Innovative, entrepreneurial software engineer with experience designing scalable n-tier applications and analytical tools. An ‘outside-the-box,’ strategic thinker with the ability to take novel ideas from concept to production. Proven leader with excellent analytical and communication skills.
Investor & Advisor @ I basically do whatever, Stacie (CEO/Founder), asks me to do. :-) From November 2014 to Present (1 year 2 months) Member @ From August 2013 to Present (2 years 5 months) Member @ From 2013 to Present (2 years) CEO @ Software Theoretic is a melding of the practical and theoretical; with project teams that work on the ground, hand-in-hand with the customer to solve their most difficult problems. A cadre of applied researchers focused on pushing the boundaries of mission relevant technologies will augment these tactical solution providers. At the core of this philosophy is the recognition that researchers must understand the customer well enough to perform valuable research; and practitioners must have a thorough understanding of the underlying theories in order to expertly apply them while delivering a solution. I truly believe in the synergies of practical expertise and deep theoretical understanding. From April 2007 to Present (8 years 9 months) Senior Software Engineer @ "An agile professional services company that provides exceptional consulting services to the Intelligence Community."
Enterprise Web Application Development Program (Government Agency)
Role: Software Engineer, Deputy Development Team Lead (Oct 2005 – Present)
• Designed, developed, and tested J2EE-based application components using application development and testing frameworks including, but not limited to, the Spring Framework, Hibernate, and the Selenium application-testing framework.
• Led numerous successful tasks that extend the functionality of open source frameworks; providing significant gains in both development productivity and software quality. From October 2005 to April 2007 (1 year 7 months) Senior Information System Engineer @ "Non-profit, federally funded R&D firm"
Information Analysis Program (DHS)
Role: Analytical Tool Integrator
• Lead the development of web-based information retrieval/analysis tools.
• Developed a research center within DHS at MITRE facilities.
Government Program Management Office
Role: Working Group Co-Chair
• Established and led a working group responsible for the design and deployment of a global, mission critical communications system.
• Coordinated the activities of 200+ staff and contractors from over 10 divisions within the Sponsor’s organization, and 30+ system engineering contractors.
FAA Research Investigation (Partner Johns Hopkins University)
Role: Research Principal
• Developed a multi-agent learning simulation, in Java, of an airline market aimed at predicting flight scheduling and pricing behavior of airlines given changes to its external cost structure.
• Principal author of published paper in GECCO 2004 conference proceedings. From November 2001 to October 2005 (4 years) Software Engineer @ Search Services Divlet, Geographical and Editorial Tools Group
Responsible for gathering product and technical requirements; and developing scalable search applications using Java, PERL, and C++. Internal clients included Digital City, Government Guide, and Netscape.
• Integrated LocalEye’s geographical coding technology into AOL’s core search infrastructure, enabling AOL companies to develop geographically based search services, which created new revenue opportunities.
• Developed version 1.0 of AOL’s Site Management Tool drastically reducing the time required to create and publish search engines.
• Developed the technical requirements for our Editor Management System, providing a unified login and permissions management infrastructure for our Editorial Tools Suite. From August 2000 to September 2001 (1 year 2 months) Software Engineer @ "Geographical and topical search technology firm (8 employees) acquired by AOL."
Software Engineer
Responsible for developing geographical and topical search engine tools and web-based applications.
• Developed/maintained production search engines for job postings and resumes for clients such as AltaVista.com.
• Developed prototype targeted ad-serving system based on scoring algorithms adapted from off-line database marketing techniques. From October 1999 to August 2000 (11 months) National Telecommunications Chair @ From 1998 to 1999 (1 year)
MS, Information Systems and Technology @ The Johns Hopkins University From 2004 to 2005 MS, Computer Science @ The Johns Hopkins University From 2001 to 2004 BS, Electrical Engineering @ Oklahoma State University From 1993 to 1999 Rashad Moore is skilled in: Spring, JavaScript, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Databases, Sybase, EJB, Access, Lucene, Selenium, Scriptaculous, Statistical Tools, Systems Engineering, Spring Framework, Java Enterprise Edition