Resume of Paul Meisel

Paul Meisel
Home Address:
853 Commodore Dr
Apt. 300
San Bruno, Ca 94066
Telephone: (781) 894-7004
E-mail: pmeisel@cybersquad.net

OBJECTIVE:

I am seeking an environment where people, working in teams or individually, are encouraged to be creative, flexible, and able to think outside the box. My experience is in web development, freelance consulting and troubleshooting, but I am always interested in expanding my horizons.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

3/2009 - 06/2010, Senior Software Developer at Structural
- Responsible for the company's websites.
  - Allowed clients to sign in and update their financial parameters using Symfony, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Prototype and YUI
  - Built internal websites to allow the operation team to manage clients' finances using Grails, Groovy, JAVA, JAX-RS, PHP and MySQL
- Updated/Maintained the automatic testing suite for testing the web site using WINDMILL and Symfony
7/2007 - 10/2008, Software Engineer Level III at Google
- Updated the user interfaces for the search result page
  - Built internal demos, to test new user interfaces ideas, using Django (a quick proto typing tool built in python), JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  - Ran experiments on a percent of Google's traffic testing the new user interfaces using C++, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  - Analyzed Google's logs using languages internal only to Google
- Rebuilt internal tool to manage experiment approval process using JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, and Java
- Mentored new employees
6/2004 - 04/2007, Web Developer at OHO
- Built and maintained a web based content management system for clients
- Wrote company's AJAX library
- Built and maintained web applications using AJAX
- Built websites using JavaScript, AJAX, XML, XHTML, HTML, DHTML, and CSS using an OpenACS system connected to an Oracle Database
- Maintained Oracle database
- Wrote maintenance/testing scripts in Perl
- Trained new employees
- Wrote technical specs
- Generated time estimates for projects
- Worked with clients to determine what they wanted built for their website
- Maintained prototype website using CVS
9/2001 - 6/2004, Cybersquad
- My attempt to form a freelance technical company
- Installed/repaired computer hardware and software for homes and companies
- Tutored students taking programming classes
- Was a temporary technical consultant for companies
- Freelance programming / Web Development for companies and people using PHP, MySQL, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, C, Perl
6/2003 - 8/2003, Instructor at Emagination Computer Camps
- Taught a variety of programming languages
9/1999 - 8/2001, HighWired.com (now defunct)
- Created dynamic WebPages using Vignette StoryServer, and Vignettes V/5
- Maintained Website using Perl and SQL
- Designed database structures using Oracle/SQL
- Web site security, writing/maintaining code in NSAPI, Vignette's StoryServer, and Vignette's V/5, SQL, and C
- Led programming projects and worked on teams
- Regularly met with product and project managers to:
  - Discuss possible upgrades to the web site and give alternative solutions to the proposals
  - Generate time estimates
9/1994 - 9/1999, Freelance Computer Work
- Installed/repaired hardware and software
- General consulting

6/1998 - 8/1998, 6/1999 - 8/1999, Instructor at Computer Ed. High Tech Camps (In 2003 changed name to Emagination Computer Camps)
- Taught a variety of programming languages
9/1996 - 5/1999, Teacher Assistant at Brandeis University
- 1/1999 - 5/1999, Programming in JAVA
- 9/1996 - 12/1996, 9/1997 - 12/1997, 9/1998 - 12/1998, Intro to Computer Science
- 9/1998 - 12/1998, Data Structures
- 7/1997 - 8/1997, Summer Odyssey, Mutual Exclusion
- 1/1997 - 5/1997, Programming in C

SKILLS:

Programming Languages/Tools: SQL, plSQL, MySQL, AJAX, JavaScript, OpenACS (hybrid of SQL and TCL/TK), Vignette's StoryServer and V/5 (hybrid of SQL and TCL/TK), TCL/TK, Python, Symfony (PHP Library), PHP, Perl, C, C++, JAVA, HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, CVS, Prototype (JavaScript Library), YUI (JavaScript Library)
Additional Skills: Experience building/maintaining content management systems. Experience building web application using AJAX. I quickly learn new programming languages and other technical skills.

EDUCATION:

MA in Computer Science (Software Engineer), Brandeis University, 5/1999
BA in Computer Science (Software Engineer), Brandeis University, 5/1998