Courtney Guertin
Enjoys working with startups and developing web applications. Loves to travel and meet interesting people. Always learning. If there is a good concert in town you'll know where to find him.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Financial, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Travel |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, Databases, Django, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Facebook platform, Flash, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, PHP, Public speaking, Python, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development, Windows applications |
| Next step: | Move to San Francisco to where all of the real action is. Learn from the best and then return the favor. |
| Location: | Minneapolis, MN |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Tags: | Art, Internet industry, investing, music, snowboarding, Travel |
| Schools: | University of Minnesota System - Twin Cities |
FULL BIO
Graduated from the University of Minnesota - Institute of Technology with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Japanese. Worked as the lead developer at a couple of startups in the Twin Cities before starting his own company. Provides technology due diligence services for a private equity firm. Very passionate about new technologies and starting businesses.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Courtstarr, LLC |
| Position: | Founder and Technical Consultant |
| Time period: | November 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Provide a wide variety of services including web development, technical due diligence, and system architecture/design consulting. Customers include social networking sites, large health care companies, PR firms, and universities. Primary technologies include LAMP (PHP5 & Python). |
| Employer: | Benefit Resource, Inc. |
| Position: | Chief Technology Officer |
| Time period: | June 2002 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Responsible for the full-lifecycle development, design, documentation, maintenance, security, marketing, and operating/support budget of the company’s proprietary web application and two data centers. Primary technologies included Java, XML, MySQL, Linux, Apache, and Tomcat. |
| Employer: | Archemedia, Inc. |
| Position: | Lead Developer |
| Time period: | January 2001 - June 2002 |
| Description: | Led a diverse team of engineers developing Java and MySQL/Oracle based applications for customers including Lucent Technologies, Epicor, Sistina/Red Hat, and The Collaborative. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Minnesota System - Twin Cities |
Courtney is Following (20)
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Ribbit
Open communication platform that enables developers to integrate voice and text into enterprise and consumer applications. Ribbit is based in Mountain View and funded by Alsop-Louie Partners, Allegis Capital, KPG Ventures.
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Dropbox
Changing the way people think about storing and sharing their files. Y Combinator funding in summer 2007.
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Pownce
Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more.
Courtney's Contacts (6)
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Loc Ngo
Crafting amazing experiences for the web & mobile. Cofounder of JobAlchemist / Startuply.com
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Bob Goodson
British, working in San Francisco at Quid. Runaway Oxford medievalist. Former Yelpee.
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Alex Tew
British, 24, creator of the Million Dollar Homepage and co-founder of PopJam. Based in London.