John Wehr
I'm the HiiDef CTO and lead developer of Flavors.me.
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- The Flavors & Formspring integration looks great! What big services/features can we expect next?Thanks! We're working on TripIt and GitHub at the moment in addition to extending integration with popular services like Facebook. In the longer term, look for social features that span the breadth of your online identity.Asked by Formspring Aug 10, 10
- What do you think of the new Flavors.me Formspring integration?I think it's just fantastic.Asked by Formspring Aug 10, 10
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Repositories
- Amazon Web Services web crawler. DORMANT: see https://github.com/hiidef/hiispider3 forks / 20 watchers / Pushed Jul 20, 10
- Django Shopping Cart for PayPal, Google Checkout, and Amazon Payments18 watchers / Pushed Feb 01, 12
- Django OAuth 2.0 Server App. Please fork and improve!9 forks / 37 watchers / Pushed Jan 27, 12
- faster feedparser that is worse and broken in many ways2 forks / 11 watchers / Pushed Jan 25, 12
- graphite api extensions so remote servers can front a graphite installation1 fork / 4 watchers / Pushed Jan 21, 12
- Telephus is a connection pooled, low-level client API for Cassandra in Twisted python.13 forks / 63 watchers / Pushed Jan 09, 12
- Creates a GUID based on a float so you can sort it by the GUID and maintain its order1 fork / 3 watchers / Pushed Jan 04, 12
- Simple JavaScript HTML5 browser storage cache. Persists to memory, webSQL, indexedDB, localStorage, globalStorage, and cookies.12 forks / 274 watchers / Pushed Dec 28, 11
- Python wrapper for Soundcloud's API with OAuth2 support1 fork / 2 watchers / Pushed Sep 08, 11
- Please note the official branch for HiiCart has been moved to the Hiidef organization account4 forks / 7 watchers / Pushed Aug 25, 11
- Amazon Web Services web crawler. DORMANT: see https://github.com/hiidef/hiispider3 forks / 20 watchers / Pushed Jul 20, 10
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Repositories
- Django Shopping Cart for PayPal, Google Checkout, and Amazon Payments18 watchers / Pushed Feb 01, 12
- Python-bindings for CityHash (http://code.google.com/p/cityhash/)1 watcher / Pushed Jan 27, 12
- Telephus is a connection pooled, low-level client API for Cassandra in Twisted python.1 watcher / Pushed Jan 27, 12
- Django OAuth 2.0 Server App. Please fork and improve!9 forks / 37 watchers / Pushed Jan 27, 12
- faster feedparser that is worse and broken in many ways2 forks / 11 watchers / Pushed Jan 25, 12
- graphite api extensions so remote servers can front a graphite installation1 fork / 4 watchers / Pushed Jan 21, 12
- Creates a GUID based on a float so you can sort it by the GUID and maintain its order1 fork / 3 watchers / Pushed Jan 04, 12
- Python wrapper for Soundcloud's API with OAuth2 support1 fork / 2 watchers / Pushed Sep 08, 11
- Python-bindings for CityHash (http://code.google.com/p/cityhash/)2 forks / 6 watchers / Pushed Feb 01, 12
- Django Shopping Cart for PayPal, Google Checkout, and Amazon Payments18 watchers / Pushed Feb 01, 12
- Python-bindings for CityHash (http://code.google.com/p/cityhash/)1 watcher / Pushed Jan 27, 12
- Telephus is a connection pooled, low-level client API for Cassandra in Twisted python.1 watcher / Pushed Jan 27, 12
- Django OAuth 2.0 Server App. Please fork and improve!9 forks / 37 watchers / Pushed Jan 27, 12
- faster feedparser that is worse and broken in many ways2 forks / 11 watchers / Pushed Jan 25, 12
- graphite api extensions so remote servers can front a graphite installation1 fork / 4 watchers / Pushed Jan 21, 12
- A python library for v3 of the createsend API8 forks / 21 watchers / Pushed Jan 18, 12
- Telephus is a connection pooled, low-level client API for Cassandra in Twisted python.13 forks / 63 watchers / Pushed Jan 09, 12
- Creates a GUID based on a float so you can sort it by the GUID and maintain its order1 fork / 3 watchers / Pushed Jan 04, 12
- Python wrapper for Soundcloud's API with OAuth2 support1 fork / 2 watchers / Pushed Sep 08, 11
- clone of http://code.google.com/p/django-oauth22 forks / 7 watchers / Pushed Jun 07, 11
- A Python wrapper for the SoundCloud API that works with Django and Google App Engine9 forks / 48 watchers / Pushed Jul 14, 10
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Info
- Chief Technology Officer at HiiDef, creators of Flavors.me and Goodsie.comInternet | Greater Atlanta Area, USSummaryTechnology executive of consumer web company HiiDef, guiding the outstanding teams behind Flavors.me and Goodsie.com.Specialties: Strategic product planning, recruiting and employee development, management of geographically diverse teams, scaling, growth metrics, devops, cloud technologies Technical: Python, Javascript, Cassandra, Redis, Django, Twisted, Node.js, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearchExperience
- Jan 2010 - PresentChief Technology Officer / Hii Def Inc.John's tenure at HiiDef has been defined by his ability to attract talented developers and execute the founders' vision of elegant tools for beautiful websites.
