I enjoy building products that solve problems and provide great end-user experiences. I like working with teams that value extensible code, rapid deployment, and great information architecture. I like working in environments that challenge, inspire, and teach me. I like exploring the places where media, culture, technology, and communication c̶o̶n̶v̶e̶r̶g̶e̶ collide.

Lead Engineer @ From January 2013 to Present (3 years) Sr. Software Engineer @ From June 2011 to January 2013 (1 year 8 months) Developer / Co-founder @ http://automa.to Data entry, workflow, and automation tools for Google Chrome. - Developed tools that help solve workflow problems in Google Chrome. - Used JavaScript, Google Chrome's browser APIs, and some fancy HTML5 and CSS3 to inject tabular data into web forms. - Integrated with Google Docs' and Wufoo's APIs, allowing Automato users to access data from 3rd party web apps. - Rendered interactive visual representations of a user's data connections using jsplumb. - Used persistence.js and Web SQL to store and access data created by Automato locally in the browser. From July 2010 to June 2011 (1 year) Personal side project @ http://boomscope.com Video overview at http://youtu.be/JAAVh2Zanz4 An analytics web app for the music industry. - Coded website using Symfony - Built interacting graphs using Flot and jQuery - Used both documented APIs and web scraping techniques to pull data from Amazon, iTunes, MySpace, & Facebook - Wrote code to tabulate data related to music reviews, fan interactions, and artist created content From May 2010 to 2011 (1 year) Freelance Web Developer @ **Echo Atlanta** http://echoatlanta.com Echo Atlanta is a web and telephone based story telling project, based around places in the city of Atlanta, Georgia - Built the site in CodeIgniter - Used the Tropo API to integrate phone and VoIP functionality with the site's database - Coded map and audio player behaviors in JavaScript using Google - Maps API and the jPlayer jQuery plugin - Coded the front-end design in HTML and CSS from existing PSD files **CNN Engage** CNN Engage is an intranet for CNN that helps reporters discover underreported news stories - Helped CNN meet their deadlines after the company asked me to take over the project from another development company - Built the Engage intranet using Drupal - Provided support for CNN's engineers who deployed the site internally From 2008 to 2011 (3 years) Personal Side Project @ http://trailphone.net A website / phone service that allows Appalachian Trail thru-hikers to call a toll-free number, enter their mileage into the phone's keypad, and record an audio update about their hike. Their audio update is then podcasted & emailed to friends & family, and is placed on a map on the website. - Coded website using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - Used VoiceXML to record and play audio updates over the phone - Wrote code to: - allow users to create accounts and log in both over the phone & on the website - convert phone audio to MP3 - publish a podcast feed of the audio - relate Appalachian Trail mile marks to latitude / longitude coordinates From 2007 to 2011 (4 years) Web Developer @ Atlas Obscura is a user-generated catalog of obscure and wondrous places - Developed the site's information architecture and wireframes - Built the first version of the site in Drupal - Rebuilt the current version of the site in Symfony in order to take advantage of MVC architecture, improve performance, and rapidly deploy new features - Designed a more suitable database schema and integrated it with Doctrine ORM - Rebuilt the back-end using Symfony's form API - Integrated the site with 3rd party web services including: - Geonames Web Service and Google Maps API to validate, structure, and display geographical data - Facebook Connect API to allow users to login, register, and share activities via Facebook - MailChimp API to integrate user data with an email list - Defensio API to handle spam - The site has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Metro, The Economist, EW.com, Good Magazine, and is a SXSW 2010 Web Award winner From June 2009 to 2010 (1 year) Web Developer, Operations @ **Muckrack.com & other Twitter aggregators** http://muckrack.com Journalists on Twitter http://fashionfeed.style.com Fashion on Twitter w/ Style.com http://twittorati.com Top Bloggers on Twitter w/ Technorati.com A rapidly scalable platform for curating Twitter content - Collaborated in developing information architecture & wireframes - Coded front-end for Sawhorse & 3rd party sites using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript - Assisted in implementing a custom PHP back-end **The 2009 Shorty Awards** http://1st.shortyawards.com/ Awards for the top content creators on Twitter. Tracked nominations via website & Twitter API. Organized a real-world awards ceremony to honor winners - Developed the site's information architecture & wireframes - Coded front-end using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript - Helped organize & plan the awards event - Developed the award show's multimedia components, including a live stream of tweets about the event - Provided support for the 20+ winners who flew in from all over the world to accept their awards - MC Hammer & CNN anchor Rick Sanchez presented awards **Musebin** User-generated one-line music reviews - Developed the site's information architecture & wireframes - Built the first version of the site in Drupal - Rebuilt the site's back-end in CodeIgnighter in order to take advantage of MVC architecture - Used Amazon's Ecommerce / Product Advertising API & Last.fm's API to validate & structure artist / album data - Integrated w/ Twitter API to tweet top album reviews & update avatar to an album art image - Developed & documented the Musebin API which allowed 3rd parties to access music review data **News Groper** http://newsgroper.com Parody blogs belonging to famous celebrities & politicians - Developed information architecture, wireframes, & design - Built the site in Wordpress & Drupal - Created a custom back-end, used by a network of 20+ humor writers From February 2007 to September 2009 (2 years 8 months) Exhibit Interpreter @ Educated visitors about New York's transit systems. Led tours. Assisted in the development of new educational programs. From June 2006 to May 2007 (1 year) Founder, Program Manager, Front-end Developer @ A podcast often compared to 'NPR for hipsters' - Handled Dailysonic's day to day operations - Managed a team of 20+ content contributors - Designed the website's user interface and back-end - Coded the front-end in HTML, CSS, and PHP - Architected technology that allowed users to customize their downloaded podcasts by dynamically stitching together MP3 files - Wrote a chapter in 'Podcasting Hacks' published by O'Reilly - Podcast panelist at CMJ 2005 - Yahoo's Site of the Day From January 2005 to May 2007 (2 years 5 months) Recording Engineer @ Recorded and edited a variety of commercial and industrial audio projects. Worked closely with clients, voice talent, producers, and co-engineers. Performed troubleshooting for audio software and hardware From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Planetarium Manager @ Developed educational multimedia content for the museum's digital planetarium. Became a certified Digistar Technician, to service the museum's planetarium hardware. Trained museum staff and educators in proper use of the planetarium and in astronomy concepts. Educated museum visitors in astronomy and general science. Created and curated "The Music of The Spheres", a live music performance series that took place under the planetarium's dome. From 2002 to 2003 (1 year) Desk Manager @ Rented out audio and video equipment to students. Tracked equipment inventory and managed student and faculty account database. Provided support and troubleshooting. From 1999 to 2002 (3 years) Explainer @ Interpreted museum exhibits and provided additional information regarding science concepts. Performed various demonstrations for the general public including: cow's eye dissection, laser demonstration, and chemistry. From 1994 to 1998 (4 years)

2003, Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From 1999 to 2003 University of Judaism, Israel From 1998 to 1999 The Bronx High School of Science From 1994 to 1998 Adam Varga is skilled in: jQuery, User Experience, JavaScript, HTML 5, PHP, Information Architecture, Web Development, MySQL, Python, Symfony, Redis, Software Engineering, Google Maps, Doctrine, Telephony