Experience
Co-founder
TapEngage (Hactile Inc.)
San Francisco, California
May 2011 - Present
- Built Javascript framework, ad server, logging, and real-time bidding components for tablet-focused rich media platform
- Member of YCombinator's summer 2011 batch; raised angel round from a number of investors
- Worked with publishers, brands, and agencies including American Apparel and Universal McCann
Product Manager, App Engine Team
Google
San Francisco, California
September 2008 - May 2011 (Intern: May 2007 - August 2007)
- Product Manager, Google App Engine (July 2009 - May 2011)
- Took over as lead of product for global team January 2010, helped set focus area strategy
- Grew App Engine team and revenue dramatically
- Matured service by introducing SLA, removing preview labels, and launching a number of features
- Represented Google as cloud computing advocate at conferences, hackathons, and in the press
- Received Strongly Exceeds Expectations performance review before departure, several peer and spot bonuses, and an OC award
- Associate PM (APM), Google Apps Infrastructure (September 2008 - July 2009)
- Grew # of products using shared comment service 2x, # of comments 3x
- Developed cross-team Bookmarks rationalization
- APM Intern, Symbiotics Team (May - August 2007)
- First Waterloo APM Intern, received "Outstanding" evaluation
- Managed contrator to build Google marketing partnership for The Bourne Ultimatum with Universal Studios
- Pitched YouTube Trailers and movie showtimes integration to Search leadership
Prototype Software Development
VendAsta Technologies
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
June 2008 - August 2008
technologies:
- Python/Django
- App Engine
- jQuery
- Built and extended third-party Python modules to run successfully on App Engine
- Created initial UI and feed parser for StepRep (latter just recently replaced)
- Integrated unit tests, code coverage, and build deployment with continuous integration server and Google App Engine
Application Developer Internship, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) team
Business Objects
Vancouver, British Columbia
January 2006 - April 2006 & September 2006 - December 2006
technologies:
- JavaScript
- Java, C++
- Perforce, Ant, Cruise Control
- Built data visualization tool, one of the first features to be cleared for release
- Recruited to new Oracle team to help architect implementation and mediate team
- Business Objects Campus Ambassador for UWaterloo between internships
- Received "Outstanding" evaluation both internships
Other Internship Experience
technologies:
- J2SE/J2ME
- PHP, Perl
- ASP.NET, SQL
- Location Software Development at Research In Motion (May - August 2005)
- Blackberry Network Operations at Research In Motion (September - December 2004)
- Junior Programmer as Saskatoon Public School Division (January - April 2004)