Jeff Decker

Current

• Software Engineer at Lime Engine
• Web Consultant at Initsoft Web Solutions

Past

• Technical Yahoo at Yahoo!
• Web Consultant at UC Berkeley - Samuelson Clinic
• Lead Web Developer at UC Berkeley - iSchool

• Systems Analyst at Sandia National Laboratories
• Web Developer at Kendrick Jansen & Co.

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Berkeley
• Chabot College

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• WebEnabled

Jeff Decker’s Summary

I am primarily interested in developing web based applications using the LAMP stack.

I love to learn and try new things /computer/ technology related.

Jeff Decker’s Specialties:

My strongest experience is in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS at the moment. Very adaptable though.

Jeff Decker’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Lime Engine

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Startup funded by Lime Wire.

• Web Consultant

  Initsoft Web Solutions

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  * Developed web solutions for businesses using LAMP stack.
  * Worked with geographically disparate teams using e-mail, gotomeeting, and IM.

• Technical Yahoo

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 7 months)

  * Developed PHP and MySQL based applications.
  * Built and maintained modules for the Drupal CMS to store help content.
  * Used YUI for custom reports pertaining to the help platform.
  * Upgraded original Drupal code-base from 4.7 to 6.x.

• Web Consultant

  UC Berkeley - Samuelson Clinic

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)

• Lead Web Developer

  UC Berkeley - iSchool

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2005 — August 2007 (2 years )

• Systems Analyst

  Sandia National Laboratories

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  January 2001 — November 2006 (5 years 11 months)

• Web Developer

  Kendrick Jansen & Co.

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Jeff Decker’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Masters in Information Technology , 2004 — 2006

  * Interdisciplinary program with emphasis in information systems an technology.
  * Final Project: A social networking, real-time, sports replay system for mobile and Web consumption.
  * Explored venture opportunities and wrote business plan.

• University of California, Berkeley

  Interdisciplinary Studies , 2002 — 2004

  * Self-designed curriculum.
  * Emphasis: Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems.

• Chabot College

  Computer Science with Emphasis in Mathematics , 1999 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Chabot Spectator

Additional Information

Jeff Decker’s Websites:

• My Website
• WebEnabled

Jeff Decker’s Interests:

Sports, technology, guitar, piano

Jeff Decker’s Groups:

Open Source, Drupal, Linux

•    Drupal
•    Open Source Universe
•    Joomla! Professional Users Group
•    Cal Alumni in Arts & Entertainment Club
•    Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley
•    Drupal Community Network
•    WebEnabled
•    BASE (BAY AREA SOFTWARE ENGINEERS)

Jeff Decker’s Honors:

Publications
* Benchmarking the Future of I/O Networking for Scalable Computing. Greenwich, MD, CCS, 2005
* Knowledge Discovery From Terascale Dataset. Seattle, WA, IEEE, SC, 2005
* Development. Analysis Architecture of a Mobile Sports Replay System. Germany, IEEE, AINI, 2006
* Storage challenge - Scaling NFS through RDMA for cluster computing. Tampa, FL, IEEE, SC, 2006
* Early Experience with NFS over RDMA. Baltimore, MD, CCS, 2006
* Early Experience with NFS over RDMA. (Revised) SFO, CA, Open Fabrics, 2006
* Future Networks for Scalable I/O. Austria, IASTED, PDCN, 2006

Awards
* Outstanding Contribution to Sandia California ASC Booth, Super Computing, 2004
* Challenge for Best Use of StorCloud to Advance a Scientific Application ñ MPQC, Super Computing, 2004
* University of California, Berkeley Graduate Fellowship, 2005
* Storage Challenge Winner, Super Computing, 2006

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