Software Engineer
Resume:
Scott Kaplan
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*** *** ****** *****, *** Francisco, CA 94127
Summary
Experienced, hands-on engineering leader with a proven track record of building teams and shipping quality products in a broad range of markets. Repeatedly grew teams from scratch or a small core while
deploying best practices in Engineering, QA and DevOps. Hands-on, expert-level technical skill in networking, mobile and DevOps.
Career
CEO/CTO MagToGo, San Francisco CA
Build and deploy mobile apps at trade shows, events and meetings
July 2009 to Present
o Directly responsible for all backend server work, protocol development, HTML5 client, DevOps deployment
in AWS, managed all engineering functions and established best practices
o Recruited and managed local and offshore engineers that handled iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows
native apps as well as front-end CMS developer
o Delivered apps against a non-negotiable deadline - event start
o Constantly interfacing with sales, marketing, partners and customers to reprioritize and iterate product using a
company-wide agile process
o Sold hundreds of apps to 120 customer, generating $1M in revenue
VP Engineering SurveyVisions, San Francisco CA
Deliver automated VoIP market research services
July 2002 to December 2007
o Developed VoIP call management software to initiate, monitor and log 1M calls per day
o Designed and installed lights-out colo cabinet at 200 Paul using combination of Cisco, Linux and BayTech
o Negotiated and implemented cross connects to Level 3, XO, Genuity
o Founded company which reached $1M annual revenue in 3 years
VP Engineering Libritas, Oakland CA
Building-based cloud server delivering turnkey IT services in commercial office space
August 1996 to December 2002
o Developed highly reliable, lights-out, turnkey platform deployed in office buildings
o Designed and installed core at Level 3 Colo to back haul private WAN with Adtrans, Cisco and Linux
o Deployed in 35 building in the Northern CA region
o Direct responsibility for engineering and operations
o Responsible for strategic and business planning, marketing plan, product definition and development
o Secured angel and Series A funding
o Company was sold to NextWeb in 2002
VP Engineering, CoroNet Systems, Los Altos CA
Advanced network monitor giving IT staff a 360 view of their network
January 1995 to November 1995
o Hired to recruit team, establish best practice, QA and Doc to ship a quality product in time for Interop
o Product won the Best of Show award at 1995 Interop
o Kleiner/Hummer-backed start-up sold to CompuWare for $30M
Director of Engineer, FTP Software Inc., San Francisco CA
Internet-based network operating system
August 1991 to January 1995
o Established West Coast software engineering office, consisting of Dev, QA, Doc and IT support
o Developed TCP/IP server platform on Windows NT
o Created the company's first QA group using CI techniques
o Authored Internet-Draft which became RFC 2165 and served as IETF working group chair
o IPO in 1994
Senior Software Engineer, Hitachi Computer Products, Santa Clara, CA
Network operating system based on ISO protocols
January 1989 to July 1991
o Developed NETBIOS over TCP/IP print spooling system to replace Unix LP print spooler
o Developed IPC mechanism to locate and communicate with peer processes in a distributed environment
o Interfaces with ISO infrastructure: X.500, X.400 and ASN.1 compiler
Unix Systems Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
Researched and company-wide champion for software engineering best practices
June 1983 to January 1989
o Automated integration of services into HP’s company-wide TCP/IP network using Chef-like service
o Network architect for the lab
o Created Unix-based software ticket system connected to HP proprietary ticket system
o Instructed field staff in the theory of operation and maintenance of HP equipment
o Created courses and software used in course and instructor scheduling
Technical Skills
o 30 years experience with languages including C, C++, Scheme, Perl, Ruby, Javascript, PHP, SQL, HTML/CSS, jQuery
o 30 years experience with Linux (Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu), MS (DOS, Win), and Mac OSs
o 20 years experience architecting and deploying networks including telco (T-3, T-1, DSL, ISDN, POTS), networking equipment (Cisco, Livingston, Tut, Linux router/firewall) and protocols (HTTP/S, FTP, SSH,
DNS, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, NNTP, NTP, SNMP/2, RTP, RTSP, BGP, RIP)
o 15 years experience with project management tools – Trac, Bugzilla, SCCS, RCS, CVS, SVN, Git
o 10 years experience with network operation tools – Nagios, MTRG, SMS API, AWS SDK, CloudWatch, WireShark, LanWatch, Sniffer, Coronet
o 10 years developing web applications utilizing HTML5, AJAX, Geolocation, Offline storage using both browser and application cache
o 5 years DevOps experience with AWS including EC2, Route 53, Opsworks, RDS, ELB, AS and 10 years before those tools were available deploying and monitoring systems with sh/awk/sed/grep/perl/ssh
o Deployed web-based store with Magento, including Apple App store interface
Academics
Columbia University, New York, NY BSEE
Broad teaching experience in academia and industry
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