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EDWIN W. MEYER
SOFTWARE
ENGINEER
(617)
395-7600
EMail:
edwin@alum.mit.edu
The hallmarks of my
career as a software developer have been a search for superior development
techniques, integrity and dedication to the needs of the project, effective
communication with all project stakeholders, meticulous standards, and systems
that work.
· Extensive IT experience in business, industrial and educational environments, including five years experience since 2006 with Ruby on Rails and related web technologies.
· Analyzed,
designed, developed and implemented
various applications utilizing Ruby on Rails, including a mobile application
version. Worked in an agile environment.
· Also developed in SQL, JavaScript, Java, C++, C, and other programming systems.
· Produced software courseware and books, led trainings.
· Effective and supportive communication with development, quality assurance and operations staff, technical and business managers, vendors and customers.
· High availability support including intensive work to meet deadlines and resolve urgent production issues and to perform software deployments.
· Responsive to requests for help from co-workers and managers.
· Work with minimal supervision and support to research software issues and make required fixes/updates.
· Create analysis, proposal, design, issue findings, and procedure documents.
· Multics
system development. ARPANET protocol development.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. B.S. Electrical
Eng. National Merit Scholar.
Harvard University. Graduate extension school coursework in
expert systems, C++, object-oriented programming, and discrete mathematics.
Aon Hewitt Corp. (Lincolnshire, IL) 2011 to 2012
· Designed and implemented new Ruby on Rails functionality for extensions to an existing health insurance sales and customer relationship management system and companion public-facing website.
· Closely interacted with the chief architect, business managers, quality assurance and other team members on requirements, design, and implementation issues.
· Investigated production system issues and performed test and production environment deployments.
· Worked primarily remotely with a geographically distributed development and management team via email, messaging, and phone conferencing.
· Worked substantial overtime to deliver required functionality for scheduled deployments to meet the needs of an expanding sales force.
Environment: Ruby on
Rails, Oracle, Macintosh OS X, RubyMine, Subversion, Comatose CMS.
Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont,
IL) 2010 to 2011
· Designed and implemented a radiation exposure management system in Ruby on Rails in consultation with an Argonne staff member.
· Interviewed
radiation safety section staff to obtain information regarding the existing
paper-based system for assigning radiation dosimeters to workers. Performed
analysis and design for a replacement web-based application to fulfill these
requirements.
· Worked intensively to deliver a functional system when the project was terminated early due to funding cutbacks.
Environment: Ruby on
Rails, Oracle, Ubuntu Linux, HTML, CSS, Subversion, RSpec, Test:: Unit.
Metromix.com (Chicago, IL) 2009 to 2010
· Designed and implemented the mobile version of a leading entertainment website targeted towards the 21-35 age group in Ruby on Rails (http://m.metromix.com).
· A key requirement was to perform seamless switching between the mobile and full-screen views and also between two separate applications which served different groups of cities. The resulting design achieved both requirements and also minimized code duplication by placing the bulk of the code into the newer application.
· Development performed in an agile environment under Mac OS X.
Environment: Ruby on
Rails, MySQL, Macintosh OS X, HTML, CSS, Haml, “subdomain-fu” &
“mobile-fu” plug-ins, Git, TextMate, SSH.
Venture Interactive (Harrisonburg, VA) 2008 to 2009
· Designed and developed the “MoodManager” Ruby on Rails web application for delivery to the Northwestern University Medical school in Chicago. MoodManager provides users with informative modules and tools to learn about and cope with their depression.
· Assumed responsibility on short notice after the original lead developer left the project. Successfully assimilated the architecture with minimal support and completed the “phase 1” version.
· Designed and implemented new “phase 2” features involving complex business logic requirements involving the availability and sequencing of modules and tools.
· Interacted with the project manager to elicit specifications and with the Adobe Flash developer on the service request interfaces.
