Stan Chesnutt

Current

• Engineering Manager at Google

Past

• Director of Software Engineering at Trapeze Networks, Inc
• Engineering Group Manager at Redback Networks, Inc.
• Cofounder and VP Engineering at Jive Technology

• Engineering Manager at Adobe Systems
• Software Engineer at Attain, Inc.

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Education

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Connections

176 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Stan Chesnutt's Homepage

Stan Chesnutt’s Summary

I've been writing code, in one form or another, since about 1977. My professional activities have included software development, team-building and -management, business development, and product strategy. Since 1985, I've lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and have contributed to the creation of many useful products.

Stan Chesnutt’s Experience

• Engineering Manager

  Google

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

  I'm having a lot of fun managing a developer group at Google. I work in the Systems Infrastructure division, and have day-to-day interaction with many truly awesome people.

• Director of Software Engineering

  Trapeze Networks, Inc

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  April 2002 — May 2006 (4 years 2 months)

  As a founding engineer, I got to do the initial design of the wireless access-point built by Trapeze. Later, I assembled a team of sharp developers, who pretty much took over the entire project. As a result, I was able to spend most of my time planning new technologies, mentoring managers/projects, and talking with other companies & forming development relationships.

• Engineering Group Manager

  Redback Networks, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; rbak; Computer Networking industry)

  November 1999 — July 2001 (1 year 9 months)

  I came in to help Redback develop a management platform for the 'SMS' product line. We picked up a software platform from an acquired company and built a multi-tier network-configuration system atop it. We were able to find some really good Java developers to fill out the team.

• Cofounder and VP Engineering

  Jive Technology

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 1997 — May 1999 (2 years 2 months)

  Everyone should be an entrepreneur, at least twice. This was my first time. With a former Adobe colleague, started a consultancy that developed a full-fledged Java compiler and runtime system. We licensed the technology to a customer who put it into production, and spent the rest of our time talking with other potential customers, partners, and a few lawyers along the way. A wonderful opportunity to learn and grow.

• Engineering Manager

  Adobe Systems

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1989 — 1997 (8 years )

  Adobe was a great place to work: lots of really smart people and lots of interesting technology. As an engineer, I got to develop PostScript printers and later helped debug the emulator for HP's Printer Control Language. This led to an advancement to management, and I closed out the last three years of my tenure at Adobe as the manager of the Configurable PostScript Interpreter developer team.

• Software Engineer

  Attain, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1986 — March 1988 (2 years 3 months)

  The CTO at Attain allowed me to accomplish one of my dreams: develop a kernel for an embedded operating system. Actually, I just took an existing kernel and made it run in 80286 Protected Mode -- but that was a real thrill, as the 286 segmented mode was very challenging yet provided great rewards for persistence. It was at Attain that I first really understood the difficulties of concurrent programming.

Stan Chesnutt’s Education

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  1980 — 1985

Additional Information

Stan Chesnutt’s Websites:

• Stan Chesnutt's Homepage

Stan Chesnutt’s Interests:

Computer architectures, systems optimization problems, SCUBA diving, non-digital (old-skool film) photography, bicycle riding

Stan Chesnutt’s Groups:

•    Adobe Alumni
•    802.11 Wireless professionals
•    Ex-Redback
•    Trapeze Networks Alumni

Stan Chesnutt’s Contact Settings

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