Vadim Akselrod
Repeat startup CTO looking for those interested in startups focused on web / facebook / real estate.
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Skills: | C/C++, English, Entrepreneurship, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Marketing, Perl, Software Engineering, Spanish |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Claremont Consortium of Colleges - Pomona College, Stanford University, University of Oxford |
FULL BIO
Repeat startup CTO looking for those interested in startups focused on web / facebook / real estate.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | New SoftWare, Inc. |
| Position: | Chief Technology Officer, Founder |
| Time period: | January 1996 - Present |
| Description: | Founded an internet consulting company with emphasis on user interfaces and intranet management software.
• Advised high technology companies in all aspects from usability and technology to funding and structure. • Grew the company to 8 employees while remaining profitable. • Clients ranged from large enterprises such as Hewlett Packard and Time Warner to small startups such as CustomerCast and ProactiveNet. Example New SoftWare projects include: - Architecting and prototyping user interfaces - Enhancing existing product usability - Teaching engineering teams about UI’s and usability Creating database driven web sites / applications - Presenting to end-users and venture capitalists - Managing and conducting usability tests Select New SoftWare clients in chronological order include: • Hewlett Packard – Led team that implemented database-driven internal sales training web site. • Time Periodicals – Led creation of two magazine web sites, instrumenting a content management system. • The Dialog Corporation – Designed, prototyped, usability tested, and set up team to implement version 2.0 of DialogWeb information retrieval product. • N.E.T. – Architected web-based network management system, taught class on Java, led team to implement it. • GetThere (formerly Internet Travel Network) – Conducted usability studies, designed improved interface for leading travel site, leading to dramatic increase in user satisfaction and Gomez top site award. • CustomerCast – Led design of front end to present customer survey results on the web. |
| Employer: | Business Signatures |
| Position: | Principal Technologist |
| Description: | Lead the engineering team building applications for real-time fraud detection, monitoring, prevention, and reporting for large transactional web sites. Responsible for the application’s vision, interface, architecture, and external interfaces.
• Instrumental to company’s $50M sale to Entrust by architecting and leading design and development of new product (for authentication) that was the key in getting market attention. • Transitioned development from complete off-shore to in-house and off-shore blend (recruited / trained team). • Shipped three major releases of the application suite – growing the customer base 300% in one year. • Software developed using primarily a Java stack on top of Oracle 10i. |
| Employer: | ACM CHI’s |
| Position: | Founder and Organizer |
| Description: | Bay Area Computer Human Interaction Web BoF |
| Employer: | InfoWorld Magazine |
| Position: | CTO Forum Advisory Member |
| Employer: | NexTag, Inc. |
| Position: | Director of Engineering – User Interface |
| Time period: | February 2004 - June 2004 |
| Description: | Built and led a three-person team focused on user interfaces for the fastest growing comparison shopping web site.
• Personally developed interfaces to launch company into new $1m+/yr market segment. • Site developed using Java, Oracle 9i, XML, and heavy DHTML. |
| Employer: | Amphus, Inc. |
| Position: | Chief Architect |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Architected, designed, and led implementation of a web-based systems/network management system for Amphus’ hardware platform. The success of the software led the company to abandon its hardware focus to become a software company to enable faster growth, moving me from a consulting to full-time role.
• Software developed using C++, Microsoft IIS, MySQL / SQLServer, DHTML. |
| Employer: | Rentals, Inc. |
| Position: | Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder |
| Time period: | January 1998 - December 2001 |
| Description: | Co-founded the leading ASP for back-office automation for residential real estate property owners and managers.
• Recruited and hired key employees. • Launched months ahead of competition, released new features every 6 weeks, secured several partnerships. • Led company through three rounds of financing (>$20m from Sequoia and Softbank) and from two employees to over 70, managing 37 in engineering until the company’s acquisition by Primedia. • Filed two critical patents - overall business process and SurfAlong® aggregation technology. • Site developed in Oracle 8i, Java / EJB, Perl, DHTM. Redundant; scaled to >400 simultaneous connections. |
| Employer: | Seagate Software |
| Position: | User Interface Specialist |
| Time period: | January 1994 - December 1996 |
| Description: | Led three teams developing network management applications including usability analysis and feature scoping. After acquisition by Seagate Software, was responsible for unifying user interfaces from heterogeneous products developed by their 10+ companies to provide a common look and feel.
• Managed project and product planning, implemented to specifications, and presented to customers and analysts and at industry trade shows. • Headed the development of a cross-platform launcher application. • Wrote common user interface guidelines and specifications. • Led multi-site team of technical leads, integrated input from multiple divisions, and communicated results. • Developed cross-platform applications using C/C++, Perl and Java. |
| Employer: | Ericsson Raynet Corporation |
| Position: | Senior Software Engineer |
| Time period: | January 1993 - December 1994 |
| Description: | Planned, coordinated, and participated in the development of a GUI for a telecommunications network management program. Resolved and implemented design issues, led 8-person development team, and managed 4-person software test team.
• Software developed in C/C++ for X/Motif. |
| Employer: | Stanford University |
| Position: | Researcher |
| Time period: | January 1991 - December 1993 |
| Description: | Developed theoretical foundation and implemented software to manage the evolution of process and product design. System featured automated design configuration management, revision control, maturity tracking, and user access control. Written in C++. |
| Employer: | Iolab Corporation (Division of Johnson & Johnson) |
| Position: | Senior CAD/CAM Systems Operator |
| Time period: | January 1988 - December 1991 |
| Description: | Established and implemented system policy, developed applications and customized programs for a medical manufacturing facility.
• Set up and maintained a Digital VAX Cluster. • Managed a network of a VAX, IBM PCs, and Apple Macintoshes. • Programmed for and supported 12 users of the UniGraphics CAD/CAM system. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 1993 |
| Degree: | Computer science , MSc |
| University: | Claremont Consortium of Colleges - Pomona College |
| Time period: | 1991 |
| Degree: | Computer science and economics, BA |
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 1989 |
| Degree: | Study abroad: British politics, modern philosophy, and computer science |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Interests include ultimate frisbee, travel, food and wine, games, music, drama, fiction and philosophy. |
| Clubs: | Co-founder and Director of Technology, Silicon Alley Entrepreneurs Club |
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