Taylor Singletary

Taylor Singletary

Technical Evangelist at LinkedIn

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Software Engineer at LinkedIn
  • Lead Developer at Self Service Systems
  • Programmer/Webmaster at Versation
  • Programmer at Conquent
  • File Clerk at Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • Web Developer at the Princeton Review
  • Web Developer at Embark.com
  • Barista at Notes from Underground Cafe
Education
  • Portland State University
  • San Francisco State University
  • Rancho Buena Vista High School
  • Carlsbad High School
Connections
281 connections
Industry
Computer Software

Taylor Singletary’s Summary

My interests are varied and my dedication is focused. Over the past several years, I've participated in every level of development in web applications from conception to execution, building quality software with Ruby on Rails including a popular online reservations system (Partywirks), and a successful social network for people abroad learning English as a second language (English, baby!).

After being part of the Light Engineering team bringing you LinkedIn Mobile, I now find myself as LinkedIn's Technical Evangelist-- helping to spread and integrate our fantastic APIs and our OpenSocial implementation.

In my free time I play with analogue synthesizers, write poetry and fiction, play video games, and tinker with reality.

"Look at my hair; like the design. It's the truth!" - David Byrne

Taylor Singletary’s Specialties:

Ruby, Ruby on Rails, REST, AJAX, OpenSocial, Perl, Object-Oriented Programming, rSpec, the internets


Taylor Singletary’s Experience

  • Technical Evangelist

    LinkedIn

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    April 2008Present (1 year 8 months)

    I'm the community manager and provide developer support for our LinkedIn Developer Network ( http://developer.linkedin.com )

    I work closely with partners & developers to implement successful applications for our OpenSocial-based InApps Application Platform, integrate third party sites with the LinkedIn API, and support the Product and Engineering teams at LinkedIn.

    My duties include (among other things) writing documentation for all arms of our platform, authoring sample code in Ruby, PHP, Python, Perl, & Java, and helping developers of any ilk.

    I'm often a Product Manager for our InApps Platform, Company Buzz, Tweets, and SAP Community Bio.

  • Software Engineer

    LinkedIn

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    October 2007April 2008 (7 months)

    As part of the Light Engineering Development team at LinkedIn, I worked with an agile team of Ruby on Rails enthusiasts to build LinkedIn Mobile and LinkedIn Fu, a Ruby plugin for interfacing with the LinkedIn API.

  • Lead Developer

    Self Service Systems

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2006September 2007 (1 year 2 months)

    Building next-generation on-line reservations business solutions in Ruby on Rails.

    Partywirks - http://www.partywirks.com

  • Programmer/Webmaster

    Versation

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2005August 2006 (1 year 1 month)

    Contributed to higher education software products and English, baby! http://www.englishbaby.com

  • Programmer

    Conquent

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2003August 2005 (2 years 2 months)

  • File Clerk

    Fisher & Phillips LLP

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

    20022003 (1 year )

    Filed Legal Briefings, Desktop Support, Reception

  • Web Developer

    the Princeton Review

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20012002 (1 year )

    Maintained data integration between online college applications and student information databases.

  • Web Developer

    Embark.com

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    19992001 (2 years )

    Maintained data integration between online college applications and student information databases.

  • Barista

    Notes from Underground Cafe

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Restaurants industry)

    19981999 (1 year )

    Served beverages and food
    Hosted Open Mic


Taylor Singletary’s Education

  • Portland State University

    Liberal Studies 20022003

  • San Francisco State University

    Creative Writing 19982002

    Activities and Societies:
    Wikswo Experimental Creative Writing School, Literary Magazine
  • Rancho Buena Vista High School

    Creative Writing, Theater 19961998

  • Carlsbad High School


Additional Information

Taylor Singletary’s Interests:

potentiality, platforms, programming, internet engineering, experimental writing forms, analogue synthesizers, generative art, the way things work, how things can work better, coffee, Richard Brautigan

Taylor Singletary’s Groups:

Wikswo Experimental Writing School

  •    Musicians
  •    LinkedIn Groups Product Forum
  •    Ruby On Rails Community
  •    OpenSocial
  •    LinkedIn Product Managers
  •    Jive Software
  •    SlideShare
  •    Google Wave Interest Group

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Taylor Singletary’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
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  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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