Awesome Engineer, Project Lead
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Application Genius at Context Optional, Inc.
- Past
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- Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure at CNET Networks
- Hall Director at University of Delaware
- Intern, Platform Infrastructure at CNET Networks
- Resident Assistant at University of Delaware
- Intern, Software Engineer at Graver Technologies
- Intern, Tech Aide at Board of Education, Branchburg, NJ
- Intern, Software Engineer at Pivotech Systems, Inc.
- Web Production Assistant at Clarke & Associates
- Education
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- University of Delaware
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Colin McCloskey’s Summary
Web software developer with extensive experience in front-end design and back-end platform systems. Experiences in an array of different industries including media, software, Internet, telecommunications, and education.
Colin McCloskey’s Specialties:
Design, development, small-team management, project and product management, organization, documentation, and a variety of technologies:
Web: X/HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Rails, PHP, JSP/Servlet, ASP
Database: MySQL, SQL Server, query optimization
Program Languages: Ruby, C, C++, C#, Java, Shell, Perl, VB, .Net
Environments: Linux (various), Mac OS X, Windows
Version Control, Tracking: Subversion, CVS, Bugzilla, Trac
Colin McCloskey’s Experience
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Application Genius
Context Optional, Inc.
(Internet industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Developed full-featured social networking applications in Ruby on Rails for platforms including Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, and LinkedIn.
Lead contributor to creative, design, and development aspects of interactive marketing projects for large brands including Microsoft, Fandango, Stub Hub, CBS, Electronic Arts, Timberland, Zagat, Palm, and more.
Acted as both project and product manager on all projects, and managed several projects of colleagues.
Installed user base for projects of principal development exceeding 250,000 users.
Specialized in maximizing viral aspects of applications using highly engaging creative elements and communication channels provided by various social networks. -
Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure
CNET Networks
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)
June 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Designed, developed, and supported the Software Factory, a build and packaging system implemented with a Ruby library wrapping functionality of CVS and Subversion version control systems and RPM packaging implementations.
Lead developer of web interface and command-line tools to software package builds used by all engineering teams in company.
Supported team efforts n development of features and technical support for highly-specialized packages of Apache web server, Resin application server, MySQL database distributions, and both proprietary and open-source search projects.
Hired full-time in 2006 after highly successful summer internship in 2005.
Software development, concentrating on platform and infrastructure products and services including database, application server, build and deploy systems, and search. -
Hall Director
University of Delaware
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — May 2006 (10 months)
Supervised staff of six resident assistants, advised student government serving 600 on-campus students, and oversaw the management of academic programming and physical operations in two residence halls housing 220 students.
Staff received numerous campus-wide accolades including being named one of three residence hall staffs of the year, given to the teams which best offer comprehensive opportunities for education while meeting all other goals of the position at higher rates than their peers. -
Intern, Platform Infrastructure
CNET Networks
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Internet industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
Contributed to platform software projects in web server management and build systems.
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Resident Assistant
University of Delaware
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 10 months)
Oversaw floor of 42 resident students and developed and provided academic and cultural programming to residential complex serving 350 students on a staff of nine colleagues; held leadership roles in technology and publications.
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Intern, Software Engineer
Graver Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
June 2004 — January 2005 (8 months)
Lead developer and project manager for construction of corporate human resources software packages, including employee appraisal system, survey software, and hourly employee timesheet submission and approval system.
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Intern, Tech Aide
Board of Education, Branchburg, NJ
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)
June 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Working summers, maintained and deployed computers and servers during strategic reorganization. Designed networks, constructed labs, and administered Windows computing environments.
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Intern, Software Engineer
Pivotech Systems, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)
Designed and implemented components of end-user, technical administrator, and service provider interfaces, and database persistence layer of Pivotech's "Intelligent Management System," a software-based call routing and management system.
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Web Production Assistant
Clarke & Associates
(Internet industry)
August 2000 — June 2001 (11 months)
Translated graphical mockups to website design templates and UI models later used by development teams. Developed sites for clients including Sears Roebuck, Verizon, Lucent, KPMG, and Avaya.
(Clarke & Associates was renamed PeopleBusinessNetwork and has since been acquired by Vurv)
Colin McCloskey’s Education
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University of Delaware
BS , Computer Science , 2001 — 2005
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- Resident Assistant
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Colin McCloskey’s Interests:
in addition to sweet tech things: bass guitar, reading, inventing new sports and games, photography, making history
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University Of Delaware Alumni Network
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