Jason Boggess
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Software Developer
Jason is a software engineer with a master's degree from MIT focusing in computer graphics and vision. He has been employed at Lockheed Martin, PayPal, and Fitbit as a software engineer. He's worked on many freelance projects like Mole Detective (Mole Detect), WearReader, Minecraft.Print(), 3DEchosght.com, and dataTHRESH. Jason has a range of experience working with various types of tech: Android, Windows, iPhone, and computer vision.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Visual Studio, Xcode, IntelliJ
The most amazing...
...project I did was image processing for Mole Detective, an app featured on Dr. Oz.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Fitbit
- Worked on SpringMVC/Hibernate/MySQL commerce app that serves Fitbit.com/cart and customer service pages.
- Managed a large demographic information system that interfaced with Sale Force’s Exact Target.
- Wrote an iOS app to perform on-site marathon-based Fitbit sales. First of its kind in the company.
- Path finder on a new core tools team, developing internal APIs in Thrift/Finagle for Customer Service teams.
Software Engineer
PayPal
- Led the SMB development team of five engineers for the PayPal Demand Generation Organization in Boston.
- Created tools in AngularJS, SpringMVC, and Ruby on Rails to support coupon and loyalty program creation.
- Developed PayPal’s first incentive-based program in stores.
- Attended advanced JavaScript (ECMAscript) training course taught by Douglas Crockford, contributor to the language.
Software Engineer Intern
Lockheed Martin
- Created streaming drivers for PointGrey Ladybug spherical camera in C++ using DirectDraw.
- Developed 3D animations to support the GPS III constellation program.
- Managed a portable virtual reality system (Mechdyne ROVR) for displaying stereoscopic 3D images.
- Programmed in Java, JavaScript, Google Web Toolkit, and HTML/XML to create thin-client, browser-based GUIs.
Experience
EchoSight™
Minecraft.Print()
http://minecraftprint.com/MoleDetective
Wear Reader
http://wearreader.com/Levant Power
Skills
Languages
Java 8, Java, C#, Python, HTML5, C++, Objective-C, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Ruby
Frameworks
Angular, Spring MVC, Hibernate, AngularJS, Spring, Knockout (Knockout.js), Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Tools
IntelliJ, Xcode, Visual Studio 2015, GitHub, Eclipse IDE, Git, Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, Sublime Text 3, Visual Studio
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, App Development
Platforms
iOS, MacOS, Windows, Android, Joomla
Other
Computer Vision, Background Threading, Multithreading, Computer Graphics, Android Wearables, Cordova, GlassFish
Libraries/APIs
Node.js
Storage
MySQL
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science Computer Vision
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Cambridge, MA (USA)
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Iowa State University - Ames, IA (USA)