As CTO, John consolidated teams to leverage the skills of the diverse Flavors.me and Goodsie developers. He shaped development strategies, led company meetings, and established a unique hiring process for remote workers that brings candidates to real world problems.
John decentralized responsibilities, allowing developers to tackle issues that inspire them while maintaining core technology components. This led to a versatile organization, emphasizing individual accountability and professional balance. As of mid 2011 HiiDef reached fifteen employees spanning the East Coast, Midwest, Hawaii, and Northern Europe.
John introduced additional systems redundancy, emphasized unit tests and static analysis, accelerated deployments, and released many technologies into the public domain. While still an active code contributer, he spends much of his time working small groups through challenges, identifying bottlenecks, and defining pertinent milestones. His projects include growth drivers like internal funnel tracking, A/B testing frameworks, and social analytics tools.
In late 2010 he led a rebuild of the aging Goodsie codebase. The team redesigned nearly all components of the site and launched in April 2011, delivering an unmatched e-commerce experience in a matter of months.
Late 2011 will see a redefined Flavors.me on a new infrastructure. John developed fresh approaches to consolidate dozens of social services into a single social graph, providing a new perspective on our online activities. - Dec 2008 - Jan 2010Consultant / Hii Def Inc.Initially hired as a supporting developer, John soon emerged as the leader of the Flavors.me development team.
Using proven Python and Javascript technologies, he built the lauded front end experience and high performance spidering infrastructure. He integrated dozens of third party APIs, updating content in real time for hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic users.
Flavors.me has experienced sustained growth of its paid subscriber base, spawned countless imitators and remains a core product in the HiiDef portfolio. - Mar 2009 - Dec 2009Consultant / Copay SolutionsAdvised the company on general technology issues.
* Helped set up a development environment and automated deployment mechanisms
* Deployed multi-tiered file and database backups
* Reviewed legacy application code
* Guided static website design and development
* Advised on SEO strategy - Sept 2008 - Dec 2009Developer / Offbeat GuidesDeveloped a system to generate a customized travel guide in seconds. Guides are hundreds of pages long and incorporate dozens of data sources parsed in real-time. Decentralized and hosted on Amazon's Web Service stack, the cluster of machines is capable of producing tens of thousands of books per day at low cost.
* Twisted Python based web services that interface with dozens of data sources
* Highly redundant, AWS based cluster
* Parsing mechanisms for a broad variety of user-generated content
* Translation between several output formats - Aug 2006 - Jul 2009Founder / Who's Going, LLCWho's Going helps you meet new people through events and activities.
* Seamlessly integrated geocoding and geolocation localize interaction
* Cutting edge social software features enable new methods of communication
* Analytical tools help consistently refine the site and push viral expansion
* Integration with a number of third party APIs help users post rich content
* Development and design best practices ensure a consistent, high-quality experience - Jul 2005 - Jul 2009Founder / TagalagWidely heralded web identity management tool allows user to "tag" each other by email address. Combined with geolocation data, Tagalag becomes a literal map of meta-information about people.
- Jan 2009 - Apr 2009Consultant / EurekaHireAdvised the company on general technology issues and helped coordinate an international team of developers.
* Helped set up a development environment and automated deployment mechanisms
* Recommended designers and assisted in design reviews
* Evaluated candidates as they joined the development team
Implemented broad Memcached based caching of SOAP web services
* Debugged and improved established PHP codebase - Apr 2006 - Jan 2009Founder / Zip-code-boundaries.comDeveloped and marketed a ZIP Code boundary database and related software for use with mapping applications.
