James Nguyen

Past

• Director of Engineering at Crown Peak
• Software Architect at Spot Runner
• Application Developer, Marketing Services at Spot Runner

• Senior Engineer at Cinemanow
• Senior Web Engineer at Fandango
• Application Manager at Snapstream
• Senior Web Engineer at buy.com

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Education

• Claremont McKenna College

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Industry

Computer Software

James Nguyen’s Summary

I like to call myself the accidental software engineer, having been sent by my first job out of college to software development training rather than to computer networking and security training due to a clerical error and confusion with the travel office and dealing with my rather common last name.

Since those early big five consulting days I've created a niche for myself as a software developer having specialized in high availability and heavily trafficked web sites. My career has had a certain Forrest Gump-ness to it, having worked for the likes of clients ranging from buy.com to Fandango to MTV/VH1 to Enron.

Long term I hope to continue working in software development in some capacity. My long term goals are to shift from detailed implementation being my primary area of responsibility to focusing on other facets of the development life cycle, notably the design and management of a software team and its processes.

James Nguyen’s Specialties:

Web applications in ASP.Net; SOA middle tier design; CRM implementations and integrations; web service API design and integration. C#, .Net 3.0, .Net 3.5, WCF, WF.

James Nguyen’s Experience

• Director of Engineering

  Crown Peak

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 2008 — August 2009 (10 months)

• Software Architect

  Spot Runner

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2008 — November 2008 (10 months)

  Serve as a technology specialist, guiding the research, analysis, and prototyping of new technologies to assess their fit with the company's technological needs. Assist the development staff in understanding the line of business needs of the company and pairing those requirements with technology driven solutions.

• Application Developer, Marketing Services

  Spot Runner

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 11 months)

• Senior Engineer

  Cinemanow

  (Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

  December 2005 — March 2006 (4 months)

• Senior Web Engineer

  Fandango

  (Public Company; Entertainment industry)

  March 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 10 months)

• Application Manager

  Snapstream

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  March 2002 — March 2003 (1 year 1 month)

• Senior Web Engineer

  buy.com

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

James Nguyen’s Education

• Claremont McKenna College

  BA , Asian American Studies; History , 1995 — 1999

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