Jason LaBranch
P.O. Box 151, Sausalito, CA, 94966
415.517.2260
jobs (at) labranch.com
http://www.labranch.com/software

 
Work Summary

Over 10 years experience in software development and design with strong focus on internet technologies, relational databases, UNIX and PC platforms. Excellent technical and managerial skills. Influenced early on by Kernighan & Ritchie's maxim "Keep it simple stupid," programming became a form of art with the goal to keep it simple. I believe "keep it simple" applies to all forms of organization. Complex problems must be broken down to simple manageable constituent parts. Able to quickly learn and apply new concepts and paradigms in software development.

 
Skills

Laguages : Ruby, Java, C++, C, Perl, Basic, Assembly, Javascript, SQL, regular expression
Java : Servlet, JMS, IFC / Swing, J2EE, EJB, JDBC, JSP, JHTML, XML, JavaMail, JNDI, JCE
RDBMS : Oracle, Informix, Sybase, mySQL
Server : Ruby on Rails, ATG Dynamo, BEA Weblogic, Jakarta Tomcat, Apache, iPlanet, Asterisk PBX
Op Systems : Sun Solaris, Windows NT, Debian Linux, Redhat Linux, SGI IRIX
Tools : Subversion (SVN), CVS, Rational Clearcase, Interwoven Teamsite, Make, Ant, perl, lex/yacc, awk, c-shell, bash, rsh, Borland JBuilder, emacs, vi, GNU tools/compilers
Network : SMTP, NNTP, TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, snort, DNS, SSL, VoIP, SIP
   
Experience

Ruby on Rails Contractor
Attendio San Francisco, CA
05/2007 - 08/2007
  • Created a framework for importing XML, and CSV event feed data. Created parsers for crawling and acquiring event data from various web sources. Contributed to Get Social Application using Facebook API.
   
Technology Manager
OQO, Inc. San Francisco, CA
01/2003 - 03/2005
  • Managed WiFi, Bluetooth, WHQL, UL, CE certifications
  • Created Windows XP OS OPK sealed image for OQO device
  • Created company phone system using open source Asterisk PBX consisting of voice T1s, POTS lines, SIP phones and Zaptel.
  • Installed and maintained SonicWALL VPN and firewall.
  • Installed and maintained CommuniGate email solution with Outlook extensions.
  • Supported colocation servers and routers for company store.
   
Director Technical Operations
Gloss.com (Estée Lauder Companies) San Francisco, CA
01/2002 - 08/2002
  • Responsible for deployment and maintenance of Gloss.com, a premier multi-brand cosmetics e-commerce site. Gloss consists of 9 brands and is owned by Estée Lauder, Chanel and Clarins. Java ATG application with Oracle data deployed bi-weekly and on emergency bug fix basis. Site never brought down for maintenance / upgrades.
  • Managed vendor relations.
  • Internally, responsible for phones, desktop, release process, builds, DBA's, security, and network of Solaris, Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. Servers included Sun E450's, E250's and Ultra5's on VERITAS File System and Compaq Proliant Servers.
  • Deployed and maintained CVS code repository, Oracle, Oracle Financials, ATG Dynamo, Testtrack Pro bug tracking system, iPlanet web servers, Apache web servers, and LDAP common login system.
  • Developed, deployed and maintained developer environments and developer tools.
  • Developed enterprise risk assessment.
  • Developed security procedures including process monitoring and network sniffing to detect and counteract intrusion based on snort.
  • Responsible for maintenance and deployment of corporate email using Microsoft Exchange 5.1, 2000, CommuniGate Pro and qmail.
  • Daily backups with regular weekly rotations and offsite storage.
   
Senior Software Developer
Gloss.com (Estée Lauder Companies) San Francisco, CA
06/2000 - 01/2002
  • Designed, specified, and implemented event driven back-end membership system using JMS, Java in an ATG Dynamo environment.
  • Designed and implemented automated email bounce detector by retrieving and parsing email compliant with RFC 822, RFC 1521, and RFC 1894.
  • Designed Oracle relational tables. Optimized SQL queries and table indexes.
  • Designed and specified security system for storing and encrypting credit cards.
  • Member of architecture team. Wrote common Java tools and interfaces and specified code structure, file structure and naming conventions.
  • Mentored junior engineers in Java programming and practices.
  • Evaluated application server solutions, Blue Martini, BEA Weblogic, ATG Dynamo (DAS, DPS, DSS, DCS).
  • Evaluated various mapping solutions to drive customers to bricks and mortar stores. Evaluated mass email solutions.
   
Member Technical Staff
Netscape Communications Corp. Mountain View, CA
06/1995 - 06/1999
  • Core development team for ECXpert, a business document gateway between legacy EDI networks and internet based XML documents, a document translator.
  • UI Design/Development for administration of ECXpert, developed purely in Java/IFC, enabling administrators to administer system from any machine anywhere on the net.  As quoted from the Netscape UI design team, "This is the most advanced and refined java ui we have seen so far."
  • Developed secure FTP client and server for document exchange.
  • Developed API's, written in C++ and reflected into Java and JavaScript, to allow customers to write their own administration tools.
  • Multi-platform core class library development. Make system development.
  • Ported Community System to SGI/IRIX.
  • Wrote multi-threaded test controller w/ script language and test robots in Java to comprehensively test chat server. Designed tools in Perl to analyze and fix HTML/template files. Comprehensive testing of Merchant System, Publishing System, and Community System.
   
Software Engineer
Sybase Emeryville, CA
06/1993 - 06/1995
  • Parallel Products group and Connectivity group. Codeline administration in Clearcase environment.
  • Installed and maintained project home page using NCSA HTTPd.
  • Built and administered nightly build-and-test system in Unix and Windows NT.
  • Coded client library test suites. Wrote client library test plans for DOS, Windows, and OS/2.
  • Wrote certification plan. Certified all net library products.
   
Software Engineer
Pacific Images Communications Alhambra, CA
01/1993 - 03/1993
  • Designed and coded phone directory for SuperFax, a Windows/OS/2 faxing package.
   
Student Researcher
Robotics Lab, New York University New York, NY
01/1991 - 05/1991
  • Analyzed signals from censors on robotic arm to determine collision and position.
   
Tutor / Academic Consultant
Computer Science Dept., New York University New York, NY
09/1990 - 05/1991
  • Very successful in helping students understand concepts of computer science and problem solving. Worked one on one. Mentored during projects.
   
Education

New York University
Bachelor's, Computer Science New York, NY
1991
Accepted to doctorate program