Evan Hourigan

Current

Web UI Developer at Revision3

Past

Software Engineer at Fanfare

Education

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

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Evan Hourigan’s Summary

Creative and innovative software engineer with over four years of experience and technical leadership writing software for a startup. I particularly thrive in fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environments where I can work on a variety of problems and contribute to the ideas and overall success of the company. I am passionate about building software that provides a great user experience.

Evan Hourigan’s Experience

Web UI Developer

Revision3

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)
Software Engineer

Fanfare

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

December 2004 — January 2009 (4 years 2 months)

•Built out the UI of our J2EE server product in a variety of different technologies -- JSF, Facelets, and GWT/Ajax, then rapidly adapted to Flex. Worked on integration with iTest
•Led the development of the presentation layer for the latest Eclipse RCP-based (Java) flagship product, iTest. Simultaneously maintained the old .NET-based (C#) product in a separate code base
•Designed and developed a scheme for unique identification of target widgets into our existing GUI infrastructure, decreasing test maintenance in constantly changing areas by 90%
•Architected an in-house GUI testing tool that worked better than commercial GUI testers
•Attended usability sessions, pioneered usability features that increased adoption rates
•Oversaw various GUI projects, providing architectural advice and design expertise to junior members of the team
•Dove deep into the internals of SWT to solve complex problems in the GUI layer
•Designed and implemented the licensing of FanfareSVT 1.0