CV - For Jonathan Hendler

OBJECTIVES

My general goal in life is to vigorously increase the quality of information - which I believe can align financial sustainability with human and ecological sustainability.

• Research
  discover, and push the boundaries of sharing information

• Innovate
  develop web architecture and technologies for new markets

• Mentor
  provide a culture of learning and fun... (making money)

HIGHLIGHTS

• experienced remote worker

• researched, developed and spoke on cutting-edge projects in search and next generation web

• excellent communication skills

• bridging gap between technology and innovation

• diverse industry experience

• BA in CS, Cum Laude

• 9 years of PHP - Zend Certified Engineer – 13 years technology experience

RECENT PROJECTS/CLIENTS and INTERESTS

• The Actor's Fund – NYC
  AHIRC – a searchable directory of Health Insurance Data. Building a faceted search interface to RDF stores. Currently in early beta at http://newahirc.org later http://ahirc.org.

  • Semantic Search – http://semanticsearch.org
    a Drupal module for the Semantic Web and RDF generation

  • Spoke at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute in Galway, Ireland; of the leading Semantic Web research centers. http://www.deri.ie/teaching/invited-talks/archive/

• NewsCup - “search ownership”
  A startup innovating search sharing and search personalization

Current Position

BetterLesson, LLC

CTO – Sept 2008 – Current

Summary:

Responsible for all the technology components of the early stage startup. The opportunity and technologies are tremendous. The job is a balance between executing well understood best practices for web 2.0 and introducing advanced technologies to broad audiences.

OHO Interactive – http://oho.com

Senior Web Developer – May 2008 – Sept 2008

CivicActions LLC – http://civicactions.com

Architect and Engineer – February 2006 – October 2007

Beyond ROI – Beyond Keywords

Consultant, Lead Web Developer - 2005

Simmons College – Technology Department:
Lead Web / Application Developer – Dec., 2004- March 2006

True Bridge – Financial Marketing:
Web / Application Developer – Dec., 2004 – April 2006

Turbine Entertainment Software:
Web / Application Developer – Oct., 2003 – Nov., 2004

Equiforum.org:

Founder, President – March., 2003 – present

Independent Dimensions, LLC :
Principal - 1995-2003

INTERESTS

Languages [Spanish(beginner),Chinese (elementary spoken Mandarin), German (beginner - intermediate)], Travel, Semantic Web, Environment, Conflict Resolution