Develop software for fast-turn customization of a wide range of promotional and consumer products.

Assist political candidates, political organizations, and non-profits to target campaign outreach efforts through data extraction and analysis. Have worked in multiple states and at all levels of government, from campaigns for national office to community organization efforts. Developed familiarity with political processes, available political data, polling, and sophisticated techniques for voter and contributor targeting.

Developed and evangelized solutions architecture based on XML Web ServicesDeveloped innovative application models based on web servicesTraveled world-wide to present Microsoft’s strategy for service-oriented solutions architecture

Ran product group developing online storage servicesCoordinated marketing, development, and testing for online storage offeringWorked with senior management and diverse product teams to integrate storage with broader MSN web application suite

Drove development of MSN Communities Web application suiteManaged the assignments and activities of ~15 software engineersWorked with marketing and testing to scope product

Original developer for the Internet Archive and Alexa Internet; ran development team for Internet Archive and Alexa InternetDeveloped the Internet Archive’s Wayback MachineCreated first archive of the World Wide Web for the Library of CongressCreated Alexa ranking system, the first algorithmic system for ranking website popularity through user behaviorCreated Alexa predictive engine, since acquired by Amazon.com for preference predictions based on past behaviorResearched and developed algorithms for mining and inferring pertinent data about web sitesDesigned and implemented multi-terabyte database of web data and metadataPioneered work in web crawlers; wrote widely-cited "Crawling Towards Eternity: Building an Archive of the World Wide Web" published in Web Techniques, May 1997

Development work for contract systems development and integration company including significant work on interactive television Specified designs for large-scale software systems for Fortune 500 customersManaged project development teams to implement software systemsDeveloped internal systems and object libraries to enhance Logica’s competitive advantage

Built and managed multi-site computer network in support of education and administrationDeveloped networked software solutions to enhance usefulness of College network including building the first online course catalog Designed and built bespoke systems in support of faculty and graduate student research

Network, systems, and database management

Helped faculty, graduate students and staff maximize benefit from computersDesigned and built bespoke systems in support of faculty and graduate student research

Studied Russian language in a series of courses totaling over 52 weeks of full-time classworkLeveraged prior knowledge of the German languageDebriefed émigrés; liaised with German Border Police (Bundesgrenzschutz)Achieved rank of Sergeant (E5)Honorable Discharge with Army Commendation Medal at separation