Erik M Roll

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acoywo@r.postjobfree.com

. Leading high-end development teams within rapidly evolving

technical landscapes

. Developing cloud backed mobile systems for iOS, Android, Windows,

and HTML5

. Experience architecting, developing, testing, releasing, enhancing,

and supporting products

. Experience with multiple software stacks including Ruby, Node,

Python, JAVA, and .NET

. Experience with multiple cloud architectures including Amazon,

Google, and Microsoft

. Experience working with interactive agencies, agencies of record,

and customers marketing departments

. Technical architect with deep experience implementing/navigating

emerging technologies

. Inventor with experience filing technical patents

. Utilizing the Agile development philosophy within a geographically

dispersed team

. Extensive security experience including digital signatures and

public/private key encryption

. Building, mining, maintaining, and marketing large databases,

traditional and cloud based

. Consumer of new technologies, architectures, and ideas

. Managing hybrid remote/local technical teams and coordinating

associated implementations

. Deep understanding of the challenges of cloud based systems

utilizing a DevOps environment

. Experienced technical manager, both staffing new groups and

expanding existing groups

Experience

Meegenius 2013-

present

VP, Technology

Technologies

Ruby, HTML5, Responsive CSS, JQuery, Node, Backbone, REST/JSON,

iOS/Objective-C, Android/JAVA, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Resque,

RabbitMQ, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon Elastic Beanstalk,

256bit AES Encryption, Token based user authorization, EPub3

Meegenius is a digital distribution platform for books specializing in

products designed for children age three to eight. The Meegenius platform

supports in-app purchase or web purchase of books, bundles, and

subscriptions; purchases synced across all devices and platforms.

. Responsible for the design, development, testing, release, and support

of the company's software products utilizing a global team.

. Responsible for staffing and day to day development including new and

existing products including white label offerings.

. Responsible for vendor selection for offshore development and testing

in multiple countries and technologies.

. Responsible for a diverse technology set including iOS, Android,

Windows 8 and Responsive Web.

. Responsible for the implementation of the Disney Comic Zone App.

. Meegenius apps are consistently in the top 20 in their respective

segments

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meegenius-800+-award-

winning/id364734296?mt=8

Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.meegenius.reader&hl=en

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/MeeGenius-Along-Library-Childrens-

Books/dp/B00G9BMK7K

Windows:http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/meegenius-read-along-

library-of/8bdb9148-2868-4f98-9363-08cf261e33d3

Disney: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/disney-comics-zone/id924965343?mt=8

Web: https://www.meegenius.com

Civicgames 2012-

2013

CTO/ Founder

Technologies

HTML5, CSS, JQuery, Python/Django, REST, iOS/Objective-C,

Android/JAVA, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS,

Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, Webfaction

Civicgames develops classroom based educational technology specializing in

game based learning.

. Chief Architect and Lead Developer responsible for the companies

software architecture/products/infrastructure including cloud/SaaS

models

o Teacher facing dashboard, including student assessment, testing,

and remediation.

o HTML 5 adventure game with integrated test engine

o Associated database mining and analytics including Google

Analytics

. Prototyped native OpenGL/iOS/Android side-scroller game

. Integrated associated board game used in conjunction with online

product

. Primary technical contact for Angel Investors/Friends and Family round

of funding

. Applied to multiple nationally recognized incubators (TechStars,

StartL, Socratic Labs, Kaplan)

. Instrumental in the development/offering of initial kickstarter

campaign for the adventure game

Proscape Technologies 1996-

2012

CTO/ Founder

Technologies

Mobile: iOS/objective-c, core data, Android/JAVA, SQLite, JSON,

location services

Front-end: HTML5, CSS, JQuery, GWT, Windows Native C#, C++, FLASH,

MPEG4, Quicktime, Adobe Premier

Back-end: .NET C#, ASP.NET MVC, Python/Django, Ruby/Rails, J2EE,

SOA, REST/JSON, OAuth, Active Directory, LDAP, C/C++

Databases: SQLServer, Oracle, PostgreSQL, mySQL, SQLite, Sybase

Clouds: Amazon EC2, S3, RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, Route 53, Cloud

Front, IAM, SES, SQS

Google App Engine, CloudSQL, Drive

Microsoft Azure, SQLServer, SkyDrive, SQLReporting

Software: Photoshop, GIMP, Blender, Adobe Premiere, Adobe after

effects, Adobe Dreamweaver

Integrations: MS Office, Google Docs, Siebel, Salesforce.com,

Peoplesoft, numerous proprietary customer master records,

ACNielson, IRI, Sharepoint, Biztalk, AstraZeneca Touchstone

CRM, Merck proprietary CRM, GSK proprietary CRM

Industry Leading Sales and Marketing software company specializing in

mobile sales and marketing apps

http://www.proscape.com

. Reporting to CEO, gathered requirements, architected, developed,

released, and supported numerous marketing apps running on one code

base.

. Successfully staffed multiple development teams, recruiting high-end

developers from Microsoft, Adobe, and others

. Defined, implemented, and continually updated the software development

and testing standards and procedures

. Extensive third-party system integrations including Siebel, Cegedim,

Microsoft, Oracle and others

. Invented innovative technology and lead the development of associated

patents

. Lead technical contact for multiple rounds of venture funding

. Continually expanded the product line based on customer requests and

market trends

. Responsible for moving the company to a REST based architecture

utilizing social media user authorization, including Google, Facebook,

LinkedIn, and Twitter

. Responsible for migration of the software suite from an annual

licensing model to a cloud based SaaS offering

. Developed an innovative data abstraction layer to allow for a single

code base to utilize multiple database vendors.

. Migrated the software architecture through multiple technology stacks

as the overall technical landscape changed

. Converted the Quality Assurance department to a outsourced model

running with multiple vendors in several countries

. Established the iOS development team and built out the iOS product

named ishowplayer.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ishowplayer/id424966097?mt=8

. Responsible for the continued release of the product through the Apple

app store

. Established the Android development team and built out the Android

product.

.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proscape.showplayer&hl

=en

. Responsible for the continued release of the product through

customer's IT departments with third party/custom deployment packages

. Added deployment of showplayerdroid from the GooglePlay store

Applied Information Group

1992-1996

Director of Software Development

Technologies

Foxpro, C++, Dbase, Zinc Framework, Oracle, SQLServer, HTML

The first PC based database service bureau specializing in Database

Marketing, Email Marketing, and List Fulfillment

. Chief Architect/Lead Developer responsible for the

design/development/release of MailEasy and OTIS software packages.

. Functionality includes merge purge, postal pre-sorting, de-

duplication, zip+4 standardization, label generation, geo coding,

Database count generation, database development, mining and marketing.

Patents

Defining an Interactive User Interface

July 23, 2009 (pending)

Filed in the US and multiple countries including Korea

http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/200********

System and Method of Managed Content Distribution

October 29, 2009 (pending)

Filed in the US and multiple countries including Korea

http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/200********

Education

I was recruited from College, prior to finishing my studies, by the co-

founder of Applied Information Group, This was my first foray into serial

entrepreneurship.

Mercer County Community College

1990-1992

Hong Kong International School

1986-1989

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_School

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