Sole Proprietor at Skewsoft
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Sole Proprietor at Skewsoft
- Past
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- Software Engineer at HiveFire
- Staff Engineer at MIT CSAIL
- IT Specialist (Applications Software) at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- IT Specialist (Data Specialist) at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Education
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- Boston University
- University of Washington
- Bradley University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Christopher Stawarz’s Summary
Software engineer with wide-ranging technical knowledge and experience. Background in physics, math, and computer science.
Christopher Stawarz’s Specialties:
Python, C, C++, Objective-C; Linux, iPhone OS, Mac OS X
Christopher Stawarz’s Experience
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Sole Proprietor
Skewsoft
(Computer Software industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Independent software vendor focusing on Mac and iPhone applications
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Software Engineer
HiveFire
(Information Services industry)
November 2008 — May 2009 (7 months)
Worked on Django-based web applications
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Staff Engineer
MIT CSAIL
(Research industry)
October 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Served as staff software engineer for the O2S/JustPlay research group (under Prof. Steve Ward), working on a wide variety of software projects (primarily in Python)
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IT Specialist (Applications Software)
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
(Research industry)
February 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 9 months)
8/05-10/06: Key member of the team rewriting Sherpa, a software package used by astronomers to analyze and fit models to data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other sources (written in C++ and Python)
2/04-8/05: Sole developer/maintainer for the data-file I/O library that underlies numerous software tools used by astronomers in analyzing Chandra X-ray Observatory data (written in C) -
IT Specialist (Data Specialist)
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
(Research industry)
July 2002 — February 2004 (1 year 8 months)
Supported the development and use of Chandra X-ray Center data analysis software
Christopher Stawarz’s Education
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Boston University
Master of Science , Computer Science , 2002 — 2007
Studied part-time at Metropolitan College
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University of Washington
Astronomy 2000 — 2001
Graduate study (Ph.D. program)
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Bradley University
Bachelor of Science , Physics, Math, Philosophy , 1996 — 2000
GPA 4.0/4.0, Summa Cum Laude
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi Sigma
Additional Information
Christopher Stawarz’s Websites:
Christopher Stawarz’s Interests:
sailing, photography
Christopher Stawarz’s Groups:
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Python Community -
Boston University Metropolitan College Alumni -
Django -
The Alumni of Bradley University -
Boston University Alumni
Christopher Stawarz’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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