Jason Gurney www.jasongurney.com E X P E R I E N C E Founder BallHype, Inc. ++ San Mateo, California ++ 2007-Present -- Built the BallHype and ShowHype interactive web applications. -- Product definition combines best-of-breed functionality to create a unique product offering: content analysis with user participation. -- Backend application aggregates and analyzes hundreds of thousands of documents from thousands of media, blog, video, and audio sources. -- Frontend application provides rich Ajax-enabled user experience, including contests, messaging, voting, and other social networking features. -- Coordinating featured content program, recruiting top bloggers to contribute original content. -- Managing blogger outreach program, achieving nearly one million nbound links. Vice President of Engineering Biz360, Inc. ++ San Mateo, California ++ 2003-2007 -- Lead three functional teams to manage and extend the company’s media and blog analysis applications (market360.biz360.com): -- Infrastructure Engineering: Java-based distributed computing platform for large-scale content aggregation and text analytics -- Application Engineering: Java/XML/XSL-based business intelligence application framework -- Product Management: Specifying solutions to meet market requirements and helping to define product vision -- Launched blog monitoring product, enabling a 4x jump in processing scale in less than 3 months. -- Provide technology guidance and vision to other members of the executive team and board of directors. -- Educate top clients and partners on technical capabilities of the platform and team; gather direct feedback on future projects. -- Established agile software development methodologies. -- As Infrastructure Engineering Director: Managed the backend engineering team, responsible for a high-volume Java-based distributed computing application. Application components included: web spidering, HTML data harvesting, indexing/searching, natural language processing, and data warehousing. Responsibilities included hiring, training, employee development, and project management. Launched next-generation versions of most application components. Also contributed individually to Java and Python-based development projects. Software Development Director DETERMINE Software ++ San Francisco, California ++ 2000-2003 -- Led development of the Java-based DETERMINE web applications for leasing and contract management (www.determine.com). Coordinated the engineering release cycle--managed shared resources, prioritized tasks, and improved efficiency throughout the development process. -- Launched four new applications and several other features and enhancements. -- Contributed individually to Java, XSLT, JSP, and XML-based development projects. -- As Web Development Manager: Managed the web development team, responsible for JSP, HTML, JavaScript, and UI design. Also launched a graphical redesign and a UI overhaul. Director of Server Engineering Zing Networks, Inc. ++ San Francisco, California ++ 1999-2000 -- Managed the web development team (programming in Perl, SQL, JavaScript, HTML) for the Zing.com online photo application. Coordinated hiring, supervised training, and administered reviews for a 12-person team. Worked with the product management department to establish product launch processes. -- Launched several co-brand sites, including English and Japanese versions of Sony's ImageStation (www.imagestation.com). Launched an e-commerce engine and several other products. -- Contributed individually to several Perl/HTML::Mason, XML/SOAP, and DHTML development projects. -- As Product Manager: Planned, managed, and launched several new features for the Zing.com site, including a complete visual redesign and technical overhaul. Coordinated cross-functional teams from the business, creative, and engineering departments to establish priorities and a product roadmap. Internet Content Producer Intel Corporation ++ Santa Clara, California ++ 1997-1999 -- Coordinated internal & external partners with internal & external development teams to develop rich media content for the Intel WebOutfitter service. -- Worked with the development team to establish technical requirements, make design tradeoffs, and resolve hot issues. -- As a Senior Marketing Engineer: Managed the e-commerce-enabled web site for the Intel AnswerExpress support suite, an Internet-based service for PC users. Editorial Producer NBA.com (Starwave) ++ Bellevue, Washington ++ 1995-1997 -- Developed HTML content for NBA.com: The Official Site of the National Basketball Association. Managed browser compatibility/page download issues and maintained code consistency. -- Also transcribed live interactive events with players, coaches, and executives. Founder and Principal The Java Boutique ++ Seattle, Washington ++ 1995-1997 -- Created and launched the Java Boutique, an early Java resource site, just before the release of Netscape Navigator 2.0. Reviewed and incorporated submissions from independent Java developers, and assisted web developers with adding applets to their sites. -- The Java Boutique ranked among the most popular 100 sites on the Internet at the time that I sold it to Internet.com in 1997. Product Manager Intern Microsoft Corporation ++ Redmond, Washington ++ 1996 -- Developed marketing collateral, including press tours and reviewer's guides, for a suite of Internet servers in the Internet Platforms and Tools Division. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E D U C A T I O N Master of Business Administration The University of Washington ++ Seattle, Washington ++ 1995-1997 Information Systems and Marketing, 3.6 GPA. Bachelor of Science Brigham Young University ++ Provo, Utah ++ 1988-1990 Business Management and Finance, 3.5 GPA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S K I L L S -- Management: Staffing/employee development Project management Product definition/planning Agile development methodologies -- Technical: Java (7 years - Sun Certified Programmer) Python (3 years) XSLT/XPath (5 years) XML/SOAP (6 yeas) Perl (5 years) SQL (10 years) HTML/JavaScript (10 years) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- O T H E R -- lowpost.net,striketwo.net, and faircatch.net - sports-themed blog analysis applications. -- "Jumping Beans: Animation with Java," published in DV Magazine, August 1996.