation tools to predict the effect of new deployments and software enhancements. -
R&D Manager, Principal Software Engineer
Nokia
(Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)
February 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 6 months)
Managed team to deliver mobile device emulator tools in C/C++ and MIDP Java.
• Created new software framework and process resulting in better products, 20% reduction in development time and 50% fewer defects in one year.
• Led 25-person staff upon sudden resignation of incumbent, completing two major projects on schedule and maintaining team morale and productivity.
• Conducted focus sessions with mobile phone developers to determine product direction and features. -
Technical Lead
Vividon
(Computer Networking industry)
October 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 1 month)
Led 5-person engineering team to design and implement audio/video cache in C/C++ on UNIX.
• Increased product reliability and performance, resulting in certification at an independent lab, doubling of product throughput and trial at AOL. -
Technical Manager - Architect
Inktomi Corp.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
April 1999 — October 2002 (3 years 7 months)
Led team to deliver new web acceleration product to AOL to increase web performance by up to 300%. Hired team to add features and increase the performance by 100 times in three weeks.
• Developed new web acceleration service from concept to release in one year.
• Designed and implemented prototype. Co-inventor of patent 7,243,136, “Approach for managing and providing content to users.”
• Presented to sales force and customers. -
Technical Lead
Invensys/Marcam/Baan/SSA Global
(Public Company; ISYS.L; Industrial Automation industry)
April 1996 — April 1996 (1 month)
Developed enterprise resource planning system in C/C++ on Windows.
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Senior Software Engineer
Digital Equipment Corporation
(Public Company; DEC; Computer Hardware industry)
December 1994 — April 1996 (1 year 5 months)
Developed video-on-demand system in C/C++ on Digital Unix.
Art Huston’s Education
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Northeastern University
Master of Science , Computer Science , 1994 — 1998
3.7 GPA, concentrations in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems and Object-Oriented design
- Activities and Societies:
- Computer honor society.
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Art Huston’s Interests:
high tech, green energy, downhill skiing, softball, volleyball.
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