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San Jose, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Member of Web Core Infrastructure Team 2018-PresentLed effort to measure, and compare server side energy usage of the old version of the Facebook website vs the new version, and ensured that the new version was a clear win in that respect.Led development of a framework to ensure consistent versions of JS to reduce client side errorsLed development of a framework to better manage web page behavior in flaky network conditionsModernized URL parsing module(s) for 6-8x performance increase in the average caseModernized Client Side Logging Framework, reducing JS size and increasing reliable delivery of logged messagesBuilt, maintained, drove adoption, and now cleanup of a transitional framework to allow pages build for the old version of the Facebook website to work seamlessly with the new version of the websiteMember of the Web Speed Team 2016-2018As JavaScript Reliability Lead I am responsible for reducing overall number of JavaScript errors on Facebook.comAutomating error attribution and then assignment to the responsible engineersMoved logging to idle time after above the fold page loadCreated reusable modules to execute code after above the fold page loadImproved Photo Viewer load time by 1.3 secondsReduced synchronous scrolling from 22% to 3%Setup monitoring for 12 key interactionsConducted experiments to measure impact of improving interaction initial response time and overall response time.Converted mobile site to use same display pipeline as desktop site

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Premium display ad performance lead Reduced Yahoo page load time 400ms on average Reduced display ad library size by 12%Improved eslint caching, enabling 95% time savings (5 min to 30 min per developer per day)Implemented several features on gemini.yahoo.com Consolidated Ad Entity and Reporting pages to display all relevant data in one page per entity Flattened UI so all ad entities could be viewed from within the top level page Designed and implemented script to measure visible percentage from inside a cross-domain iFrame.Implemented ember app for creating ad sponsorship packages.Wrote a node.js module to expose a JS module's private methods for unit testing without potential production exposure.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

End to End Design of Viewable Impressions. (Detects when ad position is visible to the user and fires a beacon.)Piloted Node.js project in Publisher Group to Review AdsImproved JavaScript unit test execution time by 10x by using PhantomJSDesigned and Implemented Partner Rules (which govern cross-network ad inventory sales) allowing fine-grained control over making ad inventory available to partner networks.Converted Deployment Pipeline from CI to CD which allowed team to release every month down from 3-4 times a year.Worked on APT Guaranteed Display Ad platform to add features, and improve quality and performance.Improved performance of key page by 30%Implemented client-side caching framework to improve performance 50-80%Co-lead team to increase unit test coverage by 25%

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Progress acquired Savvion in January 2010.Work directly with Sales Team as a technical resource for prospective Financial Services customers.Responsible for eliciting process requirements from stakeholders and presenting customized technical demos of Savvion and Prospect Software products to prospective customers.Successfully Implement proof-of-concepts incorporating process solutions - including custom user interfaces, database and web services integrations, and custom scripting to demonstrate the capability and flexibility of Progress’ Solution Suite.Perform under strict time deadlines.

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Senior Project Lead of Systems Engineering Team (Pre-Sale), responsible for creating proof-of-concepts for unique or highly customized prospect implementations.Developed product enhancements, user interface extensions, custom user interfaces, database and web services integrations, and custom scripting to demonstrate the capability and flexibility of Savvion’s Business Process Management Software.Presented customized technical demos to prospective customers, and served as primary/senior technical resource in prospective selling situations.Performed under tight time deadlines.

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Responsible for post-sale customer implementations.Successfully deployed complex process solutions with 4 customer companies, averaging 2-3 months per implementation: New Product Introduction at a Bottle Manufacturer. Custom search process at Market Research Firm and finished two weeks ahead of schedule. Converted Process Status Viewer from Java Applet to Flash. Created web-based version of paper forms for Oil Company.

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Managed global team of 5 to maintain workflow portal over 2 point releasesDeveloped new security layer for memory and performance improvement.Developed CSS navigation menusDeveloped user specified application internationalization

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Managed global team of 7 to maintain workflow portal over 4 major and 11 point releasesImplemented major performance improvement for the portalLead development of Process Asset ServerLead complete UI and architectural refresh of workflow portal

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Lead team of 3 to maintain workflow portal over 3 major and 7 point releasesMember of Architecture TeamImplemented user-based internationalizationImplemented web-based scorecard designer

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Created Scorecard Solution using Event-Correlation EngineConverted management portal from static servlet to HTML templatesMaintained and Enhanced the Report Builder AppletDeveloped Metric Tables for Event-Correlation Engine