Elliot Winard

102 THIRD PLACE #8 BROOKLYN NY 11231

718-395-7253 ewinard AT caveteen DOT com Development

specification, development and deployment of client/server, IDEs, web and embedded products; user interface design and implementation; distributed load and performance testing of server products; automation of regression testing; continuous integration

Management

project-management of small teams, mentorship, scheduling, leadership and testing experience, bug tracking, priority trade-offs, continuous integration/nightly builds, version control, agile methodologies, team development

Design

UML Modeling, Usability Design, Design Thinking - Research, Problem Definition, Ideation, Rapid Prototyping, Conceptualization, Validation

Technologies

Android, GnuPG, OpenLaszlo, Adobe Flex, Flash Media Server, Flash, Director, data-driven systems, MySQL, GNU/linux, MacOS-X, various Microsoft OSs

Computer Languages

ActionScript/ECMAScript, AS3, MXML, LZX, XML, php, Java, C/C++, SQL, XSLT, HTML, Lingo, Lisp, Ruby, python, perl - whatever is right from the job!

Advise on technical architecture of software on Web, PC and consumer devices Develop desktop & embedded software using Adobe Flash, Flex and Adobe AIR technologies Mentor junior developers Work closely with Designers to prototype end-user interactions and flows Research existing and propose future automotive and communication ecosystems Contributed on team developing Webtop - a client-server platform OpenLaszlo technologies and java Contributed to IRIS Semantic Desktop tool to navigate large datasets and visualize query results Lead architecture and development of three person engineering team of on data visualization dashboard Lead architecture and development of engineering on presentation-tier VoIP Portal project Assembled curriculum and taught class of Designers, Information Architects, Technical Writers Contributed to the release of 10 shrink-wrapped software products Starting as contract QA Engineer, quickly moved into a leadership role Focused on automation, realtime data visualization - programmed Java servlets, Flex-based presentation-tier Developed multi-tiered internal applications used across development and marketing groups at Macromedia using both client-side (Flex, ActionScript, Lingo) and server-side (CFML, perl, php) languages Worked with customers to assure productive use of Macromedia's Flex and Flash products in corporate environments Advised and trained members of remote engineering team Developed tools for use by other web developers to optimize production of pages - programmed scripts for TextEdit to semi-automate page production Design and implement obstacle-avoidance and navigation for mobile robots in C++ Assist teaching of CS148 Building Intelligent Robots Research Sparse Distributed Memory - created and measured performance of SDM using C++ The Monkeysphere Project, debian, git, python, php, shell scripting, MySQL, 3D modeling apps, jazz, Google homepage modules (clockblox was one of the top 10 ranked!) Beginning and intermediate Conversational Spanish Introductory Classical Guitar Typography Graphic Design MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) MFC Development 3.8 GPA, magna cum laude Member of Artificial Intelligence research group Experience in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Technology, Educational Software, Theoretical Computer Science, Discrete Maths Teaching assistant for CS051 - Models of Computation Teaching assistant for CS031 - Introduction to Computer Systems Typography compose, record, and perform music using vocals, piano, synthesizer, guitar, clarinet, harmonica, and other instruments; participate in recording with several musical groups published author of knitting patterns, active knitter active "extra-curricular" interest in UNIX development, shell scripting, multi-tiered systems, personal linux system administration since setting up my first slackware box in 1994 presented to High-school children about technical careers, planned multimedia courses and provided pro-bono networking for The Crucible Industrial Arts School in Oakland