Gavin Hall

Last updated May 1st 2012
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Gavin Hall


Orlando, FL 32828

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

TED, CTO, New York, NY (April 2012 - Present)

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Humidity Labs, Co-Founder, Orlando, FL

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AOL, Vice President of Global Platforms, New York, NY (April 2008 - Apirl 2012)
  • Reporting to the CTO lead a team of over 100 people in 7 locations around the globe.

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AOL/TimeWarner, Director / Principle Software Engineer, New York, NY (July 2005 - April 2008)
  • Developed the the Content Management System to take advantage of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP deployed in four different datacenters. System is used by AOL Media content sites (200+) and serves out over 100M PVs a day.
  • Gained Experience with high volume high performance website and working with a Fortune 50 company.

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postGorilla, Founder / CTO, Orlando, FL (June 2005 - April 2008)
  • Co-founded company specializing in cutting edge Internet applications
  • Highlights include developing an online interface to create and manage your resume called emurse.com, a social ranking application called twitterholic.com and negotiating the sale of the emurse.com and twitterholic.com.

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LitFiber, Project Manager / Software Engineer, Tomball, TX (February 2004 - December 2004)
  • Responsible for the architecture and design of an encrypted VoIP service intended for use within the Department of Homeland Security.
  • System was structured in a peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion to distribute services across a global network.
  • Gained experience with government bidding and demonstrations.

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Atqui Corporation, Founder / Software Developer, Orlando, FL (September 2002 - February 2004)
  • Co-founded company specializing in internet-based applications.
  • Primary tasks included project management responsibilities and server-side product development.
  • Highlights include developing third party anti-spam solution compatible with any pop3 email account and developing e-commerce sales module. Experience with C, PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, Apache and Redhat Linux.

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SongSpy Corporation, CEO / Lead Programmer, West Palm Beach, FL (September 1997 - July 2002)
  • Co-founded company that created a peer-to-peer (P2P) application used by 10 million active users. System was capable of searching, transferring and playing audio files.
  • Gained technical experience with database and protocol design, server-side programming and system administration.
  • Increased business knowledge through partnerships and contract negotiations.
  • Highlights include being featured by CNN, The Washington Post and Wired Magazine. Company was sold to IMG Entertainment

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Endoreal Corporation, Founder / CEO, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (April 1997 - September 2002)
  • Co-founded company specializing in large scale peer-to-peer (P2P) applications.
  • Primary tasks include researching current and future trends to create new projects with emphasis on technology.
  • Highlights include an early generation "instant messenger" application for the Orlando Sentinel as well as creating a search engine (TheSeek.com) that was later sold to eFront Corporation.

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EDUCATION:

  • BSBA, Management Information Systems, University of Central Florida (May 2005)

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