
Engineering manager, communication system at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area

Engineering manager, communication system at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area
Software development: Java, C++ J2EE, JMX, RMI, OO, Design Patterns, Distributed Software, XML, Javascript, DHTML, SQL, 508 compliance (accessibility), Oracle, Ajax.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Manager for the communication engineering team (responsible for Inbox, email delivery, network update feeds, discussion framework, LinkedIn answers)
Also working on contacts management (address book and more)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
January 2005 — February 2008 (3 years 2 months)
J2EE senior software engineer. Designed and developed payment systems (using Paypal and Verisign), recurring payments, subscriptions and various social networking and traffic generating features (reconnect, public profiles, answers ...). Committed to delivering quickly high quality code thoroughly tested.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 8 months)
I worked on a framework responsible for collecting enterprise information and facilitating the upgrade process. I submitted a patent request for this invention, which has been retained by the company's patent comittee. I also worked in the PeopleTools Support Development organization on a wide variety of issues. I have dealt with issues ranging from PeopleSoft Internet Architechture/Portal (Java, J2EE, webservers, CSS, Javascript, cookies, browser issues, security) to page generation and component processor (C++, PeopleSoft application server, PeopleCode). I was dealing with a constant flow of critical and escalated high-profile customer issues, handling many in parallel.
I then worked in the PeopleTools R&D team on the next generation of Page Processor (C++, DHTML), focusing on designs for section 508 compliance.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — June 2003 (6 months)
Developer contractor for the AOL Calendar. I was responsible for the DB schema (sybase), stored procedures and re-architecture of the DB transaction management. I designed and implemented access control for the calendar sharing policy (Java, JNI and AOL Proprietary protocols). I architected and implemented the DB schema and transaction layer for a framework tracking and computing statistics for thousands of AOL calendar users.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 6 months)
18-month internship. Key position in the Research & Development team of this start up company, implementing an e-Marketing platform (CRM) in Java.
I worked as a software engineer developing business applications and became specialized in Netscape Application Server (IPlanet) technology and business logic providing consulting services. Among the important projects I worked on:
I was in charge of the transition from a proprietary code to J2EE applications across the software in order to reach application server independance. Design and development of a web administration console. Implementation of a process controller (Java and C++).
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Building Materials industry)
November 1999 — March 2000 (5 months)
Creation of bookkeeping software for Challenge company using Visual Basic/Excel macros. (while I was in school). "Challenge" was a French timber comany.
MS , Telecom, Computer Science , 1998 — 2002
Bachelors degree in Maths and Physics , Maths, Physics , July 1996 — July 1998
Preparation for the competitive entrance to French Engineering Schools.(Very intense program in Maths, Physics)
Baccalaureat S , July 1996
Baccalaureat S with special emphasis on maths and physics (with high honors). This examination is a requirement for entering French universities.