Developer on a series of e-business applications for corporate clients. Specialized in large financial applications leveraging OLAP databases. Application platforms from J2EE environments deployed on Websphere Application Server to custom development packages such as AlphaBlox and dynaSight. Primary roles included User Interface Developer, Security architect and Backend developer.

• Experienced using J2EE technologies such as Servlets, JSP and EJBs
• Experienced using multiple J2EE frameworks such as Jakarta Struts, Open Symphony WebWorks, et al
• Experienced using multiple database technologies (relational, OLAP and hierarchical)

Developed a federated identity manager and advertising backend to monetize the protection of personally identifiable information. Using an innovative business model and technology developed in conjunction with two other interns and an MBA intern. The solution was designed as an open alternative to Microsoft's PassPort technologies.

• Application frontend developed in JSP and Servlets
• Infrastructure services and backend developed in Java, leveraging an LDAP and relational backend
• Developed unique advertisement targeting algorithms leveraging PII and user browser history

Designed and built a 'Bid for Rank' search engine as the primary revenue driver for Search 123 with a team of 4 others. The core infrastructure was designed to serve 2 million queries a day and eventually served close to 3 million before needing additional hardware. The core architecture was not altered to scale to the eventual peak load of the system. The infrastructure also served as the backend for a federated search and advertisement network spun off from Search 123.

• Custom application services written in C++ and hosted using a custom template engine also written in C++
• Primary database backend was written in C++ on top of MySQL for Alpha
• Implemented both core search services (keyword and category) as well as numerous other services for auctions, ranking and billing

Researched the general area of handwriting recognition and developed a working prototype of a pen based recognition system. The core algorithms were developed in C++ and eventually ported to VHDL for embedded systems use. The primary recognition algorithm is quadrature based and uses a training set of character forms to provide the basis for a fuzzy matching system. The basic algorithm was developed for western languages, but showed good promise when tested on eastern glyph based languages.

• Developed core recognition algorithm and time curve analysis for fitting quadrature segments
• Provided basic design for pen recognition hardware and apparatus
• Completed final algorithm and management software in C++ and consulted during the port to VHDL

Developed a series of tools and test harness for HPG to aid in the development of a television set top cable box which rendered XML/HTML content related to programming in real time. The system utilized the Mozilla core as its application environment and numerous custom backend components for generating and serving content

• Developed a remote control simulator for testing the user application
• Developed and debugged a portion of the Mozilla core plugin subsystem
• Ported the first set of audio and video plugins to the XPConnect/LiveConnect interface
• Ported XAnim to the GTK toolkit and graphics libraries.