Creative Software Engineer
Greater Seattle Area
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- Software Engineer (Contract) at Blist
- Software Engineer at TalentSpring Inc.
- Teaching Assistant/Lead TA, U. WA at University of Washington
- Research Assistant at University of Washington Dept. Comp. Sci.
- Intern at Microsoft Research
- Education
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- University of Washington
- Oberlin College
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Lincoln Ritter’s Summary
I seek challenging opportunities to create highly usable, high-value products and services. I create systems that allow users to quickly and intuitively achieve desirable outcomes.
Lincoln Ritter’s Specialties:
Ruby on Rails, scalable web-service architecture, graphic/experience design
Lincoln Ritter’s Experience
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Software Engineer (Contract)
Blist
(Computer Software industry)
November 2008 — January 2009 (3 months)
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Software Engineer
TalentSpring Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
December 2006 — November 2008 (2 years)
At TalentSpring I built a highly scalable web-based recruiting/resume service using Ruby on Rails and AJAX. I coordinated several contract developers, two graphic designers, and a copywriter through several major revisions. I also made purchasing recommendations.
Some of my accomplishments include:
- I put in place a rapid development and release process that enables high-quality and timely deployment of new features and bug fixes.
- I developed and implemented key, "first-in-class" search functionality leading to highly streamlined user experience with very positive user feedback.
- I researched and implemented all aspects of custom email delivery with key goals being high delivery rates and customer satisfaction, -
Teaching Assistant/Lead TA, U. WA
University of Washington
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years)
I lectured and consulted on curricula for courses on introductory track, Programming Languages, and Software Engineering. I also served as a teaching lead, coordinating up to 10 other TAs.
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Research Assistant
University of Washington Dept. Comp. Sci.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
September 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 4 months)
I pioneered new computational tools for artists and visual analytics including "texture painting" tools and a system for generating cutaway visualizations of complex thee-dimensional objects.
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Intern
Microsoft Research
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
I invented new digital painting tools by leveraging and extending texture synthesis methods. These tools empower artists by giving them an easy method to extend their palette of virtual paints and effects.
Lincoln Ritter’s Education
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University of Washington
MS , Computer Science and Engineering - Graphics , 2003 — 2006
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Oberlin College
BA , Computer Science , 1999 — 2003
Graduated with High Honors
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Beta Kappa
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Lincoln Ritter’s Interests:
Learning new things, finding elegant solutions to tough problems, visual computing, music, graphic design, typography, politics
Lincoln Ritter’s Honors:
- Interactive Cutaway Visualizations of Complex 3D Models, Wilmot Li, Lincoln Ritter, Maneesh Agrawala, Brian Curless, David Salesin. SIGGRAPH 2007, August 2007.
- Painting with Texture, Lincoln Ritter, Wilmot Li, Maneesh Agrawala, Brian Curless, David Salesin. Proceedings of the 17th Eurographics Symposium on Rendering, 2006.
- High Honors in Computer Science, Oberlin College
- National Merit Scholar
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