Andrew Curioso

Current

• Senior Software Engineer at MyVBO
• Author at O'Reilly Media

Past

• Software Engineer at Lycos, Inc.
• Software Developer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Computer Systems Administrator at TechnoLogo Inc.

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Education

• Wentworth Institute of Technology

Recommended

6 people have recommended Andrew

Connections

87 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• MyVBO
• Webon
• Follow me on Twitter

Andrew Curioso’s Summary

I am a software engineer and author. An advocate for open technology. And a connoisseur of Internet applications. I hold both a professional and personal interest in the semantic web and also the future of the web (2.0).

Andrew Curioso’s Specialties:

Innovation, PHP, Javascript, Actionscript 3, Rich Internet Applications

Andrew Curioso’s Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  MyVBO

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

• Author

  O'Reilly Media

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Author of "Shortcut: Ajax with PHP 5" which is an in-dept review of Ajax technology with a PHP based middle-tier covering Json as well as XML.

• Software Engineer

  Lycos, Inc.

  (Public Company; TRLY; Internet industry)

  September 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  Drove engineering efforts for the Webon.com web publishing platform by providing insight and innovation in the field of web publishing. Primary responsibilities include front-end engineering and middle-tier system architecture. Was responsible for the technology behind the cutting-end page editing system from conception to launch and gave a presentation on web security in a user-extensible application at the Daum-Lycos Developer Conference in South Korea.

• Software Developer

  MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

• Computer Systems Administrator

  TechnoLogo Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Textiles industry)

  1998 — 2004 (6 years )

  Developed e-commerce solutions and administered the local area network. Also worked as the primary graphic artist.

Andrew Curioso’s Education

• Wentworth Institute of Technology

  B.S. , Computer Science , 2004 — 2007

  Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

  Activities and Societies:

  Chapter President for Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Additional Information

Andrew Curioso’s Websites:

• MyVBO
• Webon
• Follow me on Twitter

Andrew Curioso’s Interests:

Web 2.0, the semantic web, social graphs, data portability, business.

Andrew Curioso’s Groups:

ACM, IGDA

•    Web 2.0
•    Personal Branding Network
•    Open Source Universe
•    O'Reilly Media
•    Wentworth Institute of Technology alumni
•    Lycos Alumni
•    Computer Science and Systems Wentworth Institute of Technology
•    End to End Web Developers
•    Linked Local Boston

Andrew Curioso’s Honors:

Engineer for a Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX) Awards finalist (Webon, 2007)
Invitee to the Web 2.0 Summit 2009

Andrew Curioso’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch