About
Frank Wong
Software Engineer, Founder, Information Ideas
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Summary
Software Engineer and Project Manager in a wide variety of business and consumer applications. Have been involved in building startups to corporate systems with thousands of users. Particularly interested in using technology to build automated processes such as web spiders and data processors.
Specialties
Creating dynamic applications, designing systems, designing databases, creating interactive interfaces, and analyzing/manipulating data
Experience
Consulting
Terradex, Inc.
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Environmental Services industry
June 2007 – Present (5 years)
Making a large amount of environmental spatial usable across various environmental agencies through the implementation of various technologies such as GeoServer, Google Map, Google Earth, postgis, ASP.NET, php, Windows Server, IIS, Linux, and Apache.
Recommended and implemented server infrastructure to handle GIS, database, and web server tasks in a cost effective and maintainable manner.
Recommended and implemented MVC framework to allow our team of developers, engineers, and copy writers to collaboration effectively.
Consulting
Webprospects.com
April 2006 – Present (6 years 2 months)
• Built web crawler with intelligent logic to piece together disparate data from multiple sources
• Created and optimized database to handle large amount of data records for real-time searches
• Improved search performance by 60 times faster through implementing Sphinx full-text search engine
Partner, Founder
Information Ideas
April 1999 – Present (13 years 2 months)
Built and ran a development group focused on using technology to fulfill business needs. The projects ranged from startups to corporate business systems that utilized complicated data presentation / delivery through the web.
Consultant
Outsidebyside.com
September 2003 – July 2006 (2 years 11 months)
• Designed, developed and maintained an online dating service web application for a start-up.
• Implemented online payment features for membership signup.
• Helped a junior developer get up to speed in taking over the site maintenance.
• Provided interim tech support to end-users until in house tech support team was setup.
Consultant
Lifebooker.com
September 2005 – April 2006 (8 months)
• Solidified business requirements for the start-up from initial idea.
• Designed database to encompass requirements.
• Managed development progress of third party developers.
• Built crawler to gather data for marketing campaign.
• Helped transition in my replacement for relocation.
Consultant
Axiom Global
April 2004 – May 2004 (2 months)
• Developed and implemented a custom web based CRM used in multiple offices in the United States and Europe.
• The system allows a trader to pull up all business and personal information about client easily.
• Created snapshot of total revenue generated from each client by integrating with their existing trading system built on SQL Server.
• Event planners use the system to create potential attendee lists.
• A compatibility cross reference feature between clients prevents event planners from creating uncomfortable situations.
Consultant
UBS PaineWebber
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; UBS; Financial Services industry
April 2000 – September 2002 (2 years 6 months)
• Developed a business planning tool to facilitate executive decision making through consistent tracking and reporting of all business initiatives firmwide.
• Managed a team of five (both client and consulting resources) from process design and specification collecting to implementation.
Consultant
CCH-LIS
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Services industry
March 2000 – June 2000 (4 months)
• Designed and developed company HR Portal. Focused on creating accessible, easy to use site to encourage employee self service and reduce number of incoming calls to HR personnel.
• Publishing all HR manuals and forms, online also led to a substantial cost savings from reduction of paper and postage.
Consultant
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Partnership; 10,001+ employees; Accounting industry
February 2000 – March 2000 (2 months)
• Designed and built an online survey for the semi-conductor industry resulting in high survey participation rates due to ease of use/simplified navigation. A relational database on the backend of the survey allowed for a robust and efficient data analysis process.
• Managed a team of five from design to implementation.
Skills & Expertise
- GeoServer
- PostGIS
- PHP
- MySQL
- Apache
- Linux
- Ubuntu
- .NET
- ASP.NET
- IIS
- SQL Server
- C#
- PostgreSQL
- Cloud Computing
- Amazon Web Services
- NetBeans
- Eclipse
- HTML + CSS
- PHPUnit
- Selenium
- VirtualBox
- Virtualization
- Windows Server 2008
- jQuery
- Mootools
- ExtJS
- Google Maps
- Trac
- Subversion
- EC2
- Codeigniter
- Android
- sphinx search
Languages
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English
(Native or bilingual proficiency) -
Cantonese
(Native or bilingual proficiency)
Education
Tufts University
MS, Environmental Engineering
1994 – 1996
Tufts University
BS, Chemical Engineering
1990 – 1994
Additional Information
- Websites:
- Interests:
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renewable energy, skiing, investing, technology
- Honors and Awards:
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EPA Achievement Award for application built for Terradex, 2008