TIM J. CHADWICK

Entrepreneur, Programmer

 

Deadline-oriented

Ability to translate verbal problem into technological solution

Decision maker

Teammate

Problem-solver

Goal-oriented

Conscientious

Diplomatic

Career Highlights

1         Obtained the first Masters of Science in Technological Entrepreneurship from Northeastern University.

2         Valued CollegiateLink Corp, and contributed to its acquisition by The New DJ Corp.

3         Major contributor to 1.0 release of SALink, a tool for student-activity departments which uses the J2EE platform and included a swing client, full web portal, and mobile content service.

4         Completed The Editor, effectively a web-enabled imitation of Microsoft Word with a versioning repository for NICU clinicians.

5         Completed the AutoMapper, reduced a 40 hour task to less than 5 hours.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS (IHM)

Mission Focused Medical Data Company (www.healthmetrics.org)

Engineer 2010 - present

The Institute for Health Metrics is a privately funded not-for-profit organization focused on developing an electronic data analytics system to support: Quality and operational improvement in hospitals; and Research in public health and health care services; As a central component of its mission, IHM works with a network of leading hospitals and researchers to organize and analyze health information as part of a variety of programs to support quality of care research, measurement and improvement. Through its analytical research, IHM supports the development of electronic systems and services that transform raw data into actionable insight. We are a trusted intermediary among hospitals who are our business associates in compliance with applicable HIPAA regulations.

 

TECH TARGET INC. (TT)

Technology focused Advertising/Media Company (www.techtarget.com)

Engineer 2006 - 2010

The needs of the Internet Marketing sector are pushing the data requirements of businesses every day. TechTarget leads the IT industry in online media, and their needs push that forefront of application and data requirements. I am the boss-declared "free safety" of a data warehouse team that combines traditional data warehousing techniques with enterprise java application requirements. Responsibilities include: maintaining application servers, building custom integration, designing front-end interfaces, building warehouse SQL structures, and writing internal utility applications. Technologies include, Cognos App Servers, Java, Perl, all things Oracle/MySQL. Recently lead effort to implement SVN into DW environment for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

 

COLLEGIATE LINK INC. (CL)

Computer Software Startup (www.collegiatelink.net) (Now a division of The NewDJ, Corp)

Founder / VP R&D, Web Architect 2003 - 2007

Served as web architect of a development team responsible for implementing the Student Activities (SA) Link product suite. The SA Link solution is a J2EE application utilizing Hibernate as the persistence mechanism, complimenting web portal, and WAP service for mobile-handhelds. Implemented XSLT Pipe design to accommodate multiple clients.  Responsibilities included: market research, workflow design, technical vision, system design, planning, integration design, employee training, coding. After getting products to market, valued company for acquisition.

 

ANALOG DEVICES INC. (ADI)

$2.5B Fortune 1000 Semi-Conductor Designer and Manufacturer (www.analog.com)

Application Analyst 2003 - 2005

Contributed to a team of business experts and system analysts in the Data Warehouse which supported well over 1000 users, and dozens of downstream applications including Microsoft Analysis Services Server, Hyperion-based reporting solutions, various custom applications, the executive-team reporting dashboard.  Responsibilities included analysis for request planning, integration design, documentation, and process design and documentation.  Contributed to 24/7 on-call service requirements, SQL/Unix coding, and enterprise batch schedule designs.

 

CLINICIAN SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES (CST)

Computer Software Company

Junior Software Engineer 2002 - 2003

Served on development team responsible for implementing CST’s proof of concept software suite, BabyCarelink which increases the circle of care around the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit through targeted information to parents and clinicians. Created a web-accessible html editor for content creators and managers. This tool was supported by an instance of the semantic web that had fully RDF compliant architecture for integration with proprietary ontology engine and VSS document repository. Mastered web development technologies such as: JavaScript, DHTML, CSS, WebBehaviors (AJAX before it was AJAX), webServices and all things XML: XSLT, XQuery, XPath, and multiple DOM implementations. Used both Java and Microsoft platforms.

 

APRISMA MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES (AMT)

$2M Network Software Management Company (www.aprisma.com)

Assistant Web Master 2001

Maintained and developed the internal and external company website, using using PERL, JavaScript and Adobe Photoshop.   Interacted closely with marketing, sales, and global partners groups for product and sales support.  Contributed to implementation of new website that still exists today. Result was initial exposure to cgi, and the client/server architecture of the web.

 

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (NEU)

School of Technological Entrepreneurship (STE) (www.neu.edu/sote)

Gradudate Student 2006 - 2007

The NEU STE program takes the aspiring entrepreneur through a concentrated curriculum that provides tools and hands-on experience neeeded for building technology based businesses. Subjects include; budgeting and high-tech finance, opportunity assessments, technology based marketing for new ventures, intellectual property, operations management for tech firms, product development and others.  The program capstone resulted in a business plan and presentation to a panel of investors. The plan included execution of market surveys, extensive industry study, product prototyping, and creation of a software development plan and complimenting business / financial plan. Completed an indepedent study for product development using Agile development methodologies, supervised by Tom Ermolovich

 

WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (WIT)

Computer Science (WIT BCOS)

Student 1999 - 2003

Obtained a Bachelors in Computer Science.  Graduated with a 3.0 / 4.0 in a program well known for a reputation of applied skills combined with computing theory.  Concentration included "knowledge-mapping", while working with CST as well as graph rendering theory using tools such as JavaCC and my own topology engine as derived from the GraphViz graph engine by AT&T Bell labs

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS