Tom Geer

Current

• VP of Technology at Alice.com

Past

• Independent Contractor at USA Self Employed
• Software Development Engineer II at Microsoft
• Senior Software Engineer at Jellyfish.com

• Consultant at Teamsoft, Inc
• Senior Business Systems Specialist at Brown Shoe Company
• Consultant at Software Architects

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Connections

116 connections

Industry

Internet

Tom Geer’s Summary

Software engineer, architect, and technology strategist specializing in web-based systems with leadership experience and successes in a variety of environments. Particularly interested in the strategic use of technology to build innovative systems.

Tom Geer’s Specialties:

Java, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Ajax, PHP, SQL, web applications.

Tom Geer’s Experience

• VP of Technology

  Alice.com

  (Internet industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Independent Contractor

  USA Self Employed

  (Information Services industry)

  June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )

  I am currently working as an independent contractor with clients in the Madison area.

• Software Development Engineer II

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  November 2007 — June 2008 (8 months)

  After the acquisition of Jellyfish.com, I worked with the Search & Advertising Platform Group and Commerce Platform Group to migrate the core Jellyfish shopping technologies into the Microsoft ecosystem as Live Search Cashback.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Jellyfish.com

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

  August 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Member of the small development team for this startup comparison shopping engine and social shopping site that was acquired by Microsoft in late 2007. Focused largely on the innovative Smack Shopping application (http://www.jellyfish.com/smacktv/channel/1).

• Consultant

  Teamsoft, Inc

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

  October 2005 — August 2006 (11 months)

  Worked with the team responsible for all technical software engineering tasks across the enterprise at a large insurance corporation. The team was responsible for tasks such as technological research, vendor selection, tool selection, governing reuse, managing standards and procedures, and various other items.

• Senior Business Systems Specialist

  Brown Shoe Company

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

  July 2001 — October 2005 (4 years 4 months)

  Served as a lead developer in the Retail Software group that served retail entities including Famous Footwear, Naturalizer, and Shoes.com. Largely concentrated on the Direct to Consumer/Home Delivery system, the Lease Management system, and the general infrastructure for application development.

• Consultant

  Software Architects

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

  June 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  Consultant to several major corporations in the Chicago area. Most of my efforts concentrated on a large patent management system for a leading manufacturer of communication devices, and a corporate intranet for an organization that owned and managed nearly 100 post-secondary educational institutions.

Tom Geer’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  MBA , Management , 2004 — 2006

• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  BBA , Management Computer Systems / Economics , 1996 — 2000

Additional Information

Tom Geer’s Groups:

•    Ruby on Rails
•    Famous Footwear Madison Alumni

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