Benjamin Chodroff

Current

Rational Software IT Specialist at IBM

Past

Photographer at Chodroff Photography
Extreme Blue Software Engineer at IBM India Private Lmt
Public Sector Contractor at IBM Global Services

Extreme Blue Internship at IBM
IT for Enrollment Management at Case Western Reserve University
Software Engineer at IBM
Computer Technician at WellSpan Health

see less...

4 more...

Education

Case Western Reserve University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Benjamin

Connections

289 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Benjamin Chodroff’s Summary

Prior to my current role I worked as a software developer in multiple countries. It gave me the chance to work with talented individuals and first hand experience with many exciting areas of technology.

My current role with IBM is working with companies in Northeast Ohio to help them define and improve their application lifecycle management processes through best practices and Rational's software development solutions.

I have interests in IT strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and the evolving software development landscape.

Benjamin Chodroff’s Specialties:

Change and Release Management, Software design, IT business transformation, cross platform solutions, Linux and Open Source Software, Agile, SCRUM, XP, Software Architect

Benjamin Chodroff’s Experience

Rational Software IT Specialist

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

Working with customers to improve their application life cycle management through automation, governance, and establishing processes.
Photographer

Chodroff Photography

(Photography industry)

January 2004 — July 2009 (5 years 7 months)

Creative photography for events, people, and products
Extreme Blue Software Engineer

IBM India Private Lmt

(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

Working in a team of four with our mentor, Pankaj Zanwar, we created the Blue SLadgets framework which connects Second Life objects with the real world. This enables data exchange in a rich immersive environment. Our team received two IBM InnoWiz awards and I had a story and quote in the Indian Times Economic section regarding our project's success.
Public Sector Contractor

IBM Global Services

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)

Shadowed team members while participating in contract acquisition and planning meetings. Participated with educational institutions in implementing integrated technology services.
Extreme Blue Internship

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

Working in a team of four with our mentor, Richard Harper, we designed CAM, a high availability manager using Linux HA clustering and the Xen virtualization hypervisor. CAM allows a user to select a level of uptime for a service and automatically migrates virtual machines from various physical machines located in a cluster. I helped draft ten patent disclosures, resulting in one submitted patent and four published disclosures.
IT for Enrollment Management

Case Western Reserve University

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years )

Supervised three undergraduate student employees in managing over one hundred workstations and servers in Admission and Financial Aid Department
Software Engineer

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2005 — December 2005 (8 months)

Ported Everyplace Synchronization Server, a scalable infrastructure for extending applications to mobile users (Palm and Pocket PC) to Red Hat Linux AS, and improved automated testing
Computer Technician

WellSpan Health

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

May 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 4 months)

Repaired and troubleshooted computers at over 50 medical locations, including two hospitals. Increased efficiency in inventory management and deployment.

Benjamin Chodroff’s Education

Case Western Reserve University

BSE , Computer Engineering , 2002 — 2007

Activities and Societies:

Observer Newspaper (Photography Editor), Retrospect Yearbook (Photographer), Baroque Orchestra, Case Orchestra, Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity (Treasurer), Association for Computing Machinery (Hosted a Linux InstallFest), Undergraduate Student Government (Member-at-Large), Engineering Council (E-Week Carnival Coordinator), LeaderShape, Habitat for Humanity (OH, NC, and FL), Children’s Miracle Network, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Additional Information

Benjamin Chodroff’s Websites:

Benjamin Chodroff’s Interests:

Photography, Violin, Travel, Cooking, tennis, skiing

Benjamin Chodroff’s Groups:

International Association of Software Architects
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
Ubuntu Users ( 10.000+ members ) Official Group
LitheSpeed
Agile Alliance
Open Source Universe
IBM Rational Enthusiasts
Northeast Ohio Information Security Forum
IBMers
Case Western Reserve University
Linux Users
NE Ohio IT Professionals
Cleveland WebSphere User Group
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Notacon
LinkedWorking Cleveland
North East Ohio Software Engineers (NEOSE)
Cleveland & NEO Corporate Recruiting Group
NEORUG - Northeast Ohio Rational User Group
Java Developers of Cleveland
Northeast Ohio SPIN