Daniel D. Shaw's Resume

Daniel D. Shaw
San Francisco, CA 94107 USA	dshaw.com

OBJECTIVE

Be awesome. Work with great people, use innovative technology, and make great software. Teach. Learn.

SKILLS

I enjoy making usable software that is intuitive and obvious. I am always interested in working other people who are passionate about what they are creating, both personally and professionally.

I write software with Node.js and JavaScript, and have extensive experience building realtime systems with Node, Socket.io and Redis.

I work with startups to help them make the best, most informed architectural choices when building a Node.js-based infrastructure.

WORK EXPERIENCE
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2011 - Present Node.js Engineer	Voxer	San Francisco, CA
Re-architected distributed logging architecture. -
2011 - 2011 Software Engineer	Spreecast	San Francisco, CA
Focused on Node.js infrastructure using Socket.IO for real-time communication. Created the first production deployment of Socket.io RedisStore. Actively maintained Socket.io RedisStore. Created the prototype real-time Spreecast embed. -
2010 - 2011 Lead Engineer	Storify, Inc.	San Francisco, CA
Improved MongoDB query performance by several orders of magnitude. Upgraded Node.js and Express architecture from Node 2.x to 4.x and 0.x to 2.x. Implemented Redis Session architecture. Designed and implemented Storify's social layer: Follow. (Redis-based) -
1998 - Present Owner	Media Design LLC	Morgantown, WV
Web software consulting. Web-based software development. E-commerce systems. Websites for small to medium businesses. -
2007 - 2011 Web Application Developer	WV Higher Education Policy Commission	Morgantown, WV
Implemented JAX-RS REST API using Jersey. Rearchitected legacy ColdFusion application to JavaEE stack (Spring, JPA, SiteMesh). Created State-wide map of Higher Ed. facilities with interactive floorplans implemented in Flash and Flex. -
2002 - 2010 Software Developer and Architect	KRM Associates, Inc.	Shepherdstown, WV
Developed online risk assessment tool to collect and analyze data using the SEI OCTAVE methodology. Developed web-based enterprise risk management system for Department of Defense's health care system (DHIAP). Developed web-based management system for risk analysis and assessment based on the NIST ASSET toolset for Veterans Administration. -

EDUCATION
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2006 - 2008	West Virginia University
MS Software Engineering 3.80 Grade Point Average -
2002 - 2006	West Virginia University	Morgantown, WV
BS Computer Science with a Minor in Business 3.54 (graduated Cum Laude) Grade Point Average -

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

2006 Inducted into UPE (Upsilon Pi Epsilon - International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines).

2005-2006 two terms as Treasurer WVU Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).

2005-2006 LCSEE Student Advisory Council.

2004-2005 Treasurer Circolo Italiano (Italian Studies Club).

Member IEEE Computer Society