Raphael Mudge

Raphael Mudge

I'm in yur computerz, chekin yur spellz

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Syracuse University
  • Michigan Technological University
Connections
97 connections
Industry
Computer & Network Security
Websites

Raphael Mudge’s Summary

My goal is to make a meaningful contribution to society.

Raphael Mudge’s Specialties:

Programming Language Design, Interpreters, Computer Security, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, Network Security, Network Operations, Multi-Agent Systems, and Distributed Systems.


Raphael Mudge’s Experience

  • Code Wrangler

    Automattic

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    July 2009Present (5 months)

    Development and NLP research for After the Deadline software that checks spelling, style, and grammar for millions of WordPress blogs. Lots of excitement coming up...

  • Founder

    Dashnine Media

    (Computer Software industry)

    November 2008July 2009 (9 months)

    Developed Feedback Army, a website usability testing service built on Amazon's Mechanical Turk web service. http://www.feedbackarmy.com

    Developed After the Deadline, a software service to add writing improvement tools to website content management systems. Technology includes a contextual spellchecker, misused word detection, and an intelligent style and grammar checker. This multi-disciplinary product uses artificial intelligence, Javascript, PHP, Sleep, and Java. http://www.afterthedeadline.com

    After the Deadline was acquired by Automattic, Inc. in July 2009. Feedback Army now operates under its own name.

  • Systems Engineer

    Air Force Research Laboratory

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    April 2006March 2008 (2 years )

    Software development technical lead for a network security platform, enterprise-scale operations simulation for a network security exercise, and a dependable mobile agent based distributed middleware. Also gave demonstrations, taught workshops, and lectured in the Advanced Course in Engineering. Sold lab technology to operational units in Korea. Awarded 50K in outside funding to pursue network security research and recognized for best demonstration by the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.

  • Communications and Information Officer

    US Air Force

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    March 2004March 2008 (4 years 1 month)

    Led crew of six to monitor and respond to incidents on Air Force networks in Europe. Built training program for position. Wrote software as necessary. Recognized as company grade officer of the quarter. Managed help desk, engineering, and training teams in support of mission critical (TBMCS) software used across enterprise-scale network.

  • Intern

    PTC

    (Public Company; PMTC; Computer Software industry)

    20022002 (less than a year)

    Developed software for installation and upgrade of Windchill software. My goal--give customers the best possible upgrade experience without breaking their setup. Encouraged by coworker to improve command of English language by reading up on proper grammar. Yes, I listened to this advice.

  • System Administrator

    Advanced Data Net

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    19981999 (1 year )

    System administrator for several BSDi UNIX servers, a Linux box, and a *shudder* NT server. Also maintained a potpourri of terminal servers from various vendors and one happy Cisco router. Hacked together Perl scripts for customer websites, network monitoring, and an early self-service web hosting platform based on chroot jails.


Raphael Mudge’s Education

  • Syracuse University

    MSc , Computer Science , 20062008

  • Michigan Technological University

    BSc , Computer Science , 19992003


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Raphael Mudge’s Groups:

  •    USAFNetwork
  •    Michigan Tech Alumni Association
  •    User Experience
  •    (BELT) Business Executive Leadership Team

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