San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Cofounder at Olark.com
- Cofounder at CoffeeHouseCoders
- Past
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- Software/Product Engineer at Xanga.com
- Software Engineer at DaimlerChrysler
- Education
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- University of Michigan
- University of Michigan
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Matt Pizzimenti’s Summary
Matt Pizzimenti’s Specialties:
Work in many programming languages (Python, Ruby, Javascript, C++, C, C#, Java, HTML, SQL, PHP). Work in multiple frameworks (Rails, jQuery, Cocoa, Qt, .NET, Poco). Work with public APIs (Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and Google). Direct interaction with both end-users and business clients.
Matt Pizzimenti’s Experience
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Cofounder
Olark.com
(Computer Software industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
We are helping small businesses leverage social media to communicate better with customers.
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Cofounder
CoffeeHouseCoders
(Computer Software industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Whether you're new to coding or a seasoned hacker, you've got your own pet project, or you want to check out what other people are doing, coffeehousecoders is for you. We meet once a week to bang out code, swap code snippets, bounce around ideas, and talk about the latest and greatest in software.
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Software Engineer II
Zattoo
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Primarily focused on creating a more engaging social experience for live online TV viewing. Led projects on Facebook integration and other social features. Designed and built payment system for "freemium" services across Europe under a tight timeline. Contributed to multiple teams across the company, including: backend web services, frontend web UI, desktop client UI, and product development. Worked on improving development tools and expanding adoption of TDD (test-driven development).
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Software Engineer
Apple
(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Member of the iCal team. Worked on features for future operating system release (details under NDA). Worked on the CalendarStore API. Contributed bug fixes and many small features for final release of iCal in OSX 10.5 Leopard.
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Software Engineer
Zattoo
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)
Developed new homepage UI. Worked with business team on standardizing localization features and improving i18n support. Provided initial design for a web-based electronic program guide.
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Software/Product Engineer
Xanga.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
Designed and implemented a collaborative filtering system called Boost for featuring images and blog posts on the homepage. Designed and implemented a web-based UI with high interactivity with AJAX, as well as algorithmically-generated "newspaper" pages for featured content. Interacted directly with users in iteratively improving Boost. Worked on backend storage and caching in C# and MSSQL.
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Software Engineer
DaimlerChrysler
(Public Company; DCX; Automotive industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
Designed and implemented a web-based configuration system for plant automation. Converted legacy flat-file data to modern SQL database. Worked with clients to determine UI improvements for managing this data.
Matt Pizzimenti’s Education
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University of Michigan
MSE , Computer Science in Engineering , 2007 — 2008
* focused Master's work on distributed systems and artificial intelligence. Worked for two semesters on an attack-resistant DHT (distributed hash table), using both inferred trust networks and structural properties of a Kademlia-based DHT
* contributed to open source projects, including creating and maintaining one of the early Facebook libraries for Ruby (rfacebook)
* remained involved in Eta Kappa Nu through vision committee and as social chair- Activities and Societies:
- Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi
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University of Michigan
BSE , Computer Science in Engineering , 2003 — 2007
* graduated Summa Cum Laude from College of Engineering
* worked on multiple web and entrepreneurial projects
* enjoyed coursework on linguistic analysis and urban planning
* officer of Eta Kappa Nu for 2 semesters, plus committee chair for 4 semesters
* experience planning social activities and other moderate sized events
* introduced website for Michigan Research Community (housing community for undergrad researchers)- Activities and Societies:
- Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, CSE Scholars, Michigan Research Community
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Matt Pizzimenti’s Interests:
Social software, tech community events, product design, UX, web development
