ALEX EHRNSCHWENDER ===================================================== alex.ehrnschwender@gmail.com San Francisco, CA Systems engineer with international experience in software development & project management. Seeking new challenges, difficult problems, and exciting opportunities. SKILL SET ===================================================== * Programming: JavaScript (Node.js, client web & mobile), Scala (Akka), Redis, MongoDB, Postgres, Nginx & LAMP stacks, SASS & LESS CSS, Ruby (Rails), C# .NET * Foreign Languages: Spanish (basic), French (limited) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ===================================================== Game Server Engineer - DeNA / ngmoco:) (November 2013 - present) -------------------- * Developing game servers in Node.js and Scala (Akka) for several popular mobile apps (iPhone + Android) * Managing all phases of systemic server lifecycle including provisioning, building, deploying, and monitoring * Building upon MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, Zookeeper, and StatsD/Graphite back-ends/middleware Lead Front-End Engineer - TastemakerX (September 2012 - November 2013) -------------------- * Led client-side app development for web and Spotify applications revolving around music discovery * Implemented production-scale Backbone.js & Require.js architecture, incrementally moving from pre-existing PHP views * Defined new cross-platform REST API structure and requirements including JSON data return * Implemented SASS and migrated site CSS into shared component styles * Wrote client build scripts using r.js automated into git hooks * Independently built servers in Node.js for SEO (webkit pre-processing), analytics (UDP for Mixpanel, Hadoop, & StatsD), websocket pub-sub (socket.IO + redis), Apple Push Notifications, and Twitter Streaming API manager/workers IT Leadership Program - GE Energy (June 2010 - August 2012) -------------------- * Operations BI Developer - Global Application Management Services (Atlanta, GA) * Developed a personalized BI solution (PL/SQL & JS) for support leaders & managers, accelerating through full SDLC * Commercial Inquiry-To-Order (ITO) Project Manager - GE Industrial Solutions (Hartford, CT) * Drove business-specific requirements into Salesforce.com roll-out for internal salespersons and external partners * Led data migration effort from existing CRM, performed SIT & UAT, and trained Latin America region leaders for pilot * Experience in Agile SCRUM methodology, VBA, and as a Salesforce.com admin * Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Project Manager - Energy Products Europe (Belfort, FR) * Release coordination between local French engineering and US project teams for business-wide PLM software * Used XSLT, XPath & JS to create activity trend dashboards and mitigate overall timeline risk * Mobile & Analytics Software Engineer - GE Water & Process Technologies (Philadelphia, PA) * Designed and piloted Water Mobile Framework for device-agnostic development, deployment, and testing of GE Water hybrid mobile apps * Built automated analytics engine for Remote Monitoring visualizations in TIBCO Spotfire, writing custom C# .NET extensions to the platform * Launched Fleet Analytics reporting providing cross-customer insights to the business EDUCATION ===================================================== University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science (2006 - 2010) ------------------- BS in Systems Engineering, Minor in Engineering Business * GPA: 3.48 * Head of Research for the McIntire Socially Responsible Investment Organization (2008 - 2010) * President of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Virginia Eta Chapter (2008 - 2009) * 2220 SAT (800-M, 680-V, 740-W) AWARDS & RECOGNITION ===================================================== * TastemakerX web app awarded 2nd place in 2013 SXSW Music Accelerator out of over 500 candidates * GE Water Remote Monitoring Team recognized by CIO Magazine with CIO 100 Award * LEAN Six Sigma Greenbelt Certified SIDE-PROJECTS & HOBBIES ===================================================== TourCollective -------------------- * Crowdsource concerts and bring your favorite musicians to your hometown. * Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Squid, Backbone.js + Require.js * Link: http://dev.tourcollective.com The Slice Is Right -------------------- * Quickly and easily discover local pizza. * iOS & Android App Markets * Sencha Touch 2, GoogleMaps API, Yelp API * iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slice-is-right/id626650004?ls=1&mt=8 * Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crunchdevelopment.TheSliceIsRight CloudJams -------------------- * Collaborate with Facebook friends to create the ultimate video playlist. * ActionScript (SWIZ), PHP (Zend), Amazon S3, Facebook OAuth2, YouTube APIs * Link: http://cloudjams.meteor.com