Dave Thomas

About Dave Thomas

Builder of startups and enterprises as a part-time CTO, technical advisor, and enthusiastic software and systems architect and engineer who really likes to write code. Strong polyglot developer (OO and functional) in Java, Scala, Clojure, Groovy, Swift, Ruby, Python, JavaScript / CoffeeScript, Erlang, PHP, Perl. Proficient in SQL and several NoSQL databases. Deep DevOps cultural background, a Continuous Delivery toolsmith with extensive experience in both development and operational organizations. Evangelist of Entrepreneurial tactics and Lean Startup over a 20 year career.

Experience

1. Accomplished Engineer, Office of the Chief Engineer

   Ticketmaster

   May 2022 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• University of Southern California

  BS, Computer Science

  1997 — 2002

• Université Paris-Sorbonne

  Certificat, Civilisation Française

  1999 — 1999

Skills

• Unix
• Java
• Agile Methodologies
• Xml
• Open Source
• Linux
• Configuration Management
• Software Development
• Security
• Lean Startup
• Design Patterns
• Software Architectural Design
• System Architecture
• Ddd
• Enterprise Architecture
• Hostage Negotiation
• Financial Software Implementation
• Server Architecture
• Start-Ups
• Puppet
• Oracle Sql
• Spring
• Entrepreneurship
• Junit
• Virtualization
• Team Leadership
• Social Media
• French
• J2ee Application Development
• Cfengine
• Software Solution Architecture
• Networking
• Apache
• Scrum
• Rest
• Enterprise Software
• Web Applications
• Mysql
• Subversion
• Soa