Luc Castera

Current

• Co-Founder & CTO at ShareMeme, Inc.

Past

• Software Systems Architect at Verizon
• Embedded Software Developer (Intern) at Delphi
• Manufacturing/Testing Engineer (Intern) at GE Security

• Software Developper (Intern) at Turbo Systems

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• University of Virginia

Recommended

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Connections

265 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Luc Castera’s Summary

http://www.speakerrate.com/speakers/1288-luccastera

Luc Castera’s Specialties:

Web Development, Ruby, Rails, Linux, Postfix, Ubuntu, Software Development

Luc Castera’s Experience

• Co-Founder & CTO

  ShareMeme, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

• Software Systems Architect

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  February 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 4 months)

• Embedded Software Developer (Intern)

  Delphi

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

  Drafted extensive documentation on the power mode design of a Toyota car radio.
  
  Proposed and implemented a method for automating power mode timing measurements for a Toyota radio using C and a NEC V850 microprocessor.

• Manufacturing/Testing Engineer (Intern)

  GE Security

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Telecommunications industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Initiated, analyzed, and implemented a plan to manufacture a set of cable assemblies in-house rather than buying them from OEMs, which increased company profits.
  
  Designed and implemented a cable tester using a Motorola 68HC11 microprocessor to help reduce defects.

• Software Developper (Intern)

  Turbo Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  2002 — 2002 (less than a year)

  Implemented a loader with C++ and Oracle OCI that automatically loads data from Microsoft Excel files into a database and hence increasing the efficiency of the process.
  
  Assisted in implementing a new Oracle-based payroll software for the National Airport Association and trained their employees to use it.

Luc Castera’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  MS , Electrical Engineering , 2004 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Men's Club Soccer, Carribean Student Association

• University of Virginia

  B.S. , Electrical Engineering , 2000 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Men's Club Soccer

Additional Information

Luc Castera’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Luc Castera’s Interests:

new technology, soccer, music, electronics, software engineering

Luc Castera’s Groups:

NextDC, Startup Weekend

•    XMPP
•    Startup Weekend
•    Erlang Developers
•    Refresh DC
•    DC Tech Events Readers
•    University of Virginia Alumni (UVA)
•    DCRUG
•    Prototype Community
•    SocialDevCamp East
•    RTP Startup Weekend
•    Launchbox Digital
•    NoVAJUG
•    Launchbox Digital Alumni

Luc Castera’s Honors:

-Obtained the second highest French Baccalaureat scores in Haiti in 2004.
-Obtained Intermediate honors at the University of Virginia and graduated with High Distinction.
-Played in the Haitian Under-17 soccer national team in 1999
-Won 2 Club Soccer Regionals Tournament: one with the University of Virginia and one with Georgia Tech

Luc Castera’s Contact Settings

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