Chris Latko
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Experience

Vice President Engineering01/2014 to 06/2016

Boxfish.com–Palo Alto, CA

  • Architected microservice infrastructure using Spring, Consul, Feign, and Docker.
  • Led several big data initiatives using Spring XD, Cassandra, Apache Spark, and Scalatra.
  • Ported discovery API from C# to Java, building aRESTful API platform for future projects.
  • Wrote MongoDB implementation of Spring Security OAuth.
  • Built self-documenting API via a forked Swagger with custom annotations.

Senior Software Engineer03/2013 to 12/2013

Disney Social Games - San Diego, CA

  • Worked with existing platforms to simplify/streamline a/b testing, content updates, user management, as well as a migration to a new data layer.
  • Lead front-end engineer on a cross promotional tool for a trending Disney property.

Senior Engineer03/2012 to 02/2013

Lockerz, Inc. - San Diego, CA

  • Senior developer working with Spring MVC, MySQL/Redis to deliver RESTful APIs via JSONover HTTP, Thrift, and Protocol Buffers for efficient layer communication.

Software Engineer05/2011 to 03/2012

SAIC - San Diego, CA

  • Worked with a large team to develop/deploy mission critical software using ESRI GIS tools, Google Web Toolkit and the JavaScript Native Interface.

IT Consultant09/2009 to 04/2011

Sarasota, FL

  • Technical lead on United Nations AIDSSpace.org project (
  • GIS programming for Ball State University, Miller College of Business.

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer10/2006 to 07/2009

PropertyMaps, Inc. - Sarasota, FL

  • Programmed website, search engine, mapping system, feed parsing, data mapping/warehousing.
  • Developed and deployed broker CRM and website administration tools.
  • Created source code management system, bug/ticket tracker, build system, and QApolicies.

Associate, Chief Technology Officer11/2001 to 09/2006

Ashley Associates, Ltd. - Tokyo, Japan

  • Led a team of up to 10 programmers on projects for clients such asMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Clarion, Sony, Sharp, Eli Lilly Japan, European Union Japan, and Toyota.

Skills

Technical

  • Programming/Scripting:Java, Scala, PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, HAML, CSS, XML/XSLT, Jython, Groovy, Cold Fusion, Lasso, Perl, Bash, Objective C, C/C++, C#, Sed/Awk, Regular Expressions
  • Frameworks:Spring(MVC, Boot, Cloud, Security, Data, Social), GWT, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Django, Fusebox, CodeIgniter, Symfony, Angular, Ember, SproutCore, Backbone, Marionette, Node.js, Cocoa, Mach-II, Struts, EJB
  • Libraries/Templating:Smarty, Twig, jQuery, Underscore, Require, MooTools, Prototype, Dojo, Mustache/Handlebars, Dust, Velocity, Jade, Sass, Bootstrap
  • Data:MySQL, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, MongoDB, Redis, Couchbase, Lucene/Solr/Nutch, Hadoop/HBase, Berkeley DB, BDB XML, SQLite, Oracle, MS SQL Server
  • Operating Systems:OS X, GNU/Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Gentoo, YDL, Ubuntu), BSD (Free, Open, Net), Solaris, PaaS (ELB, GAE), IaaS (EC2, Xen)
  • Software:
  • SCM:Git, Github, Subversion, Mercurial, Trac, Ant, SvnAnt, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, Sonar
  • Web:Apache HTTP Server, Nginx, Tomcat, Geronimo, Jetty, WebLogic
  • Mail:Sendmail, Postfix, Dovecot, qmail
  • Other:XAuth/OAuth, OpenID, Docker, BIND, Nagios, REST, JSON, Thrift, Protocol Buffers

Language

Japanese

  • Speaking: Fluent (Business Level)
  • Reading: Near Fluent (Conversational)
  • Writing: Passable

Other

  • Technical reviewer of Mastering Node.js (Packt Publishing)
  • Active DoD Security Clearance through 2016.
  • Compile and optimize Mozilla versions for 64-bit OS X (
  • Write tutorials on compiling optimized server software for 64-bit OS X.
  • Read over 60,000 industry-related articles in the past four years.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Business Economics (International Focus)

Indiana University

  • Highlights: Semester in Japan for Intensive Japanese Language Program
  • Overall GPA: 3.83/4.0