Frederick Polgardy

Current

• Senior Consultant at Obtiva

Past

• Developer (Consultant) at Sears
• Systems Engineer at Position Technologies
• Software Developer at Citadel Investment Group

• Software Engineer at Bodacion Technologies

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Education

• Wheaton College

Recommended

5 people have recommended Frederick

Connections

55 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Frederick Polgardy’s Summary

I am:

- a systems and application developer with more than a decade of experience.
- passionate about software quality and craftsmanship.
- fanatical about languages and multi-lingual programming.
- committed to staying current with trends and technologies.
- agile and test-infected.
- completely self-taught.

Frederick Polgardy’s Specialties:

- Enterprise systems in C, C++, Java, Ruby, and Python
- Web interfaces with Dynamic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Object-oriented analysis and design
- Dynamic languages and functional programming
- Open source tools
- GNU/Linux

Frederick Polgardy’s Experience

• Senior Consultant

  Obtiva

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Develop and maintain enterprise Java, Ruby/Rails, Perl, PHP, and Python applications for various clients, employing Agile/XP practices. Develop Web interfaces using Dynamic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern JavaScript libraries (Prototype, Script.aculo.us, jQuery). Present regularly on various topics related to Web 2.0 and polyglot programming.

• Developer (Consultant)

  Sears

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

  July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)

• Systems Engineer

  Position Technologies

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 3 months)

  Delivered in-house middleware tools and business applications using Java, Servlet/JSP, Struts, Jakarta Commons libraries, and Python.

• Software Developer

  Citadel Investment Group

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Capital Markets industry)

  July 2004 — April 2005 (10 months)

  Implemented and supported high-availability intranet service and client libraries in C++. Delivered a variety of model-driven strategies in Python, focused on code-generation of APIs and language bindings.

• Software Engineer

  Bodacion Technologies

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1997 — October 2003 (6 years 5 months)

  Designed and implemented high-performance web and database applications in C, C++, HTML, JavaScript, and SQL.

Frederick Polgardy’s Education

• Wheaton College

  BA, Philosophy, 1991 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  Concert Choir, Philosophy Department Honor Society

Additional Information

Frederick Polgardy’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Frederick Polgardy’s Interests:

Technology, Philosophy, Music, Green, Family

Frederick Polgardy’s Groups:

Polyglot Programmers of Chicago
Chicago Java Users Group

•    Prototype Community member

Frederick Polgardy’s Contact Settings

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