Engineer Software
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Jim Giza
linkedin.com/in/jimgiza
Sutton, MA 01590
Innovative technologist.
Experienced leader.
Exceptional business, personnel, and project management
skills.
VP Technology
Jan 2004 (company inception) to Present
Drive the data management team & technology.Own the customer support function. Built patent-awarded response management system.Responsible for tech recruiting & hiring.Tech Management of Air, Hotel & Car Search integrations for first 5 yrs of company.Manage affiliate program (AOL, Bing, USAToday, dozens others).Built a subsidiary, software development office, in Bangalore, India.
Linux, MacOSX, Java, Perl, Apache, XML
Product Manager / Technical Evangelist
Aug 1999 to Nov 2003
Hired team and successfully established remote software development office. Defined features and functionality of the QuickBooks SDK and built a successful developer network around it.
Established 50 person software development office in Massachusetts.Responsible for QuickBooks website mgmt product. Implemented key componentsDefined, and implemented components of, the QuickBooks XML API and built a successful developer network around it.Managed a technical support group.Led technical seminars, training and presented at conferences.Worked with scores of 3rd party developers in building and their applications.
Java, Perl, Apache, XML, VB, C/C++, PalmOS Toolkit
Boston Light Software
VP Engineering
Dec 1998 (company inception) to Aug 1999 (acquisition)
Joined company at inception. Hired and managed team of 12. Built relationships with partners, customers and Intuit, the company that acquired us. Hands-on development of a Java/XML ecommerce platform.
Hands-on development of an ecommerce platform for small businesses.Built relationships with partners, vendors, customers and Intuit, the company that acquired us.
Java, Perl, Apache, XML
UNIFI
Director Engineering
Nov 1997 to Dec 1998 (company shutdown)
Managed team of developers and had matrix responsibility for QA, Documentation, and Release Engineering. Drive implementation of desktop applications (email-to-FAX, broadcast FAX, voice messaging). Constant interaction with partners, vendors, customers, and investors. Responsible for researching 3rd party offerings and building business relationships. Served as Security Consultant to both the Network Operations Center as well as all product development teams. Design and implement standards-based Network Security infrastructure. Cross product data security. Responsible for Firewall, Virtual Private Network, and Secure Email decisions for UNIFI's worldwide network. Java CORBA coding. Designed and implemented standards-based Network Security infrastructure. Managed partnership and development effort in Dublin.Responsible for team of 12 software engineers.
Java, CORBA, RSA JSafe Crypto
America Online
Principal Software Engineer
Dec 1996 to Nov 1997 (office closure)
Data Security and Client/Server Authentication. Implemented Client/Server Internet security infrastructure and applications. Emphasis on efficiency and scalability. Served as consultant to Network Operations staff for network security issues.
Helped define network security infrastructure for use across company and all applications.Implemented secure transaction infrastructure based on requirements from financial institutions.
Win32 C/C++, RSA BSafe Crypto
Lotus/Iris
Software Engineer
Nov 1995 to Dec 1996
Core development for Lotus Notes. Data Security and Authentication. Certificate Management. C/C++. Applied RSA cryptographic toolkit to Lotus Notes.
Designed and implemented standards-based Network Security infrastructure. Managed partnership and development effort in Dublin.Responsible for team of 12 software engineers.
Java, CORBA, RSA JSafe Crypto
Interleaf
Tech Lead
Aug 1990 to Nov 1995
Responsible for nine developers and coordinating the efforts of a cross-functional team as well as being an individual contributor. Developed C and Lisp applications to prepare documents for on-line distribution. Provided full-text indexing and retrieval. Numerous in-house tools, filters, and utilities. Directed Client/Server development efforts. Was responsible for details and coordination of product design, scheduling, implementation, and delivery.
Developed C and Lisp applications to prepare documents for on-line distribution.Hypertext authoring system prior to web.Managed software development team of seven.
UNIX, C, Lisp
GenRad
Software Engineer
Jun 1988 to Aug 1990
Designed and implemented real-time data collection systems.
UNIX, C
Raytheon Equipment Division
Associate Engineer
Jun 1986 to Jan 1988
Entry-level contribution on DoD projects.Weapons control system and simulators.
Microprocessors, Assembly Language, C, VAX/VMS
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. MS Computer Science, 1995Hartwick College. BS Computer Science, 1986
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