Jordan
Naftolin
http://jordan.naftolin.com
jordan@naftolin.com
2800 Elliott Ave Apt. 1116
Seattle
Washington
98121
(206) 374-8352
To broaden my knowledge and make a positive impact on the company for which I work.
Innovative, ambitious, and outgoing
Practical problem solving and leadership skills
Knowledgeable in C++, Java, Java servlets, Web Services, XML, and Design Patterns
Experience with
Struts,
Lucene,
Tomcat,
Xerces,
Xalan,
and Ant
Familiar with PHP, UML, SQL, .NET
Fluent in English and French
Waterloo
Ontario
Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science (Honours, Co-op)
April, 2003
Graduated with Distinction
Awarded $4,000 Cognos scholarship in recognition of academic performance, work evaluations, and extra-curricular involvement
Consistently achieved a greater than 80% average in each academic term
Redmond
Washington
Software Developer on the Portable Media Center team
Responsible for implementing the synchronization engine for transferring data to and from device
Responsible for the integration of the Digital Rights Management components
Responsible for maintaining and extending the Media Library functionality
Organized and led a 4-hour workshop on Product Design during the 2005 DigiGirlz summer camp
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Created a Web Services framework making it easier to interact with and develop user-centric Web Services
Created clients to demonstrate the capabilities and usefulness of this framework using Sash
Presented the framework to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano at IBM Corporate Headquarters
New York
New York
Site architect and lead developer for CodeNotes.com, an online community for the CodeNotes book series
Designed and developed a set of administrative tools to update and maintain CodeNotes.com
Assisted in writing several CodeNotes articles
Implemented the content management system used by Infusion
Toronto
Ontario
Assisted in the design and creation of the WiseUncle system framework
Designed and implemented an XML data persistence mechanism
Responsible for the design and implementation of the WiseUncle data management tool
Cupertino
California
Worked on the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) server development team
Responsible for the process of converting Stylebook XML to PDF
Proposed and implemented a more efficient system for organizing the ICU documentation XML source files
Presented a Tech Talk to IBM, Cupertino (topic: The PDF Generation Process)
Active committer to the XML Apache Formatting Object Processor (FOP) project
Panelist and FOP presenter at the Java One Apache XML BOF
Toronto
Ontario
Designed and created a robust test harness for the server-side testing of Deploy Director
Assisted other employees in learning about servlets and how to profile them for memory leaks
Volunteered to edit the "KL Group Tour" digital video
Toronto
Ontario
Co-started and operated a consulting business that offered the design and development of web applications
Contracted to design and create the Financial Tools Education Planner servlet for The Financial Sector
Contracted to implement a registration web site prototype using JDBC
Toronto
Ontario
Designed and created a mock ATM servlet for Threadalyzer demo
Worked on the JProbe servlet profiling process
Worked on JProbe's integration with JBuilder
Work with high school students to teach them the principles of Object Oriented programming, and help them develop a computer game with their newly acquired skills
Created a documentary about the project to promote it across additional schools
Waterloo
Ontario
CUTC 2003 Co-Chair
Responsible for managing and leading the executive committee team leads for Industry Relations, Academic Relations, Public Relations, Student Relations, Sponsorship, Finance, Logistics, Operations, Social Events, and Registration
Waterloo
Ontario
Elected as House Representative
Organized campus-wide comedy night
Thornhill
Ontario
Elected as Chairman
Organized "Youth Week", Markham job fair, and youth conference
Thornhill
Ontario
Started school chapter and acted as chapter President
Organized informative school assemblies and awareness fundraisers
Tennis, basketball, baseball, piano, movies, reading, and writing
Writing fun and useful software utilities
Working with digital video, images, and electronics
Mike Pogue
V.P. Engineering
BeVocal Inc.
mpogue@zenstar.com
Laymond Pon
XML and Internationalization Product Engineer Manager
IBM
pon@us.ibm.com
(408) 777-5803