Developer Development
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Scot Dalton **@**********.***
I'm a based Ruby and Java developer interested in ICTD.
My goal is to combine my public service and international development background with a computer science skill set to pursue opportunities in the computing for development arena.Education
New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York, NY
Master of Science in Computer Science
Expected May 2013
Current GPA 3.85
New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
New York, NY
Master of Public Administration, International Development
May 2010
GPA 3.85
Thesis evaluation of, a USAID funded international exchange program
New York University College of Arts and Sciences
New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics
May 1997
Junior Year Mathematics Prize for excellence in mathematics and service to the department
Non-Profit / Public Service Experience
New York University
New York, NY
Senior Web Developer, Division of Libraries
November 2004 Present
Lead the web services department to implement high performance, scalable solutions with Ruby on Rails, Java, Perl, PHP, and MySQL
Manage Library ITS staff including DBA, System Administrators and Client Services during LITS Director s temporary six month reassignment
Manage projects to implement next generation library applications
Present innovative NYU Libraries development initiatives at national and international conferences
Mentor junior staff members in best practices of the development life cycle, including GitHub based development
Taproot Foundation
New York, NY
Senior Web Developer, Division of Libraries
August 2004 March 2011
Clients: iMentor, Mayor s Alliance for NYC s Animals
Collaborate with Taproot team members and client staffs to provide technical expertise on websites, donor databases, and Salesforce.com integration
United States Peace Corps
Filabusi, Zimbabwe
Mathematics Teacher
October 1997 December 1999
Instructed large multilevel classes in mathematics, improving national exam pass rates by 400%
Established a soccer club for both girls and boys to promote self confidence
Coached soccer team to the semi-finals of Zimbabwe s national tournament, a first for the school
Private Sector Experience
Accenture
New York, NY
Senior Technical Consultant, Financial Services Industry
August 2000 October 2004
Client: Morgan Stanley
Led three person development team through on time delivery of a J2EE organizational modeling tool
Collaborated with team members to provide technical solutions to critical challenges using SOAP, Java, XML and SQL
Client: J.P. Morgan Partners
Proactively re-architected application to improve maintainability, reliability and scalability
Reduced processing time of key data load components by 50%, significantly improving performance
Pursued opportunities to develop subordinates skills in key technologies
Selected Publications, Demos and Presentations
Dalton, Scot, Sunandan Chakraborty, and Lakshminarayanan Subramanian. 2012. "Computing the rate of disappearance of arable land in developing regions using satellite images". Atlanta, GA: Georgia Institute of Technology.
Chakraborty, Sunandan, Scot Dalton, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, and Yaw Nyarko. 2012. "Computing the rate of disappearance of cropland using satellite images". Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen,.
Dalton, Scot. 2010. "Integrating library systems with PDS". Jerusalem: Ex Libris.
Dalton, Scot. 2009. "Ex Libris and open source at NYU". Jerusalem: Ex Libris.
Dalton, Scot. 2009. "Providing Primo Delivery Services with Umlaut". Richmond: Ex Libris Users of North America.
Dalton, Scot, Mikelle Adgate, and Betsy Fuller Matambanadzo. 2008. "The KwaZulu-Natal Slums Bill: An Illustration of an Institutional Shift in Democracy". Perspectives on Global Issues 3 (1) (Fall 2008).
Technical SkillsProgramming LanguagesRuby, Java, Perl, JavaScriptWeb DevelopmentRuby on Rails, JQuery, Prototype JS, Apache Web Server, TomcatDatabasesMySQL, OracleDevelopment ToolsTextMate, Eclipse IDE, Git, Subversion,Transmit FTP client, ViOperating SystemsUnix, Linux, Mac OS XProductivity SoftwareGitHub, Jenkins, Confluence Wiki, BugzillaSelected Links
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