Gus Class's Online Portfolio: Site Portfolio

I am currently working on Google+ to grow the 3rd party ecosystem.

For this project, I made the following contributions:

• Created demos to highlight platform features for Google+
• Tested samples
• Promoted features to 3rd parties
• Managed partner relationships for Google+
• Spoke to developers at conferences [slides]
• Delivered Google+ ligntning talks at meetups in San Francisco and field trips at Google.

I was the content project manager for Windows Developer site on MSDN. This is the starting point for developers who are targetting Windows and the site currently has around 50,000 visitors a month.

For this project, I made the following contributions:

• Coordinated the creation and presentation of resources.
• Reorganized the site based on feedback from analytic data and developer initiatives.
• Drove the creation of the samples gallery tab.
• Coordinated the Hilo project's exposure through the developer center.
• Coded samples demonstrating Windows features.
• Drove social media presence for the site on Facebook and Twitter from 0 to more than 10k qualified developers.
• Coordinated between marketing, evangelism, content, and program management teams.
• Kept the feeds and content vibrant by integrating video, samples, and learning pathways in the developer center.

I was the content owner for the Windows Touch content in the Windows 7 timeframe.

For this project, I made the following contributions:

• Worked with program managemers, testers, and developers to create a compelling story for Windows Touch.
• Created reference documentation for all public APIs.
• Authored and published and article on Enhancing Mobile Applications for Touch.
• Created code examples demonstrating best practices for coding for Windows Touch.
• Worked with art resources to create graphics that help explain complex Windows Touch concepts.
• Created code samples that demonstrate how to create applications featuring Windows Touch.

I was the content owner for the Tablet PC content in the Windows Vista/Windows 7 timeframe.

For this project, I made the following contributions:

• Worked with program managemers, testers, and developers to create a compelling story for Tablet development.
• Created reference documentation for all public APIs.
• Authored and published an article on Ink-enabled Apps for Tablet PC.
• Created code examples demonstrating best practices for coding event sinks such as the Math Input Control.
• Worked with art resources to create graphics that help explain complex Tablet PC concepts.
• Created code samples that demonstrate how to create applications using Tablet PC features.
• Engaged with the developer community through forums, social media, and at conferences.

I was the content owner for the Windows Media DRM Server, Client, Network Devices, and porting kit documentation.

For this project, I made the following contributions:

• Worked with program managemers, testers, and developers to create a compelling story for Windows Media DRM.
• Created reference documentation for all public APIs.
• Created code examples demonstrating best practices.
• Revised the Windows Media DRM for Network Devices specification to incorporate the protocol for OCUR and PBDA.
• Created code samples and iterated porting kit code to simplify development of compliant portable devices in C.
• Created code samples that demonstrated content protection over the network in various languages including C/C++/Java.
• Created the initial specification for "Copy From Device" functionality that ended up in the Zune.
• Created the documentation that clarifies how to create a DRM-enabled store.
• Created a blog that evangelized DRM and was featured as an influential Microsoft blogger on a panel that included prominent Microsoft bloggers.

Spam Arrest, an internet startup, was the first job I got out of college. I learned Enterprise Java and coded various scripts that enabled the online email provider and anti-spam software to function.

The interesting things I did at Spam Arrest included:

• Implemented major site revision incorporating IMAP-based webmail in Java.
• Surveyed, selected, and integrated commercial off the shelf software packages for webmail, SNMP monitoring, antivirus, and analytics.
• Coded JNI interface for antivirus integration.
• Scaled database and site to n-tiered architecture.
• Coded tiered caching using MySQL, session-based caching, and MemcacheD.
• Coded JSP pages for content presentation.
• Coded SNMP agents for server monitoring.
• Coded data migration scripts for moving users to new databases.
• Coded backup scripts for data backups and replication.
• Worked on call 24 hours a day and responded to issues in real-time.

While working at the Center for Teaching Learning and Technology, I developed a simple polling tool that has been adopted by University of Washington professors over the past decade.

The interesting things I did for QuickPoll included:

• Coded CGI/Perl using the Catalyst framework.
• Coded MySQL backend.
• Coded CGI/Perl frontend and incorporated security features.
• Integrated UW NetID authentication for protecting surveys.