Peter Krautscheid's Resume

Location: Boston area
Email: pwk at pi-guy.net

Summary

Software developer and technical lead focused on building usable and maintainable web applications, specializing in Ruby on Rails with significant client-side functionality. Recent work includes leading development of Rails and Backbone.js applications in the health care field, including Bonnie, a tool for testing Clinical Quality Measures. Extensive background in information security. Focused problem solver with meticulous attention to detail, good communication skills, and experience leading projects.

Work Experience

Lead Developer, The MITRE Corporation (June 2010 to present)

• Currently leading development of Bonnie (github), an application for testing Clinical Quality Measures; Bonnie has significantly streamlined the process of developing and testing CQMs, and is developed using Ruby on Rails, CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, Thorax.js, and MongoDB.
• Led development of Kamira, a research project using Node.js, which examined the complexity, data availability, and financial impact of Clinical Quality Measures.
• Led development of multiple internal project and resource management applications, using Ruby on Rails and Backbone.js, successfully delivering solutions with usability and performance improvements over previous approaches.

Freelance Ruby on Rails Developer, PipelineDeals (2009 to 2010)

• Completely rebuilt calendar module, tightly integrating with core sales pipeline management software; included advanced features such as drag and drop, recurring tasks and events, improved pagination, and performance improvements.
• Rewrote data import features, resulting in a dramatic reduction in related customer support calls and emails.

Freelance Ruby on Rails Developer, Pat Deegan & Associates (2009 to 2010)

• Wrote asset management software used for managing video, audio, images, and documents, with a database backend providing full search implemented using Solr.
• Revamped user, group, and permission management features, allowing for more flexible user administration.

Principal Developer and Architect, SmartFlix.com, Arlington, MA (2005 to 2009)

• Led the development of SmartFlix.com, a Rails based e-commerce site that offers rentals of instructional DVDs, as well as the development of a second brand: HeavyInk.com, a Rails based online comic book store and community site.
• Responsible for the full cycle of software design, development, testing, optimization, infrastructure, and deployment.
• Developed numerous components, including those responsible for inventory management, customer billing, user administration, search, A/B testing, public APIs (RSS feeds and JSON interface), affiliate programs, public wiki, etc.
• Led a small team of developers using agile methodologies.

Software Developer and Managing Consultant, @stake (later purchased by Symantec), Cambridge, MA (2001 to 2005)

• Successfully led multiple consulting engagements for clients including financial services firms, healthcare technology providers, publishing companies, and software development firms.
• Performed security assessments of applications, focusing on penetration testing, design reviews, and secure code reviews; helped clients define strategies for fixing identified vulnerabilities.
• Worked on the development of an innovative binary analysis tool written in C++ that became the foundation for application security startup Veracode.
• Conceived and developed software tools written in Java that helped consultants perform application security assessments, including @stake's WebProxy, which became a commercial product.

Software Engineer, Open Market, Burlington, MA (1996 to 2000)

• Designed and implemented a web based and database backed system for the generation and secure transfer of symmetric keys; the developed solution had significant usability improvements and a tenfold performance and scalability improvement over the previous solution.
• Created security libraries with functionality such as certificate chain validation, X.509v3 certificate extension support, PKCS #7 message manipulation, CRL manipulation, and random seed generation that provided an important foundation for Open Market projects.

Education

B.S., Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (May 1994)

Current Skills

• Ruby, CoffeeScript, JavaScript
• Rails, jQuery, Backbone.js
• RSpec, Jasmine, FactoryGirl
• Git, Capistrano, Phusion Passenger, MySQL, MongoDB
• Mac OS X and Linux
• Agile development

Learning

• Go, Node.js, Meteor, D3.js, Ember.js, React

Of Historical Interest

• Java, C, C++, etc.
• Application security