Ian Goldstein
Engineering Manager
Experience
Chief Technology Officer, iDialogs LLC
Healthtech company offering solutions to manage chronic conditions and medical logistics.
November 2012 - Present
Designed and programmed initial platform in LAMP stack.
Hired and directed engineering team of eight, including web, Android, iOS developers, QA, interns, and contractors using agile software methods.
Developed patented software that lowered A1C for type 2 diabetics in clinical trials.
Deployed logistics, monitoring, and safety application at regional healthcare provider.
Grew technology from a single server to scalable cloud architecture on AWS.
Negotiated an exit with a billion-dollar medical software company.
Director of Product, Merchant Exchange (MX LLC)
Angel-backed B2C social-network and membership club.
November 2011 - November 2012
Designed, coded, and directed contracted team to launch consumer and brand platform.
Correlated customer likes and purchase behavior to promote brands and customize offers.
Launched promotional microsite resulting in 75,000+ unique sign-ups.
Founder & Developer, iTikr
Start-up selling intuitive financials visualizations to individual investors.
February 2010 - November 2011
Coded heat-maps using Adobe Flex, Java with Apache Tomcat, and streaming APIs.
Managed freelancers to produce port for iOS devices without Flash support.
Consultant, IBM Global Business Services
September 2007 - January 2010
Managed offshore team to customize Oracle BI pharma analytics for European sales teams.
Built front-end for room management system for Fortune 500 hospitality company.
Service Excellence Award: Spring 2008 & Fall 2009.
SUMMARY
Proven manager with 14 years of experience leading diverse teams and bringing complex products successfully to market across multiple industries and technologies
SKILLS & LANGUAGES
Programming
C++, C#, Objective C, VBA, SQL, PHP, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery, Xamarin & XAML.
Design
Adobe Creative Suite, Affinity Design Products, and InVision.
Other
Microsoft Office, Google Docs
Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
Education
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Economics
Concentrated in Marketing and Managing Electronic Commerce.
Magna cum laude, Dean’s List 2005-2006
INTERESTS
Travel Photography
Music Production
Strategy Games
Creative Writing
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder & COO, Xepia Inc.
An Internet start-up offering communication technologies and technology services.
2000 - 2007
Ran profitable technology company for seven years.
Provided affiliate-supported purchasing advice for technophobic consumers.
Edited and published technology and game reviews from twenty contributors.
Created web presences for local businesses in PHP.
Finance Intern, Kaintuck Capital Management
A Boston-based hedge fund.
Summers 2003, 2004
Constructed cash flow models and analyzed investment opportunities in Internet securities.
Comp-Science Research Intern, Hewlett Packard Company
Summers 2000-2002
Evaluated emerging hand-writing technologies for Imaging and Printing Group.
Other Projects
Prediction Engine
Built risk-analyzer to uncover arbitrage in prediction markets.
OpenDoor Meetings
Coded networking site to connect professionals and mentors.
CashTag
Created game for trading and monetizing hashtags.
eFlirt Engine
Developed site to direct users to their ideal dating network.
Remarkz
Designed an social communications tool for hedge funds.
Tranzverge
Built unified messaging suite with Penn classmates.
Buttonwood
Created secure financial site for UK-based hedge fund.
Contact
Location: New York, NY