derewecki-resume.txt

                           A D A M   D E R E W E C K I

1456 Jones St. Apt 32, San Francisco, CA 94109                      740-502-3073
derewecki@gmail.com                                                     @derwiki
linkedin.com/in/derewecki                                     derwiki.tumblr.com
news.ycombinator.com/user?id=derwiki                          github.com/derwiki

               == P R O F E S S I O N A L   E X P E R I E N C E == 
Causes, Hacker (3/2011 - Present)
 * Web Development
   - Rails 2.1 and jQuery
   - OpenGraph integration, ported Facebook Canvas pages to Facebook Connect
   - built new features and added enhancements to existing ones
 * Suggestomatic
   - large scale item-based collaborative filter recommendation engine, designed
     to work for ~600k items and ~700m connections
   - data preparation in Python, similarity engine in C
   - github.com/causes/suggestomatic
   - exchange.causes.com/2011/07/causes-tech-a-recommendation-engine-that-could
 * git_deploy
   - decreased code deployment time from 5-15 minutes to 2-3 minutes
   - github.com/causes/git_deploy
   - exchange.causes.com/2011/08/causes-tech-git-aware-code-deployment
 * recruiting
   - resume screening and interview scheduling
   - phone screens, onsite whiteboarding, onsite code-pairing

Yelp, Technical Lead (9/2010 - 3/2011)
 Responsibilities
 * architectural oversight for Internal Applications and Biz teams
 * roadmap planning for Internal Applications team
 * phone screenings, reviewed sample code, onsite interviews for candidates
 * college recruiting trips and campus tech talks
 Projects
 * GearMail, fully parallelized batch email senders using python-gearman
 * contributed patches to Yelp open source project, python-mrjob

Yelp, Software Engineer (5/2009 - 9/2010)
 Responsibilities
  * batch email sending infrastructure, scaling and reliability
  * bug fixes, support, feature enhancements for internal facing web apps
 Projects
  * added auto-generated relevant special offers to Weekly Yelp newsletter
  * refactored Weekly Yelp editor for better reliability and performance
  * editor and rendering infrastructure for Your Business on Yelp newsletter
  * general purpose 'email blaster' utility for one-off mass emails
  * Weekly Yelp metrics dashboard showing open and click through rates
 Technologies
  * Python 2.5.4 for batch jobs, logic, and servlets
  * JavaScript, Prototype for interactive web pages
  * MySQL, SQLAlchemy for abstracting queries
  * git for version control and code deployment
  * Nagios alerts for monitoring systems
 Yelp Open Source Technologies
  - github.com/yelp
  * python-gearman for distributed, fault-tolerant work queues
  * python-mrjob for MapReduce jobs
  * testify for unit testing

IBM, Software Engineer (2/2008 - 5/2009)
 - Silicon Valley Lab, San Jose, CA
 DB2 XML Runtime, Storage, and Distributed Locking Teams
 * systems level C programming for pureXML
 * debugged defects using TotalView, gdb, stack traces, and flowtrace files

IBM, Extreme Blue Intern (5/2007 - 8/2007)
 - Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA
 * research project 'Archimedes', automated correlation spreadsheet repository
 * worked on small team to take project from idea to working prototype

IBM, Software Engineer Intern (1/2006 - 8/2006)
 - Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC
 Portal Document Manager
 * Collaborative document repository for WebSphere
 * Worked with Java, JSPs, Javascript, HTML, Eclipse

                         == E D U C A T I O N ==
B.S.E. Computer Engineering, Cum Laude (8/2003 - 12/2007)
 - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
 * Recitation Leader for Introduction to Java Programming, 2005-2006
 * Undergraduate Research Assistant for Networking Department
  * worked on distributed measurement platform, dipzoom.case.edu

                          == P R O J E C T S ==
Put a Frame On It (2011)
 - Rails 3.1 and jQuery, deployed to Heroku
 - www.putaframeonit.com
WordiSMS (2009)
 - 1.0 (2009)
  * www.wordisms.org (now defunct)
  * SMS/email flash card application
  * Python, Django, Postfix, Mercurial, deployed on Ubuntu
 - 2.0 (2010 - present)
  * github.com/derwiki/wordisms-flask (work in progress)
  * Google Chat based flash card application
  * Python, Flask microframework, Google App Engine, git
TwitterBowl (2009)
 * www.twitterbowl2009.com (now defunct)
 * Twitter mash-up that aggregated live tweets related to the Super Bowl
Various mini-projects on github.com/derwiki   

                        == A C T I V I T I E S == 
Hackers and Founders Attendee, Host (2008 - present)
 * Bay Area meetup for programmers and entrepreneurs
Y Combinator Startup School Attendee (2009, 2010)
Interests: photography, camping, rock climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking
Sigma Nu Fraternity (2003 - 2007)
 * Vice President, Webmaster
 * Alpha Affiliate, national award given to 10 graduating seniors
Big Brothers, Big Sisters (2007)
Eagle Scout (2001)