1310 Crestwood Rd, Austin TX
(415) 425-1861
resume@wander.ingstar.com
Recent Experience
RetailMeNot Austin TX, March 2014-Present
Led RetailMeNot's Core Business Algorithms team
Keywords: Python, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, AWS, MySQL, PHP
Software Development
- Designed system to decide which coupons to show on RMN's merchant
pages, the heart of the site. Brought together data from disparate
sources for efficient processing of millions of coupons for tens of
thousands of merchants every half hour.
- Refined heuristic and machine learning algorithms to determine what
order to show those coupons
- Ensured that the coupon selection and ordering process could scale
horizontally to support multiple A/B tests being run at once
- Parallelized algorithm training and processing using producer/consumer
model
Production Support
- Diagnosed, triaged, and fixed urgent problems in multiple
codebases
- Managed Amazon Web Services resources, including EC2 servers and RDS
databases
- Managed the RMN site release process and load testing
- Responded to malicious traffic
Mentorship & Recruiting
- Developed and taught a workshop in scoring algorithm design
- Mentored interns and junior software engineers
- Represented RMN at college career fairs
- Conducted on-campus and on-site interviews
Independent Software Development 2009-2014
Designed, coded, and released iOS and MacOS X applications
Keywords: Objective-C, Cocoa Touch, iOS, Core Data, MacOS
X
- Created app to calculate optimal barbell loading for weightlifters
- Developed algorithm to figure out what plates to put on the bar
- Developed UI elements to display and manipulate barbells
- Took project from conception to release on the App Store
- Created application that Identifies and removes duplicate files
Selected Other Experience
Shockwave.com San
Francisco CA, 2005-2009
Created backend for multiplayer gaming and chat. Games included poker,
billiards, and real-time 3D naval combat.
Keywords: Java, Python, Networking, Service Discovery
Spinner.com/AOL Streaming Operations
San Francisco CA, 1999-2000, 2002-2004
Developed server software for Internet radio. Managed large cluster of
servers. Created system for service monitoring.
Keywords: Java, Perl, Streaming Music, RRD, System
Administration, Linux, Solaris
Created first web campus map of MIT. Maintained the official MIT web
pages.
Keywords: Perl, CGI, Mapping
Education
Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with Computer Science
(18C)
Work/Life Balance
Geometric Art
Using Processing to project animations on the surface of a
purpose-built geodesic dome.
Github.
Instructables.
47 Countries, 43 States,
10,000mi by car
from London to Mongolia,
30,000mi by motorcycle around the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Interest in mapping, data collection, and location technologies.