Jakov Kucan
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Computer Science 1991-01-01 - 1997-01-01
University of Pennsylvania
MA, Mathematics 1988-01-01 - 1991-01-01
University of Pennsylvania
B.S.E., Computer Scienece and Engineering 1988-01-01 - 1991-01-01Work Experience
Manifold
Current
Manifold
Kyruus Health
2014-01-01 - 2018-10-01
Kyruus Health
PTC
2006-06-01 - 2013-10-01
PTC
Mathsoft
2005-02-01 - 2006-06-01
Mathsoft
Centive
1997-12-01 - 2005-02-01
Centive
Department of Computer Science, Brandeis University
1996-11-01 - 1997-12-01
Department of Computer Science, Brandeis University
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, M.I.T
1996-01-01 - 1996-05-01
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, M.I.T
Lotus Development
1995-06-01 - 1995-12-01
Lotus Development
Skills
Summary
*Leadership* Able to lead, recruit, mentor and motivate engineers. Defined of roles, responsibilities and priorities of the development team within the context of the business. *Innovation* Capacity to understand given problem and create innovative and practical solutions. Able to see through the details of implementations, keep track of the dependencies within a large design, communicate the vision and ideas to both technical and non-technical audience. *System design* Delivered solutions from initial concept to the complete product: Creating the initial concept, prototype, design, implementation, and project management. *Technology* Understanding of, and experience with, variety of technologies. Proven ability to quickly and effectively assimilate and apply new technologies. Software development Successfully worked in a variety of software development roles: individual contributor, technical lead, architect, project manager, product manager and a V.P. Developed software using different development methodologies (waterfall, agile). *Formal reasoning* Applied abstract reasoning to practical problem solutions. Published work on theoretical, and more practical, research. Leveraged theoretical knowledge in building commercial software.
