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Brad Cater

American, 26; SB in Mathematics with Computer Science at MIT, '08; working at Panjiva; trying to recover between runs

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Industries: Computing, Information Technology, Internet
Skills: AJAX, Business, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Django, Editing, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Perl, PHP, Python, Rails, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Unix, Web design, Web Development, Writing
Next step: Building the backbone of global trade at Panjiva.
Location: Boston, MA
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company, Supporting my investments
Tags: marathons
Schools: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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A musician, a runner, an occasional charmer: Brad is all of these. His childlike awe of great runners of the past belies his ferocity in races, but it is really his sleeping habits that make him most resemble his own self during infancy. Often found among friends making discrete math jokes, he is equally content with late-night Chinese food or a gourmet souffle.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Panjiva
Position: Software Engineer
Time period: April 2009 - Present

Employer: Chitika, Inc.
Position: Software Engineer
Time period: August 2009 - May 2010
Description: I worked on SearchNet, the direct advertiser platform.

Employer: Snaptalent, Inc.
Position: Co-founder, VP Engineering
Time period: January 2008 - June 2009
Description: At Snaptalent, we built a beautiful online recruiting tool.

Employer: Tellme, Inc.
Position: Applications Intern
Time period: June 2007 - August 2007
Description: As an applications intern I specified and implemented a voice-powered RSS news finder complete with user customization such as "red-alert" topics that would trigger a notification if relevant news appeared. I also wrote bug fixes for a priority mobile application that I hope to see on Sprint phones during 2008.

Employer: Office of Disability Determinations, State of Florida
Position: Technical Support Intern
Time period: June 2006 - August 2006
Description: The technical support team is responsible for installing and maintaining all hardware and software used by the disability determinations personnel. As an additional assignment, I wrote an automated system of data verification and database synchronization, replacing several days of work that was done by hand with a program that runs in under one minute.

Employer: Advanced Environmental Technologies, LLC
Position: Engineering Intern
Time period: June 2005 - August 2005
Description: I developed software to: cut lab data analysis time and to predict manpower needs twelve months in advance. Additionally, I installed new hardware and provided technical support.

Employer: ParadigmHealth, Inc.
Position: Contract Editing Assignment
Time period: February 2005 - February 2005
Description: I edited the ITN Comprehensive Utilization Management of Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that was accepted by State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration to secure one of the largest state contracts that ParadigmHealth had obtained to that time.

EDUCATION

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period: 2004 - 2008
Degree: Mathematics with Computer Science, BSc

INFORMATION

Sports: distance running
Hobbies: the outdoors, reading, programming

Brad's Startups (2)

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  • Snaptalent

    Snaptalent makes it easy for companies to reach out to who they really want to hire, in an engaging and highly targeted way.

Brad is Following (5)

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  • Dropbox

    Changing the way people think about storing and sharing their files. Y Combinator funding in summer 2007.

  • YouNoodle

    YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.

  • Lightbox LLC

    Lightbox is a social media consultancy which develops and designs facebook applications, flash widgets and provides strategic oversight on how to make the most of viral media.

  • AlphaParties Ltd

    Events management company, providing parties at Central London's premier bars, nightclubs, restaurants and live music venues. http://www.AlphaParties.com.

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