jared@jaredverdi.com
www.jaredverdi.com
twitter: @jverdi
Brooklyn, NY
 Jared Verdi

Jared Verdi

Independent Web & iOS Developer.
Consuming iOS, PHP, Zend Framework, Web Standards, Design, and Craft Beer.

Professional Experience

  1. 2009 - Current

    Co-Founder, Technical Lead

    Thumb Labs, Brooklyn, NY - thumblabs.com →

    • Conceived, and led the development of Travveling, an iOS client for the Dribbble social network, that received a “New and Noteworthy” designation by Apple. Travveling is built on Facebook's Three20 library. travvelingapp.com →
    • Developed Holymolies, a social app centered around daily bible verses from a client concept. Additionally built a RESTful API, and a web back-end for administrating verses and user comments. holymolies.com →
    • Developed BPM, a multi-purpose utility for musicians and sound engineers that includes a highly accurate metronome and tap tempo. thumblabs.com/apps/bpm-metronome-and-tap-tempo →
    • Developed and published a total of 6 iOS applications to the Apple App Store in the first year.
  2. 2007 - 2010

    Technical Lead

    Lounge Lizard Worldwide, New York, NY - loungelizard.com →

    • Led the successful PHP/MySQL/jQuery implementation of My Little Swans, a paid social network for high-end travel funded by former Sybase VP. Featured subscription e-commerce through the Authorize.net API, made heavy use of Ajax, and custom content-management. Managed a team of Jr. Developers. Six month project estimated and delivered within budget that went on to win a Travel Weekly 2010 Magellan award. mylittleswans.com →
    • Performed front-end production for an overhaul of the Canon USA eStore. Delivered pixel-perfect, table-less, standards-based XHTML templates, meeting Canon’s technical specifications across all major browsers. Performed on-site consulting at Canon to integrate the templates with IBM WebSphere. estore.usa.canon.com →
    • Development Lead on all aspects of web production for businesses ranging from venture funded startups to Fortune 500 companies across nearly all major web technologies. Select clients included: Honeywell, Canon USA, Motorola, Alcoholics Anonymous, Hanky Panky, Rick Riordan. Shared responsibility for all aspects of project planning and implementation: strategic planning, proposal writing, wireframe creation, back-end and front-end development, and deployment.
  3. 2003 - 2010

    Co-Founder, Web Developer

    Winding Networks, Patchogue, NY

    • Developed Spiggit, an online social network for groups. Makes strong use of modern Javascript. Includes online chat, private chat, file uploads, search, unique browsing interfaces, and social integration with the Facebook Graph API and integration with Twitter. spiggit.com →
    • Developed and deployed custom online shopping software in PHP/MySQL which has securely performed thousands of orders and nearly six figure yearly sales while a full-time student.
    • Development of database driven, dynamic web sites and e-commerce solutions. Server maintenance and administration. Managing all aspects of business administration.
  4. 2005 - 2006

    Intern, Quality Assurance

    CosmoCom, Inc., Melville, NY

    • Testing all aspects of leading Windows-based package for IP Contact Centers which make extensive use of IIS and Active Directory. Development of internal QA tools, using C#, XML, XSLT

Education

  1. Aug 2007

    Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

    Master of Science, Computer Science (Information Assurance Specialization)
    GPA: 3.33

    “A Cooperative Worm Defense System for Efficient Memory Safety”
    Masters Research, advised by Robert Johnson, Ph.D.

  2. May 2006

    Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

    Dual Major: B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Applied Mathematics & Statistics
    GPA (Major / Overall): 3.45 / 3.38

Publications

  1. Verdi, Jared and Dann Petty. “Build a simple RSS reader for iPhone.”, .net Magazine, Issue 212 (March 2011): 86-89
    www.netmag.co.uk/zine/latest-issue/issue-212 →
    A tutorial on building an RSS Reader for iOS leveraging Three20, and the Google Feed API, and Thumb Labs upcoming app: Colllumns

Recognition

  1. 2010 “New and Noteworthy” designation by Apple for Travveling
  2. 2006 NSF Scholarship for Service in Cyber Security
  3. 2002-2006 Presidential Scholarship, Stony Brook University
  4. 2006 Quiz Finalist – Cyber Security Awareness Week, Polytechnic University
  5. 2006 Accepted to 5 year combined B.S./M.S degree program for Computer Science

Technical Experience