Steve Weiss

Current

• Senior Software Developer at Rearden Commerce

Past

• Senior Software Engineer at Lab126 (subsidiary of Amazon.com)
• Senior Software Engineer at Celequest
• Software Engineer at Liberate Technologies

• Summer Intern at Chromatic Research

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Education

• Cornell University
• UC Berkeley

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Website
• My Company

Steve Weiss’s Summary

Results oriented, business minded senior software developer with experience developing development platforms on J2EE servers and embedded clients. I'm always interested in learning new things and having fun.

Steve Weiss’s Specialties:

Expert in Java
Experience developing platform and application J2ME software for the Amazon Kindle
Strong working knowledge of C, C++, PHP, JDBC, JMS, JSP, SQL, XML, REST, Perl, HTML, Javascript, Ajax
Experience using Spring, Hibernate, Struts
Strong working knowledge of design patterns
Working knowledge of Weblogic, and JBoss application servers
Experience using MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Derby
Able to learn new languages and APIs quickly
Experience writing Facebook applications

Steve Weiss’s Experience

• Senior Software Developer

  Rearden Commerce

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2007 — Present (10 months)

• Senior Software Engineer

  Lab126 (subsidiary of Amazon.com)

  (Public Company; AMZN; Computer Software industry)

  July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsible for architecture, development, and project management of a development platform for the Amazon Kindle.
  Added features and redesigned parts of the existing infrastructure.
  Developed sample applications.
  Was part of a committee to improve their software development process.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Celequest

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

  January 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 5 months)

  Designed and developed features for Celequest Activity Suite's J2EE-based business activity monitoring and operational dashboard engine, including the rules and alert engine, webapp components (servlet), recoverability, intelligent workflow features, upgradability, internationalization
  
  Developed testsuite framework and regression tests for Celequest Activity Suite's rules and alerts engine, recovery engine, object manipulation functionality, import/export engine, and user-defined function handling
  
  Developed and maintain engine for periodic builds and regression test runs on Windows
  
  Developed demos for sales, and gave demos of Celequest software to customers

• Software Engineer

  Liberate Technologies

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; LBRT.PK; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 2003 (5 years)

  Developed features and fixed bugs for DOM and DHTML engine for digital set top boxes
  
  Rearchitected rendering engines for HTML and Java engine for digital set top boxes, and optimized performance and improved stability for PACE DVI-1000 set top box
  
  Developed features for SI Engine on GNI 5518 set top box
  
  Developed DHTML, Javascript, and Java test cases
  
  Responsible for client port to SA Explorer 2000 and 2010 set top boxes, over PowerTV OS, and integration with Pioneer Passport and Scientific Atlanta's resident applications
  
  Met with cable operators regularly to address their concerns
  
  Worked with sales, marketing, and external partners to
  develop and give trade show demos
  
  Integrated software with Scientific Atlanta's IP Gateway

• Summer Intern

  Chromatic Research

  (Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year)

Steve Weiss’s Education

• Cornell University

  Masters, Computer Science, August 1997 — May 1998

  Emphases: Multimedia, Computer Vision, and Networking

• UC Berkeley

  BA, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, August 1993 — May 1997

Additional Information

Steve Weiss’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Website
• My Company

Steve Weiss’s Interests:

improvisation, stand-up comedy, hiking, tennis, programming, wine tasting, skiing

Steve Weiss’s Groups:

•    J2EE Forum member
•    J2SE User Forum (NO RECRUITERS!) member
•    Berkeley Engineers (Alumni Only) member
•    Silicon Valley NewTech Meetup member
•    Rearden Commerce Alumni member

Steve Weiss’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch