Engineer Software

William P. Langenberg

****@***********.*** http://www.blangenberg.com 617-***-****

*** * **. #*, ******, MA 02127

Senior software engineer with focus on user experience Proven ability to manage, mentor team

Summary

members End-to-end development experience Open-source and Microsoft Enterprise

development

Objective Contribute as a lead or senior-level software engineer/developer, leveraging core expertise in

RIA development in an exciting, challenging environment that facilitates technical and

professional growth.

Experience KAREN CLARK & COMPANY, 2009 Present (Boston, MA)

Start-up firm focused on three core offerings: yourhomestuff.com, a free web application that

helps homeowners maintain, manage, and protect their household; software development for the

insurance industry; and risk-based consulting services.

Senior Software Application Developer, 2009 Present

Design, architect and implement web applications using Microsoft C#.NET, JavaScript AJAX,

MsSQL, and Adobe Flex. Develop across service tiers, from UI to database.

Key Projects:

yourhomestuff.com Lead user experience and interface designer. Created prototypes and

designs using Adobe Creative Suite (PhotoShop, Flash). Architected and engineered the

Maintain section, which connects homeowners to qualified service professionals (e.g.:

contractors, plumbers) from UI to DB structure. Implemented across several tiers to increase

re-usability and code portability to other site areas. C#.NET controls used extensively, and

AJAX JSON used to improve efficiency in key places.

yourworkstuff.com Lead design and architecture process for the companion web

application to yourhomestuff (yhs), specific to service professionals. Responsible for hand-

shaking with yhs and the majority of implementation (using same technologies). Simplified

look and feel to be friendly to non-savvy computer users.

Other projects of interest include a JavaScript photo tagger and iPhone app for documenting

valuables for insurance purposes.

ARGOSY PUBLISHING, 2002 2009 (Newton, MA)

Multi-disciplinary firm offering increasingly sophisticated technical solutions and creative services

to the medical, pharmaceutical, and educational publishing industries.

Manager, Media Technology, 2006 2009

Managed a team of 2 10 developers as lead engineer to create rich-media Internet applications.

Responsibilities included technical requirements and application architecture, direction of

development efforts on- and off-site, engineering of key components and interfaces. Increased

department revenue by more than 400% through new services.

Key Projects:

The Visible Body (visiblebody.com) Engineered platform to seamlessly blend real-time, 3D

content into a browser-based application using Flash, AJAX, and Unity 3D. Platform had to

be modular and extensible for custom, licensed applications. Specified and implemented API

framework to synchronize 3D content, where object IDs are created at run-time, with other

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William P. Langenberg

****@***********.*** http://www.blangenberg.com 617-***-****

components. Built XML-driven engine that implements timeline-based animation and events,

Experience, synchronized across modules. Engineered key components such as streaming content

cont.

loaders, data handlers, search algorithms, and developed user interface. Supervised

development of Visible Body website, leveraging Java, Tapestry, and MySQL databases in a

Unix environment.

Flashpoint Created a Flash-based content browser that became the foundation of

Flashpoint product. Challenged to create desktop-based application that allows novice users

to create web-based surveys and presentations via WYSIWYG interface. Responsible for

technical specification and application architecture that included Java back-end, JDIC to

facilitate WYSIWYG feature via Flash GUI. Communication between tiers accomplished via

XML sockets. Application published projects to the web in a Flash-based run-time

environment via built-in FTP client. Java-based server tools received survey data and

generated web- and Excel-based reports. Directed on- and off-site development and

supervised QA process.

Senior Developer, 2002 2006

Served as development lead for interactive, rich-media products for web and CD/DVD.

WPL STUDIOS, 2001 2002 (Weston, MA)

Principal of an independent website design and development firm.

GIANTLOOP NETWORK, INC., 2000 2001 (Waltham, MA)

GiantLoop was a provider of enterprise optical networking services and technology, formed by a

group of former EMC executives.

Webmaster and Designer

Designed, built, and maintained corporate website and intranet, which leveraged a content

management system.

Education B.S., Computer Science, Tufts University, 2001

Magna cum laude

Golden Key National Honor Society

Personal Projects Website development for Boston-area photographer Steve Marsel spanning four separate sites.

stevemarselstock.com, currently in development, leverages a lightbox back-end that allows users

to purchase stock photography from Mr. Marsel and other photographers. Heavily customized the

PHP-based system for Steve s purposes. Modified Smarty Templates to integrate increased

functionality and custom behavior. Used MySQL database for dynamic content.

Created a Perl contact form CGI for bostoncorporateportraits.com that automatically responds to

interests specified by a prospective client with one or more informational PDFs. The user s

information is formatted into a VCARD (supported by most major e-mail clients) and sent to

representatives at Boston Corporate Portraits for a personal follow-up.

Online portfolio http://www.blangenberg.com/

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