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Pleasant Hill, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Two Bit Labs is a software development studio focused on building beautifully crafted mobile apps. We work with our clients on the full range of product development, including customer development, design, user testing, implementation, and marketing. We designed and developed iKu for the iPhone (http://iku-app.com), worked with Intuary to build Verbally (http://verballyapp.com), and built the Team Stream iPhone, iPad, and Android apps for Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/mobile).Our core competency is working with startups to get their ideas off the ground while they build up teams internally. We've worked with companies like Target, PayJoy, ModCloth, and Breezeworks on making their ideas a reality.

Oakland, California, Us

Lead the strategy, research, design, and development of GreatSchools' newest offering, which helps parents have the greatest possible impact on their children's educational success, at http://collegebound.greatschools.org.· Worked with multiple stakeholders to define budget, target market, and product requirements.· Coordinated multiple in-house and external development teams.· Launched beta and 1.0 releases on time in English and Spanish.· Developed SQL queries for real-time reporting and analysis of user activity.· Designed and led focus groups to gather beta user feedback.· Designed usability tests and analyzed results.· Managed product roadmap and release prioritization.

Oakland, California, Us

Managed software and technical operations for a large-scale web application serving ~1M page views per day.· Managed software engineering, systems administration, QA, and desktop support teams.· Worked with product management to set schedules, prioritize projects, develop web analytics, and implement agile development practices.· Coordinated development projects with outside vendors, domestically and overseas.· Evaluated software and hardware platforms and negotiated contracts.

San Francisco, California, Us

Lead developer on two project teams building web services and web applications. Job functions included coding in Java and SQL, managing the Scrum backlog, release management, and project planning.· Led the development of a web service for managing money transfers. Developed Java code, XML schemas, and functional, database, and unit tests.· Coordinated multiple development teams to define the web service architecture, SOAP interface and schema.· Migrated a web application from legacy frameworks to a testable Struts MVC design.· Worked with business and project management to manage scope, define deliverables and dates, and coordinate QA and release efforts.

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Technical lead developing educational web applications. Responsibilities included business analysis, defining application architecture, and coding in Java, XSLT, and ActionScript.· Led the technical design and development of http://educator.classroom.com.· Helped transition the product development group from waterfall to an agile development process using Test-Driven Development.· Migrated applications from EJB and ATG's ORM framework to DAOs using Hibernate.· Built a Flash client for our subscription management tool using object-oriented ActionScript and Flash Remoting. · Profiled Java applications, fixed memory leaks and optimized application performance.

Technical lead for Britannica's education division. Job functions included engineering management, business analysis, defining application architecture, and J2EE development.· Led the development of BritannicaSchool, an educational web application for high school students and teachers using Encyclopædia Britannica content.· Hired, managed, and mentored a team of 8 Java developers.· Concurrently managed remote development projects in Chicago, Australia, Israel, and India.

Web programmer, then technical lead, for CCCnet, a web application delivering interactive content for K-8 teachers and students.· Designed a Java framework for delivering the company's CD-ROM software over the web using applets.· Developed several Perl/CGI web applications, including Writer's Studio Online, which allowed students to collaborate and publish their writing online.· Co-developed an OO API in Perl to standardize publishing and user admin capabilities.· Participated in the Schools Interoperability Framework working group to define an XML interchange framework for education-related applications.

Responsibilities included Perl/CGI scripting, JavaScript, HTML, and visual design.· Developed online courses for UC Extension at http://learn.berkeley.edu.· Developed several web sites for small businesses.· Built a JavaScript-driven timeline at http://www.jamesdeangallery.com/dean.html.