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Professional software engineer, bringing extensive experience and insight to mobile, web and internet application design and development. Full-stack LAMP, Python/Django/GAE, Java, with some C/C++. Strong algorithms and statistics background. Recent work- • Android movie viewer • AngularJS, analytics, performance optimization for Django/GAE • Financial Technical Analysis in Python/Django (numpy, pandas) Games at Zynga: Mafia Wars Shakedown (HTML5),...

Professional software engineer, bringing extensive experience and insight to mobile, web and internet application design and development. Full-stack LAMP, Python/Django/GAE, Java, with some C/C++. Strong algorithms and statistics background. Recent work- • Android movie viewer • AngularJS, analytics, performance optimization for Django/GAE • Financial Technical Analysis in Python/Django (numpy, pandas) Games at Zynga: Mafia Wars Shakedown (HTML5), Texas Holdem Poker (Web & Android), Farmville iOS, Partner Publishing Platform (third party game interfaces, language hacking) Selected websites— • http://video.NYTimes.com/ - Video portal for The New York Times • http://my.NYTimes.com/ - Ajax-based personalization portal for The New York Times • http://www.SunMaid.com/ - CMS and website for the California Raisin folks • http://www.NewMoney.gov/ - CMS and website for the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing • http://www.WebJay.org/ - Sharable music playlist website (sysadmin and programming) Notable applications and work— • Blackberry and Android news applications for NYTimes.com • TimesQuotes, a linking copy-paste addition for NYTimes.com • Web content recommender via item-to-item collaborative filtering for NYTimes.com • User interests profiler for content recommendations and ad targeting (proof of concept at NYTimes.com) • Next-generation web search, utilizing distributed, real-time search result crawler and indexer design, clustering search assistant website Specialties: Mobile applications, HTML5, content management, databases, ORM, distributed processing, search engines, knowledge management. Languages: PHP, Python, Java, C/C++, JS, Perl, Erlang, SmallTalk Software: Apache, memcached, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Postgres, AngularJS, EmberJS, node.js, jQuery Methodologies: OO Analysis and Design, Design Patterns, Semantic Web, REST, SOAP/WSDL, RPC Advanced: Collaborative filtering (SVD, SlopeOne, cosine distance), semantic analysis, machine learning.Senior Member of Technical Staff @ Full-stack web engineering, currently Django, AngularJS, NodeJS, Ruby on Rails. From July 2015 to Present (5 months) San Francisco, CaliforniaFreelance Web & Mobile Developer @ Contract development of web and mobile applications, with PHP and Python backends. From November 2012 to July 2015 (2 years 9 months) San FranciscoDirector of Engineering @ I am currently contracting full-time for this education website, in a hands-on development role and as a forward-looking director. The site provides a unique service for teachers, schools and districts: news-based reading material reading-leveled from grade 3 to 12, coupled with quizzes, grading and student performance evaluation. Stack is Django, Python, MySQL, Angular, Bootstrap, D3. Features/capabilities developed include: • Next-generation "binder" for teachers and students, tracking assignments, homework and analysing progress • Django/JS interface to Google Analytics to assist compiling business intelligence via tracking of fine-grained user interactions • Analytics reporting for assisting in determining quality and user experience issues and needs From December 2013 to June 2014 (7 months) San Francisco, Palo Alto, New YorkSenior Software Engineer @ Games development in an iOS, Android, Mono/C#, LAMP, Java, Flash and Javascript environment. From May 2010 to November 2012 (2 years 7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaLead Software Developer @ - Lead developer of NYTimes.com's new HD video platform (http://video.nytimes.com/), based on the Brightcove 3 platform (2008.) - Lead developer of My Times (http://my.nytimes.com/), NYTimes.com's Ajax-driven personalization platform (2007.) A Javascript-based portal similar to iGoogle and MyYahoo, with then-cutting edge technologies such as client-side Javascript templating, JSON-RPC, responsive web design, drag-n-drop widgets, blob-stored user preferences. From September 2006 to May 2010 (3 years 9 months) Senior/Lead Developer @ Develop web software for a variety of clients and websites, in support of Marsteller's client advertising and marketing strategies. From April 2004 to September 2006 (2 years 6 months) Founder @ Software consulting services for financial industry, media and public sector. From 2000 to 2004 (4 years) Java & Javascript Developer @ Developed servlets, XML services, and client-side Javascript libraries in support of MSDW's secure web portal for clients. From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) Java Developer @ Co-developed MTV.com's MTV Desktop, a Java Applet-based web navigation interface. An early and widely-reviewed website feature that presaged today's Flash-based web interfaces. From 1996 to 1997 (1 year) Software Developer @ Bank-wide portfolio risk management analysis, including forex, swaps, futures, debt, equity. From 1994 to 1996 (2 years) Kevin Prichard is skilled in: AngularJS, D3, Apache, JavaScript, MySQL, jQuery, REST, PHP, Mobile Applications, Memcached, Perl, HTML 5, Android, Databases, Java, Distributed Systems, CMS, Design Patterns, Content Management, Scripting, CSS, Web Development, OOP, XML, Compilers, Software Design