Environment: Ruby on Rails, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Subversion, Adobe Flash, Apache, Phusion Passenger, Windows XP (development), Linux (hosted Red Hat/Ubuntu), SSH, cPanel.
Pictolink.com (Cambridge, MA & Chicago, IL) 2006 to 2009
· Designed and implemented a three-stage dynamic graphic link technology with applications to web advertising.
· The dynamism underlying this presentation is primarily implemented in JavaScript. Utilized Ruby on Rails to implement administrative functionality.
· A demonstration site that presents Pictolinks to over five hundred artist and art-related web sites is located at http://ArtLinksGalore.com
Environment: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Apache, Mongrel.
Digimarc Corporation (Burlington, MA) 2004 to 2005
· Developed a web-based three tier materials inventory management subsystem for the Florida drivers licensing system as part of a small team.
· Primary design and implementation responsibility for a subsystem for producing various operations reports.
· Provided customer liaison, managed software deployments, and trained successor support staff onsite in Tallahassee, Florida.
Environment: Java J2EE, JSP, HTML, JavaScript, JDBC, XML, Visual C++, Apache, Tomcat, Windows Server 2003, Oracle, Eclipse, Perforce.
· Stolat Investors (Watertown, MA) 2001 to 2003 – Designed
and implemented a web-based stock value analysis tool. (Java J2EE)
· Lucent
Technologies (Cambridge, MA) 2000 to
2001 – Requirements analysis,
design and development for an online analytical processing (OLAP) application.
(Java J2EE, Oracle)
· National Grange
Mutual Insurance Co. (Keene, NH) 2000 – Reviewed customer service
application design and implementation and reported findings to the chief
architect. (COM/DCOM, C++, J++)
· GTE Internetworking (Cambridge,
MA) 1999 – Web administrator for a Solaris-based corporate portal.
Researched and documented features and procedures.
· Netegrity, Inc. (Waltham,
MA) 1999 – Consultant/developer for a web access vendor.
· Edwin Meyer
Software Engineering (Cambridge,
MA) 1997 to 1998 – Demo program for a software invention in the field of
grammatical inference. (C++)
· Polaroid Corp. (Bedford, MA) 1995 to 1997 – Analysis,
design and implementation of several drivers license production systems.
Appointed lead programmer for one license system project. System was delivered
on time in spite of a tight schedule and met customer expectations. (C++)
· Fidelity Investments, Putnam Investments, Millipore Corp., Synetics Corp. 1993 to 1994 – Lotus Notes application design and development. (C-language
API)
· Lotus Development
Corp. 1989 to 1992 – Sales Engineer - Munich,
Germany:
Designed and conducted 3-day classes on Lotus Notes in German and provided
support for value added resellers and direct customers. Principal Software Engineer - Cambridge, MA. C-API development for a database product.
· Micro Workshop of
Cambridge (MA) 1977 to 1989 – Presented courses, authored books,
and reviewed computer hardware and software products. Designed a Unix-based
distributed real-time data acquisition and analysis system for former employer
Teledyne Geotech.
· Teledyne Geotech (Alexandria,
VA) 1974 to 1977 – Designed and implemented a system
for real-time seismic data acquisition from the (Internet predecessor) ARPANET.
Architected two real-time distributed operating system proposals.
· M.I.T. Project MAC (Cambridge, MA)
1967 to 1974 – MULTICS operating
system development including: ARPANET protocol development, ARPANET software
interface, initial graphics system, system internals.
· (Internet)
Network Working Group Request For Comments:
RFC 46, RFC 49, RFC 59, RFC 79, RFC 82, RFC 98 (co-author), RFC 129 (co-author), RFC 492.
· Three end-user
tutorial books on Wordstar (Prentice-Hall, 1984 – principal author) and
1-2-3 (Hayden Books, 1984 – principal author) & (Micro Workshop, 1986).
Recognized as an
ARPANET Pioneer during the ARPANET 25th anniversary celebration sponsored by
Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.
Competent in German; studied Russian. U.S. Citizen.