Founder at Devskunk, LLC
Hawaiian Islands
- Current
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- Founder at Devskunk, LLC
- Chief Technology Officer and Partner at SchoolRack, LLC
- Past
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- Chief Technology Officer at Blue Lava Technologies
- Senior Software Engineer at Vibes Media
- Research Assistant at Northwestern University
- Senior Software Engineer and Project Lead at 3Com
- Senior Software Engineer at US Robotics
- Education
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- Northwestern University
- Northwestern University
- Northern Illinois University
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Jason Skicewicz’s Summary
Engineering executive and practitioner with over 10+ years of software engineering experience in a broad range of technologies including digital communications, mobile communication systems, embedded systems, hardware design, database design, and web technologies.
Jason Skicewicz’s Specialties:
software engineering management, 10+ years of software engineering, software architecture and design, database design, web programming, digital signal processing, python programming, C/C++, assembly programming, electronic circuit design
Jason Skicewicz’s Experience
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Founder
Devskunk, LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2009 — Present (2 months)
A design and software development house, focusing on django / python applications, as well as general software consulting and contracting. Notable devskunk sites include groovr.com and schoolrack.com. We are currently looking for new clients. In addition to software contracting services, we also pursue our own startups under the umbrella company.
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Chief Technology Officer and Partner
SchoolRack, LLC
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Responsible for the SchoolRack architecture. This includes backend database design and modeling, Amazon Web Services interfaces, infrastructure design, and billing software interfacing to Authorize.net.
Technical representative in all business development meetings, and one of the strategists for new company directions and features.
Responsible for releasing the new version of SchoolRack which includes student and parent accounts for the 2009-2010 school year.
Responsible for the design and implementation of OpenX, an open source advertising platform for our new ad-supported initiative for the coming school year. -
Chief Technology Officer
Blue Lava Technologies
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 11 months)
I was technical manager, managing a small team of very talented engineers. In my role there, I not only managed, but also acted as architect of the iLovePhotos platform, a multi-faceted platform consisting of a desktop application and website for sharing.
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Senior Software Engineer
Vibes Media
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Reported directly to the founders, working on SMS text message aggregation platform, MMS messaging platform, and new business initiatives.
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Research Assistant
Northwestern University
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2000 — May 2005 (4 years 9 months)
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Senior Software Engineer and Project Lead
3Com
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; COMS; Computer Networking industry)
February 1997 — September 2000 (3 years 8 months)
Worked in the capacity as project lead, managing a small team of engineers, to build the first ever fully integrated VoIP analog modem running on X2 brand modems. My roles included chief architect of the VoIP system and integration with the modem, as well as a DSP engineer working on low level voice and data protocols.
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Senior Software Engineer
US Robotics
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; USRX; Telecommunications industry)
May 1995 — February 1997 (1 year 10 months)
Worked in the Advanced Development Group, as a digital signal processing engineer, working on high bit rate analog modems. Responsiblities included the V.34 transmitter for Sportster brand modems capable of 28.8 kbps.
Jason Skicewicz’s Education
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Northwestern University
PhD Candidate (degree not completed) , Computer Science , 2000 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- IEEE, ACM
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Northwestern University
MS , Electrical Engineering , 1997 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- Club Volleyball Team
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Northern Illinois University
BS , Electrical Engineering , 1990 — 1995
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Jason Skicewicz’s Interests:
new technology, python programming, software engineering, surfing, hiking,
Jason Skicewicz’s Groups:
IEEE, ACM
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US Robotics Alumni
Jason Skicewicz’s Honors:
Vice President Award - US Robotics
Jason Skicewicz’s Contact Settings
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