Jim Panttaja
Computer Science and Mathematics graduate with MA from UC Berkeley. Currently working as Vice President, Research and Development at Rebelox LLC.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Databases |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Rebelox LLC, San Francisco, California |
| Position: | Vice President, Research and Development |
| Time period: | July 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Member founding team |
| Employer: | Sapias, San Francisco, California |
| Position: | Senior Vice President, Engineering, Founder |
| Time period: | October 2001 - June 2007 |
| Description: | Technology and products for tracking vehicle fleets.
Accomplishments: o Architected solution, built engineering team, delivered initial solution in 9 months on-time, on-budget. Continue to shape product roadmap, and deliver new capabilities. o Served as interim CEO 10/04-2/05. o Became Sapias Fellow, 5/2007 o Company acquired by Wireless Matrix 6/2007 |
| Employer: | Netcentives, San Francisco, California |
| Position: | Vice President, Research and Development; Vice President, Engineering; Vice President, Architect |
| Time period: | December 1998 - October 2001 |
| Description: | The technologies include, a complex database running on Microsoft SQL Server, business logic residing in the database, middleware that is accessible over the internet, a value transfer protocol that reliably delivers transactions over the internet, a datawarehouse providing analysis of the data collected, and an email platform.
Accomplishments: o Rolled out initial Netcentives ClickRewards site in 1997. One of three overall architects of the Netcentives Platform, and manager of database, business logic and customer service tools implementation. o Assisted in roll outs of seven subsequent Custom Loyalty platforms based on the same technology. o Managed all phases of engineering from design, through release and system administration, technical operations and customer service. o Served as database architect. |
| Employer: | Panttaja Consulting Group, Inc., San Francisco, California |
| Position: | Vice President, CTO, Founder |
| Time period: | December 1988 - December 1998 |
| Description: | Grew Panttaja Consulting Group, Inc. from a two person private practice to a small company of 35 employees plus 10 contractors and annual revenue of just under 4 million. The company positioning was very new technology, always the bleeding edge. We were able to compete for business with larger companies by being the first experts in the newest platforms, and by providing exceptional project management and cost effective delivery of projects.
Company provided consulting and custom development focused on database applications. Partnered with Sybase, PowerBuilder, SilverStream, Illustra and other companies. Accomplishments • Designed the database infrastructure that became the core of Netcentives’ loyalty platform. Managed the team that implemented for Netcentives the initial database design, business logic, customer support tools, and outbound email engine • Developed courseware for clients including an advanced system administration class for Sybase, and programming classes for the Informix Universal Server • Led consulting teams on implementation projects • Served as internet architect • Provided key consulting addressing database design and/or database crisis • Delivered courses – training trainers at Sybase, Informix, Illustra and Microsoft, and presenting classes on behalf of Sybase, Informix, Illustra, Microsoft, PowerSoft and SilverStream |
| Employer: | Microtec Research, Santa Clara, California |
| Position: | Director, Engineering |
| Time period: | August 1987 - December 1988 |
| Description: | Managed staff of 10 engineers developing cross compilers and interactive debuggers for the embedded systems market. Delivered Microtec’s first Interactive Debugger. |
| Employer: | Tandem Computers, Cupertino, California |
| Position: | Manager, Compilers and Tools |
| Time period: | June 1984 - August 1987 |
| Description: | Managed four departments responsible for development of all compilers and tools. Compilers delivered included COBOL, Fortran, Basic, Ada, C and Pascal. Designed interfaces to RDBMS. |
| Employer: | IBM, San Jose, California, and Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Position: | Various positions in compiler design and implementation including four years as manager |
| Time period: | June 1974 - June 1984 |
| Description: | Represented IBM on national and international standards committees.
Team leader and manager working on design and implementation of compilers including COBOL, Fortran, BASIC, APL, Pascal, Lisp, PL/I and UDL (a database programming language designed by Chris Date). Designed interfaces to a variety of RDBMS. Standards committees • Represented IBM on American National Standards Committee for Basic (1977) • Represented IBM on American National Standards Committee for COBOL (1977-1982), chairman 1980-1982. • Secretary, International Standards Organization’s COBOL Experts Group (1978-1982) |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 1974 |
| Degree: | Mathematics , MA |
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 1972 |
| Degree: | Computer Science and Mathematics, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | • Articles on database technology published in Relational Database Journal, SQL Forum Journal, Microsoft SQL Server Professional, and other journals. |
| Books: | • Panttaja, Panttaja and Prendergast, Microsoft SQL Server Survival Guide, Wiley and Sons, 1996 (also published in Chinese and French).
• Panttaja, Panttaja and Bowman, Sybase SQL Server Survival Guide, Wiley and Sons, 1996. |
| Patents: | Patents pending for work at Netcentives (1), Sapias (4), Rebelvox (50) |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Board of Directors, Healdsburg General Hospital, 1998-2001.
Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Konocti Council, 1996-2000. Healdsburg Community Band, principal flute and piccolo, baritone saxophone, 1991-present. Healdsburg Sax Quartet, 2001-present. Starlighters Swing Band, 2001-present. |
