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Contact Information
Colin McCloskey
Philadelphia, PA
jobs2013@mccolin.com
Profile
Agile, quick-thinking software engineer with a sense of humor and experience in product design, strategy, and creative. Effective manager and self-starter with desire to build platforms and products that unite people under common interests, goals, or experiences.
Skills
Ruby, Rails, Javascript, AJAX, JQuery, PHP, Shell, Perl, C, C++, Java, JSP/Servlet, HTML, XHTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3
Project Management, Small Team Leadership, Client Relationship Management
Facebook Platform Development, Facebook OpenGraph
Database Architecture Design, SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, mongoDB, Redis, Memcached
Apache, Nginx, IIS, Passenger, Rack, Thin, Mongrel, JRuby
Amazon EC2, S3, Rackspace Cloud, Heroku, Salesforce
Subversion, git, CVS, Bugzilla, Trac, Pivotal, Basecamp
Max OS X, Linux, UNIX, Virtualization
Experience
Principal at Awexome Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 7/2010 – Now
- Consulted to various clients as expert in social media and web strategy and development for small businesses, non-profits, and emerging organizations.
- Managed full Ruby on Rails stack, front end design, project planning, and all client coordination.
Senior Software Engineer, 3/2010 – 6/2010
Involver, San Francisco, CA
- Lead engineer in Custom Services division, specializing in software design and development, as well as product design and brand strategy for several major partners.
- Developed campaigns for Facebook directly, including the Goal! Leaderboard World Cup application, which was installed on over 20 partner pages with a fan reach of over 8 million.
- Contributed to core social media marketing product, integrating search, push, and pull capabilities for Facebook, RSS, and Twitter sources.
Application Genius, 2/2008 – 2/2010
Context Optional, Inc., San Francisco, CA
- Developed over 25 social networking applications in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and proprietary platform technologies on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and others
- Lead contributor to creative, design, and development of interactive marketing products for brands including Microsoft, Live Nation, McDonald’s, Electronic Arts, Fandango, Zagat, Palm, NBC Universal, OfficeMax, Timberland, and Safeway
- Acted as project and product manager. Exhibited excellent planning, coordination, writing, and communication skills
- Install base of projects for which I was directly responsible exceeds 750,000
- Scaled highly-available production applications in terms of schema design, caching, and server configuration
Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure, 6/2006 – 1/2008
CNET Networks, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ
- Designed, developed, and supported a build and packaging system implemented with a Ruby library wrapping functionality of version control and RPM packaging systems
- Lead developer of web-based and command-line tools to automate software package builds
- Contributed to development of external-facing APIs for brands including CNET and Webshots
- Supported group efforts in development of features and technical support for Apache web server, Resin application server, MySQL database distributions, and proprietary and open source search projects used by all developers within CNET
- Hired full-time in 2006 based on performance during summer internship in 2005.
Software Engineer Intern, 6/2004 – 2/2006
Graver Technologies, Inc., Glasgow, DE
- Lead developer of human resources software including employee appraisal system, survey software, and internal time tracking tool
- Reported directly to CTO and advised management on best practices
Hall Director, Resident Assistant, 8/2003 – 5/2006
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- As a Hall Director, 2005-06: supervised staff of six resident assistants, advised student government serving 600 students, and oversaw the management of academic programming and physical operations in two residence halls housing 220 students
- As a Resident Assistant, 2003-05: oversaw floor of 42 resident students and developed and provided academic and cultural programming to residential complex serving 350 students on a staff of nine colleagues; held leadership roles in technology and publications.
Education
B.S. Computer Science, 8/2001 – 5/2005
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Minor: Management Information Systems (MIS)
- Concentration: Large-scale Web and Data-backed Systems
- Member: University Honors Program
M.Ed. Educational Technology (incomplete), 8/2005 – 5/2006
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Began coursework toward Master’s degree in Educational Technology
- Postponed study to pursue career opportunity with CNET Networks, May 2006
Certifications
Pragmatic Ruby on Rails, 6/2007