Firefox Engineer at Mozilla Corporation
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Firefox Engineer at Mozilla Corporation
- Founder at rCache.com
- Programmer/Consultant (Self-employed)
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- Software Engineer at Industrial Light + Magic
- Software Tools Developer at Argonne National Laboratory
- Software Engineer at Leapfrog Online
- Application Developer at The Moyer Group
- Network Admin/Programmer at The Art Institute of Chicago
- Consultant/Systems Engineer at Hasten Data Rescue
- Router Tech Support Technician at Netopia, Inc.
- Network/Lab Technician at Northwestern University
- Education
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- College Of Lake County
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David Dahl’s Summary
I started out as a parts buyer at a computer service firm in 1992. In 1992, any one of the technicians I worked with would say "Interwhat?" if I asked what this "Internet" was...
I have worked for and consulted with a grab bag of companies and institutions, from Apple, Inc. and The Art Institute of Chicago to Indie record labels. I have seen what works and what fails in many initiatives.
David Dahl’s Specialties:
Software tools, web and database development, Firefox/Mozilla extensions, software project management (agile approaches)
David Dahl’s Experience
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Firefox Engineer
Mozilla Corporation
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
C++ and JavaScript programming on the Firefox web browser, (focusing on bookmarking, malware/phishing protection modules) which is used by 350+ million users. I am also working on Mozilla Labs' "Jetpack" platform for extending Firefox.
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Founder
rCache.com
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
November 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
Created Firefox extension and web application for researchers to make the most of web-based research sessions. See http://www.rcache.com
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Programmer/Consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — Present (9 years 4 months)
Macintosh/Windows cross-platform application development, Web/Database application development, database design, workflow-publishing solutions, streaming QuickTime solutions, Linux system administration, web, database, email hosting. Sales and marketing of web and database applications, software training.
Developed several web-based ventures, the latest being rCache.com: a personal internet search repository. rCache is a research tool. rCache Collector is a Firefox extension that makes collecting web-based data quick and easy. http://www.rcache.com -
Software Engineer
Industrial Light + Magic
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)
July 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 6 months)
ILM training software development. Python/Django/jQuery - based tools for training artists, software engineers and other technical staff at ILM, LucasArts, Lucas Animation and Lucasfilm.
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Software Tools Developer
Argonne National Laboratory
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Networking industry)
June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Networking and Organizational software tools: Host database tools, Network Cabling database, Cisco Switch/Device tools for polling data and reporting anomalies. Concentration on Python, Django, Linux, Shell, MySQL, Postgresql
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Software Engineer
Leapfrog Online
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Web-based ecommerce and marketing software development. PHP 5, Postgresql, MySQL, FreeBSD/Linux, Python, wxWidgets, SQLite and AJAX/Javascript
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Application Developer
The Moyer Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year )
Web application development, database design, and Linux system administration
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Network Admin/Programmer
The Art Institute of Chicago
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
May 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 5 months)
Intranet development, web, file server admin, network and system troubleshooting
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Consultant/Systems Engineer
Hasten Data Rescue
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1997 — May 1998 (1 year )
HFS and HFS+ data recovery, TCP/IP, AppleTalk network design, implementation, software training
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Router Tech Support Technician
Netopia, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NTPA; Computer Hardware industry)
January 1997 — June 1997 (6 months)
Telephone and email technical support for distributors and end users of all Netopia ISDN routers and terminal adapters, presales support on all Netopia products
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Network/Lab Technician
Northwestern University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year )
Technology Lab network and computer maintenance. Mac OS, Win NT, HP-UX networked machines
David Dahl’s Education
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College Of Lake County
AA , 1990 — 1992
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