
Software Architect at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area

Software Architect at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area
Senior Java/J2EE engineer with a proven track record of delivering elegant, robust Java applications with a focus on design, maintainability, testability and simplicity.
Consumer Internet and Enterprise Java software development (J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, etc). Experience with Ruby on Rails and Facebook F8 Platform development.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
Working with a team of top-notch engineers, developing robust server-side code for core LinkedIn features and services. I'm currently leading a small team focused on building some of LinkedIn's social and productivity-focused features, namely LinkedIn User Groups and Company Groups.
I also spoke at JavaOne and SD West in 2008, presenting LinkedIn's overall site architecture along with an outline of our engineering process: http://www.slideshare.net/linkedin/linkedins-communication-architecture
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; EMC; Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — March 2005 (6 months)
Developed and maintained VMware's backend e-commerce systems.
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2002 — October 2004 (2 years 5 months)
Developed medium-large scale business applications for internal Lab use (5000 users). Led efforts to develop in-house Java architecture and software tools. Evangelized Java technology to in-house development teams.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
March 2001 — June 2002 (1 year 4 months)
Led development of Java web applications for campus organizations and external clients.
BS , Computer Science, Mathematics , 1997 — 2002
Received "Outstanding Student Employee of the Year" award in 2002. Recognized out of over 1000 student employees on campus for my work in the Library Multimedia Group, a software development group serving the campus and other external clients.
programming, linux, macs, guitar, music, concerts, video games, guitar hero, investing, hiking, golf, gardening
Cal Poly Student Employee of the Year, 2002