Dan Fleisher

Current

Senior Software Engineer at Children's Progress Inc.

Past

Software Developer at UBS Investment Bank
Software Developer at Children's Hospital Boston
Software Developer at Deutsche Bank Securities

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Education

Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania

Recommended

5 people have recommended Dan

Connections

213 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

My Company

Dan Fleisher’s Summary

Dan Fleisher’s Specialties:

Java, PHP, MySQL, Sybase, AJAX, C/C++, Unix, Perl, XML, SOAP, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing

Dan Fleisher’s Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Children's Progress Inc.

(E-Learning industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

Developing adaptive learning assessments for the education industry.

- Implemented web-based video tutorials with dynamic rating functionality using PHP, JS, MySQL and CSS. Evaluated third-party hosting providers for serving the video content. Coordinated with the production department on technical specifications.

- Participated in a mission-critical project to refactor the entire PHP code base for better performance and maintainability.

- Working on an initiative to migrate the assessment scoring logic from static database tables to a dynamic, user-customizable XML-based system using Java, PHP and MySQL.

- Actively involved in all aspects of the recruiting process for new developers.
Software Developer

UBS Investment Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UBS; Investment Banking industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years)

equities risk management systems - Java, Swing, DataSynapse, socket programming, performance optimization, JNI, Linux, Solaris, Perl, Subversion, JIRA, Confluence, Sybase, SWIG, XML, TCL, JUnit, ant
Software Developer

Children's Hospital Boston

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

2003 — 2004 (1 year)

AEGIS - real time population health monitoring, XML, SOAP, MySQL
Software Developer

Deutsche Bank Securities

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DB; Investment Banking industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years)

equities research website, XML, ASP, IIS, MS SQL
equities cash VWAP trading, Java, Swing, Tibco/RV, Reuters SSL/FLEX, market links, stock futures

Dan Fleisher’s Education

Cornell University

MEng , Computer Science , 2004 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

Machine Learning Discussion Group, SIGCHI
University of Pennsylvania

BS , Computer Science , 1997 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

WQHS, Solar Car, Ryukyu Kempo, Kenjutsu

Additional Information

Dan Fleisher’s Websites:

My Company

Dan Fleisher’s Interests:

machine learning, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, gourmet cooking, Japanese, snowboarding, rock climbing, bicycling, fitness, crossword puzzles, Scrabble, travel, hockey, music, ballroom dance