Chris Dawson
Computer Science and Japanese Language and Literature graduate from University of Washington with 10 years of experience working with and management of designers, coders, project managers and executives.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.boxpopuli.com |
| Skills: | AJAX, C/C++, English, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Perl, Portuguese, Rails, SQL, Web Development |
| Location: | Portland, OR |
| Groups: | Startup Now! Oregon |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Volunteer Work |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Description: | Bahia Street (school for girls of poverty in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), Sunday School teacher at First Unitarian Church, Bus Project (tech committee), SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) elementary school reading and literacy assistance program. |
| Employer: | Box Populi, Inc. |
| Position: | CEO/President |
| Time period: | October 2003 - January 2008 |
| Description: | Developed two streaming media devices (Webcast in a Box, Podcast in a Box) and our Podcast RSS Feed
Management system, managed development process, requirements gathering for feature requests, professional services projects, integration of third-party software. Responsible for revenue ($0 to $600k total in four years), hiring/firing/HR, financial planning. CNN: live video streaming devices used for 24/7 broadcasting at Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 2004 Naval Postgraduate School: custom built webcasting system with simple administrator control interface responsible for delivering 100 hours of video per week to students all over the world, zero downtime since June of 2005 UC San Diego: worked with Supercomputer Center to design "lecturecast" system, providing webcasting services to UC system USC: live streaming and podcasting architecture for largest online classical radio station in the world Princeton University: transcode project for 1000 hours of video, stripping metadata and converting to MP3, generating RSS |
| Employer: | Virage, Inc. |
| Position: | Professional Services Lead Engineer |
| Time period: | January 2001 - October 2003 |
| Description: | Project management, development, professional services for streaming media projects, delivery under quarterly revenue deadlines. Frequent travel.
UBS Warburg: production and search system for financial analyst videos built on top of Microsoft Publisher, COM, C++/C and Perl Cisco: first webcasting solution with synchronized PowerPoint and live video available on the market, using COM, C++ Major League Baseball: created "clip editor" interface for MLB, searchable metadata and videos from every game, developed java modules and JSP files used in their WAR implementation, designed XML datafeed which was provided on top of an Apache+ModPerl architecture, date which was pulled from our Verity index using command-line tools running on Solaris. Sandia National Labs and General Dynamics: designed and taught API toolkit and application server trainings both on and off site |
| Employer: | RealNetworks, Inc |
| Position: | Applications Engineer, Latin American Sales Engineer |
| Time period: | June 1998 - October 2000 |
| Description: | Build and support various RealNetworks showcase customer technology deployments. Travel for sales meetings, installations, training events, both national and international. On site customer face time.
Terra: installation and configuration of RealServer for Big Brother project in Chile, Argetina, Miami. Trainings and Customer Development in Germany, England, France |
| Employer: | Claris, Inc. (subsidiary of Apple Computer) |
| Position: | Intern and full-time employee |
| Time period: | June 1996 - September 1997 |
| Description: | Software developer for ClarisWorks 5.0. Cross-platform development, weekly bug and status reports. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Piano, electronic music composition, basketball, tennis, social justice issues |
| Memberships: | POSSE (Portland Open Source Software Entrepreneurs), Black Rock Boutique (clothing donation organization), Portland Perl Mongers, Portland Rubyists, Portland Linux/Unix Group. |
Chris' Startups (3)
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h264web.com
h264web.com makes products and services which enable h264 video across a wide variety of networks and platforms.
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Box Populi
Box Populi makes simple internet video broadcasting devices and services which make video more valuable for educators, churches and businesses.
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Action Genie
Action Genie automatically processes any form of communication for promises and requests to give you freedom and ease around your commitments.
Chris' Contacts (1)
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Harvey Mathews
High school history teacher turned legislative policy wonk turned business association lobbyist turned president of the state's software industry association.