John
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Software Developer |
| Location | Seattle, WA, United States |
| Introduction | A former New Yorker, now spoiled by the mild clime of Seattle. After 15 years developing in C for a startup (1987 IPO), first encountered Java in 1996 and immediately found a new startup job to develop a Java (RMI) server delivered on JDK 1.1.2. <br><br> After moving to Seattle in 1998, built the system that did the first mobile commerce transaction in North America. Ultimately became Chief Technical Architect for the J2EE m-commerce system used by the top mobile carriers in the US. <br><br> A year after that startup was sold, joined a social media startup and embarked as CTO for a small team doing Ruby on Rails development. <br><br> After a freelance stint as sole developer writing C & <a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/">Groovy</a>, co-founded a start-up in the role of CTO to build a site in Groovy on <a href="https://cloud.google.com/appengine/">Google App Engine</a>. <br><br> Now spearheading cross-platform development at <a href="http://www.zillow.com">Zillow</a>. |
| Interests | Java, Database, Mobile Commerce, Politics, Environment |
| Favorite Books | The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann |