## BIO
Jeffrey Palm 'jeff' at the following domain [login to view URL] Objective ========= To tackle hard problems requiring an mix of innovation, research, and development;specifically to allow developers to develop more effectively and to make web experiences more fulfilling. Education ========= - Northeastern University, Boston, MA Sep 2003-May 2006 ABD Computer Science (PhD on leave) Emphasis: Programming Languages/Systems, Aspect-Oriented Programming - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, GPA: 3.91/4.0 Sep 2001-May 2003 M.S. Computer Science Thesis: On the Relationship Between Object-Oriented Metrics and Software Evolution - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, GPA: 3.89/4.0 Sep 1997-May 2000 B.S. Computer Engineering (with highest honors), Minor in Mathematics Thesis: A Programming Language and Hybrid Editor Generation System Experience ========== - Lime Wire, LLC, New York, NY, Software Developer, June 2007-September 2008 * Developed an online, digital music store ([login to view URL]) using Wicket in Java backed by Spring/Hibernate; wrote all of Javascript using Prototype/Scriptaculous. * Implemented the only-known Java-Javascript bridge to allow a browser to communicate with the LimeWire desktop p2p client. * Implemented features in the well-known LimeWire client including sponsored results, browser, and integration with the web page. * Implemented the sponsored-result serving system in PHP. Performed analytics on the sponsored results in Ruby and Perl allowing periodic knowledge of click-thru, impression, etc. of the sponsored results. - Kaletan Technologies, Las Vegas, NV Head of Software Dev. July 2006-June 2007 * Developed a pure-Java MPEG-4 player running in the J2ME profile. Built infrastructure to serve and keep track of adds and current usage in PHP. - Navtones, Los Angeles, CA, CTO July 2005-July 2008 * Developed and ran technology side of the company Navtones ([login to view URL]) that supplies celebrity voices for navigation and GPSunits. Contributions include the installation service in Java, financial tracking in PHP, and voice delivery in Java/PHP. - IBM Research, Hawthorne, NY Research Staff Aug 2004-April 2006 * Worked on various aspects of the Concern Manipulation Environment (CME) ([login to view URL]). A composotion language written in Java. * Created a general-purpose framework for adding JSR 45 (debugging information) support to Java systems * Added JSR 45 support to the Jikes and ANTLR parser generators; as well as the CME with an assembly toolkit based on the Shrike bytecode toolkit, and informant toolkits based on Shrike, EMF, and Microsoft IL assembly. Added it to various components of CME including testing tools, documentation tools, and performance-tuning tools. * Mentor: Peri Tarr. - NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA SSRP Intern Summer 2003 * Explored, designed, and implemented in Java a programming language for quantifying events over programs called The Puffin. * Mentor: Bob Filman. - Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Researcher Aug 2000-Aug 2001 * Developer on the programming language AspectJ -- an Aspect-Oriented language implemented in Java ([login to view URL]). * Designed and implemented the debugger (cleanroom jdb), documentation tool (cleanroom javadoc), Jakarta Ant support, and test suite/harness, and buildsystem. * Worked additionally on the compiler and support for existing products, such asForte and Netbeans. * Supervisor: Jim Hugunin. * Explored Aspect-Oriented solutions to software engineering problems, including implement ing various tools in AspectJ, such as the debugger. * Mentor: Crista Lopes. Projects ======== Various side-projects involving Ruby, Java, bookmarklets, Greasemonkey scripts, Firefox plugins, Google Map mashups, iPhone apps, available at: * [login to view URL] * [login to view URL] Skills ====== - Languages: Java, Ruby, Javascript/Prototype/Scriptaculous, PHP, Perl, C/C++, Python, Scheme, J2ME - Misc: Eclipse, Emacs, Ajax, SVN, CVS, Ant, Maven, JUnit, Linux, CSS, MySQL, compilers/language implementation, testing, build systems, web programming, performance-analysis, teaching, debugging, Papers ====== All papers are available at [login to view URL]. Outside interests ================= Snowboarding, mountaineering, marathons (OK, I've only run Boston, but plan more),guitar and anything involving music. References ========== Available upon request. (Created with Emacs)
## Area of Expertise
Java, Ruby, Javascript/Prototype/Scriptaculous, PHP, Perl, C/C++, Python, Scheme, J2ME, Eclipse, Emacs, Ajax, SVN, CVS, Ant, Maven, JUnit, Linux, CSS, MySQL, compilers/language implementation, testing, build systems, web programming, performance-analysis, teaching, debugging,
