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Mark Nottingham
mailto:mnot@pobox.com
http://www.mnot.net/
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Summary

I’m an expert on Web-based technologies, especially protocols and data formats. This has led me to contribute to the development of technologies like RSS, Atom, HTTP, and Web Services.

The roles I’m most comfortable in involve leading through influence, rather than managing directly; in other words, convincing people to do what I want to do, rather than telling them. This often lands me in “Individual Contributor” positions working on technical strategy, research and development, and/or collaboration and standardisation.

I enjoy working with my peers (whether in the same company or across the world), interacting with upper management, partners and competitors, and speaking in front of audiences of 10 to 1000.

Professional Experience

Yahoo!

Principal Technical Yahoo!, Media Infrastructure (1/06–present)

I was hired as a thought leader for Web services using HTTP (a.k.a. “RESTful Web services”) within Yahoo!’s Media group (approximately 20 sites, including finance, movies and news). This work subsequently served as the basis for Yahoo!-wide Web services recommendations and strategy.

My responsibilities include;

N.B. — After my first year at Yahoo!, I was generously allowed to relocate and work from Australia. I continue to report directly to Y! Headquarters in Sunnyvale.

BEA Systems

Senior Principal Technologist, Office of the CTO (5/02–1/06)

I provided leadership in standards participation and input on the company’s overall technology strategy through innovation and development of strategic technologies, representation of the company to the industry (through conference presentations and standards committees), and by liaising with partners, customers and internal resources.

My externally visible activities included:

Akamai Technologies

Research Scientist, Standards and Protocols (9/99–3/02)

I was the company’s resident expert in HTTP, XML, Web services and other Web technologies.

My primary task was the design of distributed Web interfaces which allow customers to control how their content was served by more than 13,000 servers worldwide, from requirements gathering to specification and prototyping. This required working with partners (e.g., Oracle, Network Appliance, Cisco) to coordinate development of interfaces between Web application servers and the ‘edge’ of the network.

I was also designated as the principal liason to technical standards bodies and industry consortia, representing the company to colleagues and partners worldwide.

My externally visible activities included:

Merrill Lynch (Australasia)

Internet Project Manager (7/98–9/99)

On a company-wide basis, I:

Within the Australiasian region, I:

Contract Work

Web Analyst/Programmer, Burdett Buckeridge and Young (2/98–6/98)

Systems Programmer, Creative Access (8/97–1/98)

Internet Systems Analyst, The Datum Group / Pump Media (6/97–8/97)

connect.com.au

Web Engineer (7/96–3/97)

My responsibilities included consultation on all facets of Web technology, from security to marketing to interface design. This included:

La Trobe University, IT Services

Webmaster (12/95–7/96)

I was responsible for oversight of the University’s Web presence. This included:

Skills

Professional Activities

Education

Towson State University, Towson, MD, USA

BA, Interdisciplinary Studies (Self-designed major) 1994

I studied both fine art and journalistic photography, with additional coursework in graphic design, the philosophy of aesthetics, the physics of light, colour theory, and journalism.

I am a citizen of the United States and hold the right to permanent residence in Australia.