• Design and development of NowPublic Scan, a twice Emmy nominated project that can help you find out, in real-time, what people are saying around the world about any topic. As one of the architects of Scan I had to find a way of building a scalable distributed system that can gather and analyze large amounts of data. The system is implemented in C++ and uses MySQL and MongoDB for storage.
• NowPublic.com is built on Drupal so using PHP, MySQL and Apache was part of my daily activities. As part of the team that develops and maintains the website I've touched every part of the system: from HTML and Javascript to Drupal modules and shell scripts.
• Developed and maintained the Highlight plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Highlight allows users to find content on the web and share it on NowPublic.
• NowPublic's development team is distributed around the world. I am used to working and collaborating with people remotely.

• Provide blogging and social media related services and training to Vancouver companies.

• Designed and implemented Qumana, a desktop blog editor for Mac & PC (Qumana). Implemented using Java/Swing.
• Maintained Lektora, an RSS reader for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Implemented in a combination of Javascript and Ruby.
• Oversaw technical direction, scheduling, feature decisions, and coordination with other company products and services.
• Managed a team of engineers in a remote environment to implement bug fixes and features.

• Implemented part of the CDMA SMS stack of Symbian OS.
• Implemented a USB file system for the Symbian OS.
• Designed and implemented a test USB driver for Symbian OS that was adopted by other teams.
• Wrote test cases for integration and component testing.

Skills

• My most recent experience involves C++, PHP, MySQL and MongoDB.
• I also have experience with Java, Ruby, Javascript, HTML and CSS.
• Very familiar with the web's architecture and protocols
• Experience with RSS, Atom, AJAX, XML-RPC, REST, XMPP.

Education

• B.S., Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 2003.

Conferences

• Co-organizer and presenter, OSCMS Conference, Vancouver, 2006

Spoken Languages

• Fluent in Spanish and English.
• Understand some Hebrew and Italian.