Summary

Strengths

I am intelligent, personable, professional, innovative, and independent. I have a passion for programming and a devotion to quality. I learn quickly and solve problems effectively by synthesizing and applying new skills and information.

Technology

C, C++, Python, Bash, Perl, Java, JavaScript, XML/XSLT, SQL, TeX

Experience

2008 - 2009 Web-based Maps Application

Freelance Jerusalem, Israel

Conceived, designed, and developed web application for collaborative mapping.

2005 - 2009 Mobile Telephony Server

iSkoot Israel Har Tuv, Israel

Played key role on small team which developed VoIP server application for using Skype from a regular cell phone, currently providing service to hundreds of thousands of Skype, Hutchison, and iSkoot customers worldwide, and winner of 2008 MITX Best Mobile Technology Award.

• Designed, developed, and documented server system for using Google Talk from regular cell phone
• Conceived, designed, implemented, documented, and maintained framework for expect-style scripting of GUI applications
• Redesigned, refactored, and documented large portions of existing code. Reduced server load by over 50% by optimizing digital audio processing

2006 - 2008 Web-Based Medical Database Application

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation Boca Raton, FL

Contributed to ongoing development of in-house web application for the operation and administration of bone marrow donors' registry.

• Implemented and documented an algorithm to estimate probabilities of finding a partially-matching bone-marrow donor as a function of donor pool size for varying patient populations using monte-carlo simulation
• Designed and implemented a system to validate, accumulate, and log the results of genetic typing tests
• Conceived, designed, implemented, and documented a server-side framework for quickly building AJAX web pages for custom search and display of records from database

2006 Embedded Media Device

Catch Media, Inc. Jerusalem, Israel

• Designed and implemented a system for providing accurate daily astronomical calculations for cities around the world on a handheld media device
• Designed and implemented a custom character rendering engine for supporting complex and bidirectional scripts on handheld media device

2005 Content Conversion Software

UB Access Jerusalem, Israel

Participated in development of system for creating DAISY digital talking books.

• Conceived, designed, and implemented new algorithm to increase speed and accuracy, worked with lead developer to integrate new code into existing system

2002 Financial Projection Software

TIAA-CREF New York, NY

Implemented financial projection engine for EssBase multidimensional database

1998 - 2001 Software Release Management

Exeter Educational Management Systems (EEMS) Cambridge, MA

• Managed the test-and-release process of a complex suite of database applications for university management on three separate platforms.
• Conceived, developed, and documented a partly-automated release process which was used after I left the company for the lifetime of the product.

1996 Research Fellow - Quantum Modeling

Harvey Mudd College Department of Chemistry Claremont, CA

1995 Research Fellow - Study of Electronic Properties of Organic Monolayers

Harvey Mudd College Department of Chemistry Claremont, CA

1994 Research Fellow - X-ray Protein Crystallography

Harvard University Department of Biochemistry Cambridge, MA

1994 Teaching Assistant - Electricity and Magnetism

Harvey Mudd College Department of Physics Claremont, CA

1993 Research Fellow - Molecular Dynamics Simulation

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX

1992 Research Fellow - High Energy Physics Particle Detector R&D

Superconducting Super Collider Dallas, TX

Leadership

2008 - Present Lecturer

RCA Daf Yomi (Talmud study group) Jerusalem, Israel

2006 - 2008 Rabbi/Teacher

Shapell College of Jewish Studies Jerusalem, Israel

1997 Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps (JCSC) Fellow

Hillel Foundation, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

Education

2005 Rabbinic Ordination

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary New York, NY

2004 Coursework in Education and Education Management

Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education & Administration New York, NY

1996 B.S. Physics

Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA

Personal

Citizenship

United States, Israel

Languages

English, Hebrew

References

Avalailable on my LinkedIn page or by request