Eric A. Zarko 519 Tamalpais Drive Corte Madera, CA 94925 (415) 850-9430 eric@zarko.org Experience: Sling Media, Foster City, CA (5/11 Ð present) Principal Engineer * Designed and implemented next generation online placeshifting applications, working in both the backend and the frontend * Meet with satellite providers to capture future requirements in order to guide product roadmap * Acted as team lead for customer specific issues * Fixed an awful lot of bugs in crappy old contractor software in a short amount of time * Rewrote data ingestion engine * Developed Apache SOLR plugins * Caused a paradigm shift in the way API documentation and testing were approached, increasing quality and early detection of issues * Proliferated use of smart technologies/methodologies across all of Sling Synacor, Buffalo, NY (3/09 Ð 5/11) Architect - Portal * Advise project and product managers on appropriate uses of current and emerging technology * Manage technical aspects of portal redesign * Provide technical guidance to project managers and developers * Perform code reviews * Perform architectural (design) reviews * Problem solve complex debugging issues with developers * Act as liaison between multiple departments working simultaneously on site issues * Debug whole system problems that span team boundaries * Mentor interns and manage intern projects * Advocate framework proliferation * Maintain market awareness * Present technical information to clients and potential clients * Transitioned team from waterfall to Agile development Kaboodle/CDS Global/Hearst Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (2/08 - 12/08) Lead Developer * Built a new development team * Managed a team of developers * Transitioned an existing sister company internal application to a hosted solution customized to company and customer needs * Chief architect for product * Created Statement of Work documents from marketing requirements * Generated estimates of work for new features. * Performed critical path scheduling * Coordinated development efforts with design, quality assurance, and operational systems support departments * Conveyed project and release status/issues/risks to senior management * Mentored junior and senior engineers in OOP/OOD, reuse, patterns, AJAX, the Mason web framework, test-driven design and general web technology * Performed code reviews * Implemented critical software components * Release manager Envox Worldwide, Sausalito, CA (3/05 - 2/08) Staff Software Engineer/Project Leader * Transitioned software product from one company system/culture to another * Developed training for new software product developers and technical support * Mentored junior engineers * Created product specifications from marketing requirements * Generated estimates of work for new releases * Tasked software engineers * Performed design reviews * Performed code reviews * Implemented critical software components * Tasked and coordinated with QA personnel * Tasked and coordinated with technical writers * Provided release status updates for senior management * Release manager * Build manager * SCM admin * Produced solutions to customer problems * Performed MIS duties for business office during system transition Intel Corporation, Sausalito, CA (2/01 - 2/05) Staff Software Engineer * Collaborated on design of and implemented Òanti-hackingÓ software components * Designed, planned and led implementation of Unicode support for CT ADE product * Created product specifications from marketing requirements * Generated estimates of work for new releases * Tasked software engineers * Performed design reviews * Performed code reviews * Implemented critical software components * Tasked and coordinated with QA personnel * Tasked and coordinated with technical writers * Provided release status updates for senior management * Release manager * Build manager * Contributed to CIG Version Control and Configuration Management Standard, NBD Converged Administrative Software Strategy System Architecture Specification, and Intel NetMerge Communications Web Services (CWS) Suite System Architecture Specification * SCM admin * Designed and taught an introductory Perl course * Assisted planning for all the diagnostic work for System Release 6.1 Linux including the remapping for the diagnostics FDT (functional development team) * Engaged in Intel directional planning through participation in the API committee and in genesis remapping * Mentored junior engineers Akopia, Inc., Reston, VA (9/00 - 12/00) Senior Developer * Lead Architect for future releases of an open source e-commerce platform * Reengineered portions of software product * improved OOt design * modularized code for ease of maintenance and future development * Streamlined product documentation processes World Web, Ltd., Alexandria, VA (1/00 - 9/00) Senior Programmer Interim Manager of Programming Senior Software Development Consultant MusiCosmos.com, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA (5/99 - 12/99) CIO Rockwell Electronic Commerce, Wood Dale, IL (5/98 - 5/99) Web Architect IntraSite, LLC, Norfolk, VA (3/97 - 5/98) Programmer/System Administrator iTRiBE, Norfolk, VA (4/96 - 3/97) Programmer Computer Skills: Languages: Perl, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, C++, Java, C#, CORBA, C, sh, csh, tcsh, ksh, Pascal, Basic, VBScript, VB.Net, VB6.0 WWW Features: HTML, Drupal, WordPress, Catalyst, Google APIs, Facebook APIs, Mason, ASP.Net, Servlets, Applets, ASP, JSP, browser specific features and compatibility issues Education: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA College of Marin, Kentfield, CA References: Available Upon Request This resume is available online at: http://www.zarko.org/resume/ Last updated: November 1, 2011