Elliot Winard

contact information

phone: 718-395-7253
email: ewinard AT caveteen DOT com (replace AT with '@' and DOT with '.'
102 THIRD PLACE #8
BROOKLYN, NY 11231

OBJECTIVE:

SKILLS:

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!

EMPLOYMENT:

frog design - New York, NY
- Senior Technologist (June 2008 - present)
  - 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
Laszlo Systems - San Mateo, CA
- Senior Software Engineer - Laszlo Studios (January 2005 - May 2008)
  - 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
UC Berkeley Extension - San Francisco, CA
- Instructor - Visual and Interactive Design for the Web (Spring 2005)
  - Assembled curriculum and taught class of Designers, Information Architects, Technical Writers
Macromedia, Inc. - San Francisco, CA
- Development Engineer, QA Engineer, QA Engineering Lead & Manager (May 2000 - December 2004)
  - 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
LookSmart, Ltd. - San Francisco, CA
- Web Developer (2000)
  - Developed tools for use by other web developers to optimize production of pages - programmed scripts for TextEdit to semi-automate page production
SRI International - Menlo Park, CA
- Associate Software Engineer (1999)
  - Design and implement obstacle-avoidance and navigation for mobile robots in C++
Brown University Department of Computer Science - Providence, RI
- Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant (1998 Spring Semester)
  - Assist teaching of CS148 Building Intelligent Robots
  - Research Sparse Distributed Memory - created and measured performance of SDM using C++

EDUCATION:

independent studies - San Francisco, New York and Brooklyn
- personal exploration (continuous)
  - 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!)
San Francisco City College - San Francisco, CA
- Continuing Education (2001-2003)
  - Beginning and intermediate Conversational Spanish
  - Introductory Classical Guitar
California College of Arts and Crafts - San Francisco, CA
- Continuing Education (1999)
  - Typography
  - Graphic Design
University of California Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
- Continuing Education (1998)
  - MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  - MFC Development
Brown University - Providence, RI
- AB Computer Science (focus on Robotics) (Class of 1997)
  - 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
Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI
- cross-registration while at Brown (1997)
  - Typography

INTERESTS:

Music - compose, record, and perform music using vocals, piano, synthesizer, guitar, clarinet, harmonica, and other instruments; participate in recording with several musical groups
Craft - published author of knitting patterns, active knitter
Technology - 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
Public Service - presented to High-school children about technical careers, planned multimedia courses and provided pro-bono networking for The Crucible Industrial Arts School in Oakland