Resume : Owen Byrne

Currently I am the primary developer and general IT resource for Astrum Solar Inc, a fast growing privately funded startup that installs solar panels for private residences.

Technical lead/manager for a team of developers assigned to developing the air meta-search product (http://tripadvisor.com/flights) at the Tripadvisor Media Group (Travelpod.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tripadvisor.com) In September 2009 I was transferred to the head office in Newton, MA.

In 2004, I built, with Kevin Rose, the website digg.com, which grew to become the leading "social news" website on the web, ranking as high as 55th in world internet traffic rankings from alexa.com. From inception in October 2004 to our series A funding in fall 2005, I was the primary technical decision-maker for the company, and contributed to strategy, customer support, and operations.

From 2001 to 2004 I was a self-employed web developer. I have developed all or part of 70+ websites, most notably digg.com and thechronicleherald.ca, for clients in the USA and Europe.

Tcl/Tk Developer. Working with manufacturing applications on HP/UX at Motorola's global GSM manufacturing facility.

Customizing the Ars Digita Community System for use in a well-funded B2B Internet startup. Programming in Tcl, JavaScript and Oracle. Developed a Tcl/Javascript menuing system. Developed a set of pages and database adapters for manual fulfillment of auctions. Mentoring of junior programmers. Prepared and presented 2 classes on the Ars Digita Community System to university students.

Programming in C, Perl and other languages on Unix/Windows/MacOS. Planned and implemented an Apache intranet server, several print servers and a variety of other "NT replacements" using Linux. Involved with maintenance and support for a variety of servers, operating systems (Solaris, Linux, NT, OpenVMS) and databases (primarily Oracle). Developed many utility scripts in Perl and Tcl, including scripts to modify code for migration from cgi-based perl to mod_perl on Apache, migrate Sendmail mailboxes from Solaris to Linux, and a set of web pages for monitoring and controlling DHCP. Part of a team that migrated the Herald to 2 new business systems in time for Y2K.