Ned Jackson Lovely
22 Main St, Farmington, CT 06032
+1.617.302.6334
njl@njl.us
Experience
Senior Staff Engineer
2021 to 2023
Affirm
Farmington, CT
Grew the Affirm Card from rough product concept to top company priority
Went from sole contributor to tech lead for a team of more than forty people
Initiated innovations that have resulted in three patent applications
Staff Engineer
2019 to 2021
Stripe
Farmington, CT
Worked on accounting integrations, standardizing approach and updating relevant APIs
Rotated to security team to focus on high-priority security efforts
Built internal tooling to speed up and scale reporting
Principal Engineer / Product Manager
2014 to 2019
Spotify
Somerville, MA
Conceived and built software for "Fans First" ticket presales, with over 1M tickets sold in the first year
Conceived and built automated artist promotion tool, adjusting placement of songs in algorithmic play contexts
Managed technical relationships with companies including Bose, Sonos, Nike, and Adidas
PyCon Program Committee Chair
2015 to 2017
PyCon
Led a team of volunteers to select talks for PyCon in 2016 and 2017
Wrote system to automate a formerly synchronous and manual process
Principal Engineer
2011 to 2014
The Echo Nest (Purchased by Spotify)
Somerville, MA
Developed demos, two-day training course, custom applications, and internal tooling
Supported sales team in pre and post sales roles
Principal
2006 to Present
NJL Heavy Industries
Celebration, FL
Architect, implement, and deploy web applications
Y.E.S. Program Facilitator
2006 to 2017
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Orlando, FL
Led student groups through Disney theme parks on field-study programs
Sales Operations Manager
2005 to 2006
Jenzabar
Cambridge, MA
Managed a group of senior salespeople; responsible for budget, compensation, and forecasting
Inside Sales, Sales Engineer
2005
WebLayers
Cambridge, MA
Pursued, scheduled, and delivered presentations to several Fortune 500 enterprise architects each week
Science and Math Teacher
2001 to 2005
Franklin and Milford High Schools
Franklin and Milford, MA
Taught twelve different science and math courses in five major disciplines, including two AP classes
Product Manager
1999 to 2001
Art Technology Group
Cambridge, MA
Drove relationships and negotiated contracts with complementary software vendors
Created a three-day training program to develop product experts, and delivered to more than 300 consultants
Software Engineer
1999
Commonplaces
Cambridge, MA
Developed software to provide features for the company's website product
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
1995 to 1998
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Full academic scholarship
Completed five year program in three years
Served as a full-time cooperative education student at Zymark and Cognex corporations
Other
Languages
Python, Javascript, Ruby, Java, C, Clojure, Go, Scala, SQL
Skills
Public Speaking, Leadership, Product Vision