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Profile :: Experience

Projects

All of my project work is catalogued with descriptions, lists of my contributions, and screen shots. Featured projects include:

Industry

Research Associate

Employer
The Ohio State University Department of Linguistics
Location
Columbus, Ohio
Term
September 2006 - present
Description
Development of OpenCCG, an open-source parser and realizer for Combinatory Categorial Grammar
  • Integrated the SRI Language Modeling Toolkit for n-gram scoring using JNI to bridge to SRILM's native libraries.
  • Built an automated tool that uses XSLT to generate documentation of the grammar specifications.

Founder, Principal Technical Architect

Employer
Coffeeblack
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term
1999-2006
Description
  • Started a small consulting company focused on providing award-winning technology to clients.
  • Architected and built the initial public release of Sermo.com, a popular J2EE/EJB 3 web application focused on knowledge-sharing in the medical profession.
  • Created a web-based lesson planner application that won a prestigious MITX award.
  • Mastered techniques and systems including object-oriented programming, hierarchical and relational data storage and transmission schemes, and standards-compliant Web interfaces.
  • Employed only open-source development tools for coding, version control, and build automation.
  • Donated free software applications and libraries to the larger community of developers.

Lead Developer

Employer
Six Red Marbles
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term
2001-2002
Description
  • Devised and implemented solutions to complex data management and transformation challenges, using SQL and XML technologies to create interactive web sites.
  • Provided a wide range of technical expertise, such as web interface programming, business logic and database interaction, and automated document format translation.

Senior Interface Developer

Employer
Razorfish
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term
1999-2001
Description
  • Conceived and built high-profile web sites using innovative DHTML, CSS and Javascript web development techniques.
  • Coordinated and mentored a team of ten other developers as Technical Team Lead for a large-scale electronic commerce project.
  • Performed an advisory role, consulting with clients to define standards and technical architecture.
  • Created object-oriented Javascript libraries that were adopted by many projects throughout the 1,500-person organization.

Teaching

Modern Language Assistant (English)

Employer
Lycée Jean-Jaurès
Location
Reims, France
Term
1996-1997
Description
  • Awarded position through a highly competitive university exchange program.
  • Instructed and tutored high school level French-speaking students in English grammar, spelling, reading, and composition.
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