Aaron Evans

Current

• Sr. Software Developer at Comcast Interactive Media

Past

• Software Developer at Comcast Interactive Media
• Software Developer at Bristol Capital
• Research Assistant/PhD Student at University of Pennsylvania

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Education

• University of Pennsylvania
• Villanova University

Connections

23 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Aaron Evans’s Summary

I'm a software developer with experience in the architecture and implementation of backend HTTP-based services. I'm most comfortable building systems that use HTTP, Atom, Squid, MySQL, and/or Lucene. In most of my experience developing software I've used Java but I also have experience with more fun languages like Ruby and Python. I'm a long-time Mac user and write Cocoa software for fun.

Aaron Evans’s Experience

• Sr. Software Developer

  Comcast Interactive Media

  (Public Company; CMCSA; Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Sr. Software Developer 2009-present
  * Designed system for storing per-user data for comcast.net and fancast.com customers using a sharded MySQL architecture.
  * Implemented RESTful service in Java with an interface based on the OpenSocial Data Server API.

• Software Developer

  Comcast Interactive Media

  (Public Company; CMCSA; Internet industry)

  October 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 3 months)

  Atom Services
  * Defined Atom data models for entertainment metadata feeds for syndication to internal partners.
  * Wrote service framework using a hybrid of Abdera and Google's Java GData client.
  * Wrote several canonical Atom services.
  * Designed load-test plan and performed load tests.
  
  Content Management
  * Supported an in-house CMS that publishes content for comcast.net and fancast.com; the system's primary technologies are OSGi, MySQL, Lucene, and XQuery.
  * Added features to support new product requests
  * Led initiative to decompose CMS into independent RESTful components.
  * Responded to production issues.

• Software Developer

  Bristol Capital

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  * Wrote software to parse and store telephone switch data using Cocoa and PostgreSQL.
  * Wrote software that generates XML content and PDF graphs for use in a DocBook workflow.
  * Modified an open-source Quartz graphing framework written in Objective-C. Improved the appearance of graphs and added features to the framework.
  * Optimized SQL queries.
  * Rewrote a PowerPlant application using Cocoa/Objective-C++. The application enables users to remotely reprogram Nortel telephone switches.
  * Maintained a PostgreSQL database. Setup backup scripts, designed schemas, and resolved performance problems.

• Research Assistant/PhD Student

  University of Pennsylvania

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2002 — August 2005 (3 years)

  * Performed research tasks related to programming support for embedded wireless devices.
  * Wrote network simulations using Python.
  * Mentored undergraduate projects related to programming embedded devices.
  * Wrote reviews of academic papers for conferences.
  passed all written preliminary exams.

Aaron Evans’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  Masters , Computer Science , 2002 — 2004

• Villanova University

  1998 — 2002

  Senior Project: A Nintendo emulator written in Java

Additional Information

Aaron Evans’s Websites:

• My Website

Aaron Evans’s Groups:

•    MacSB
•    University of Pennsylvania Alumni

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