Scott Becker
scottjb@seas.upenn.edu
www.scottjbecker.com

4238 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 818.512.1731 (Cell)
me
We're always looking for the sharpest, most driven, and energetic developers at Invite Media
Projects & Experience

Name

Tools Used

Info

Invite Media Inc.
Feb 2007 - Present

  • memcached, python, php 5, java, AJAX, tons of ec2/s3, mySQL
  • Ad Optimization using Social Network Data
  • Co-Founder, VP Engineering

    • BetterThanTheBookstore.com
    April 27, 2006- Present (advisor)
  • PHP 4
  • mySQL
  • XML Web Services
  • Co-Founder, now board member
  • UPenn Used Textbook Marketplace

    • Genebean
    Sept-Dec 2006

  • JSP
  • mySQL
  • AJAX
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  • Pubmed Article searching interface for Dr. Lyle Ungar's Medline DB and Dr. Susan Davidson's Principles of Information Systems class
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    South40Video.com
    June - Aug 2006
  • PHP 4
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  • DVD rental site

    • CampusCarts.com (beta)
    June - Dec 2006

  • AJAX
  • PHP 4
  • mySQL
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  • UPenn Food Cart Ordering

    • InternetSocial.com
    Jan-Aug 2006
  • PHP 4
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  • Multilingial Social Networking Application for college students in europe and south america
  • Demo User: test@internetsocial.com
  • Password: test

    • TheInterestList.com
    Aug-Nov 2005

  • Flash 8
  • PHP 4
  • mySQL
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  • 2500 Upenn students within two months
  • 100% flash interface
  • Demo User: test@seas.upenn.edu
  • Password: test
    • Web Crawler
    Dec - 2005

  • PHP 4
  • text image to text processing
  • Used For analysis of Social Networking Applications
    • Madison Radiology Web Appointment System
    July-Aug 2005
  • Flash 7
  • PHP 4
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Online Scheduling System allows patients and referers of Madison Radiology to make appointments online

    • Charlie's Travels
    July-Aug 2005

  • PHP 4
  • mySQL
  • Flicker
  • WordPress
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  • Follow Charlie Melvoin on his travel's around the world
  • Wordpress Blog
  • Flicker Integration

    • Harvard-Westlake Thank You presentation
    May 2005
  • Flash 7
  • Flash Photo Presentation
  • Optimized for streaming
    • Friendzee
    Sept - Dec 2004
    Senior Independent Study
  • Flash 7
  • Coldfusion
  • Flash Communication Server
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  • Combined IM (text,audio, and video), email, and social networking profile systems
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    Publications

     

     

     

    Becker, Scott. 2004. FriendRank: Making Scale-Free Networks Practical

    SKILLS

    Professional level knowledge of the following languages

        PHP, SQL, Flash Actionscript + Remoting , HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, JSON

    Experience with the following languages:

        Java/JSP, C/C++, Python, Coldfusion, x86 Assembly

    Administrative level knowledge of web and database servers:

        MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, Flash Communication/Media Server, MemCached

    Operating systems

        Windows, OS X and Mandrake Linux

    Proficient in configuration and use of
    MS Office, Photoshop, Illustrator,Macromedia Suite (Flash, Dreamweaver,Fireworks,Coldfusion)
     
    Education

    University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Class of 2008
    Degree: Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Engineering
    Major: Computational Biology
    GPA: 3.81 of 4

    Other Activities

    - Founder/Member, Knife and Fork (improvisational acting troupe) (September 2005 - September 2006).

    Harvard-Westlake High School, Class of 2005
    Awards: Summa Cum Laude, AP Scholar with Distinction

    Activities:
    - Bass Section Leader / Webmaster / Member, Chamber Singers, (September 2002 - June 2005)
    - Member, Scene Monkeys, Audition Improv Group (September 2002 - June 2005)
    OTHER INTERESTS

    (in no particular order) simulation, philosophy, sailing, improv, biogerontology, bioinformatics, web application developement, network science, comedy, artifical evolution, gaming, computational biology, logic, social networks, game theory, aging, nanotechnology, bringing it all together
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