- 2007 - Dec 2008Lead Developer / BoredAt, Inc.Boredat is an anonymous real-time communication application targeted at students. Popular at dozens of universities and content rich with millions of posts. Developed the entire technology stack, including:
* Innovative low-latency comet architecture
* Automated controls over scalable Amazon EC2 hosting
* Spam and abuse prevention tools
* Analytical tools to reveal usage patterns - Apr 2006 - Sept 2007Consultant / MSHC Partners, Inc.Consulting the prominent political advertising group on e-commerce initiatives.
- May 2006 - Jun 2007Developer / Mochi MediaPeriodically assist the rapidly expanding casual gaming advertising network with a variety of technological and marketing concerns.
- Nov 2004 - Jun 2007Developer / Mogopop/Talking PandaAuthored a Flash based iPod emulator for Talking Panda's iLingo translation products. Assisted with editing marketing materials. Maintained the company's online presence. Worked with Zondervan to port religious materials onto the iPod platform.
- Jan 2006 - Jan 2007Member, Board of Advisors / TailRankAssisted with the leading internet meme-tracker's information architecture and design.
- Oct 2004 - Jun 2006Developer / Bobby McFerrin, IncWorked with the team at Bobby McFerrin, Inc to shift their Macromedia Flash based site to an open, community driven portal.
- Mar 2004 - Dec 2005Editor / Avisian, IncDeveloped and maintained a highly customized, Movable Type based CMS for Contactless News, CR80 News, RFID News and Secure ID News, each a leading publication in the automatic identification industry. Developed advertising inventory management systems, user management systems, and paid subscription services. Oversaw a massive architecture overhaul that sparked a substantial growth in traffic, with over 250,000 unique visitors in January of 2006.
- Jul 2003 - Dec 2005Founder and Editor / RFID NewsFounded the leading RFID publication with more than 85,000 unique visitors in December of 2005. RFID News is an established thought-leader in the expanding and controversial industry. Affiliated with Avisian, Inc in March of 2004.
- Sept 2005 - Oct 2005Developer / California Chamber of CommerceWorked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop Calchamber.com content.
- Aug 2005 - Aug 2005Developer / Apple, Inc.Worked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop Apple's internal "Information Systems and Technology" website.
- Nov 2004 - Feb 2005Developer / PheedoConceptualized and developed a PEAR and Smarty based PHP based advertising and billing system for a leading RSS and weblog advertising system.
- Oct 2004 - Jan 2005Developer / HomeValuesAndListings.comWorked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop a PEAR and Smarty based PHP based real estate listing system linking prospective leads with agents. The system includes Authorize.net billing and authorization functionality.
- Apr 2003 - Dec 2004Developer / Donna Karan / LVMHDeveloped and maintained the Spring, Fall and Winter 2003 "New York Stories" dkny.com websites as well as the Spring and Fall 2003 donnakaran.com websites. Built a PHP/MySQL based sweepstakes management system and produced all Flash content.
- Jul 2004 - Jul 2004Developer / TechnoratiDeveloped online applications to assist in the manual and automated classification of weblogs. Created an aggregator that tracks linking patterns in political weblog communities.
- Nov 2002 - Feb 2004Founder / Memeufacture.comDeveloped and designed the widely cited, Python based multi-language weblog aggregator. Memeufacture uses a combination of editorial selection and bi-hourly spidering to monitor topics from distinct online communities:
* Conservative Politics
* Liberal Politics
* Law
* Apple Computers
* Design
* Top Weblogs
* Persian Language - May 2002 - Aug 2003Developer / Masters of BrandingDeveloped Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications in Python, Visual Studio and Macromedia Flash for Fortune 50 companies. Installed and demonstrated RFID systems at Wal-Mart headquarters, as well as being a member of the installation group for the first ever live RFID smart shelf. Represented Masters of Branding at the June 2003 RFID summit in Chicago, Illinois. Created media and applications for L'Oreal Brands (Maybelline, L'Oreal Professionnel, Garnier Fructise, Matrix) Revlon, P&G, Coty, Prada, and International Paper, while working with large retailers such as Wal-Mart and CVS. Conducted retail audits for Coty, DKNY, and Prada.
- May 2001 - Aug 2001Developer / The Village VoiceWorked with a small web development team to produce the weekly Village Voice website, winner of the 2001 National Press Foundation's Excellence in Online Journalism Award.
- May 2000 - Aug 2000Developer / Oven Digital UKLead programmer in London for Oven's 'presentation tool' multinational project, integrating an Oracle database, Macromedia Generator and XML communication protocol. Primary internal rich media developer.
Education-
1998 - 2002Florida State UniversityB.S. in Computer Science
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