Gavin Hall

Last updated March 4th 2011
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GAVIN HALL

Orlando, FL 32828

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WORK EXPERIENCE 

April 2008 - Present

New York, NY

Vice President of Global Platforms, AOL

  • Reporting to the CTO lead a team of over 100 people in 7 locations around the globe.

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July 2005 - April 2008

New York, NY

Director / Principle Software Engineer, AOL/TimeWarner

  • 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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June 2005 - April 2008

Orlando, FL

Founder / CTO, postGorilla

  • 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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February 2004 - December 2004

Tomball, TX

Project Manager / Software Engineer, LitFiber

  • 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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September 2002 - February 2004

Orlando, FL

Founder / Software Developer, Atqui Corporation

  • 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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September 1997 - July 2002

West Palm Beach, FL

CEO / Lead Programmer, SongSpy Corporation

  • 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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April 1997 - September 2002

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Founder / CEO, Endoreal Corporation

  • 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 

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, May 2005

BSBA in Management Information Systems

 

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