Currently Co-Founder and CTO of Streem, a technology-based startup located in Silicon Valley. Graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Specialties:
• 11+ years of programming (Java, Python, Ruby, Objective C, Javascript, HTML, CSS)
• Web Frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Django, Meteor.js)
• Database Stores (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
Currently Co-Founder and CTO of Streem, a technology-based startup located in Silicon Valley. Graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Specialties:
• 11+ years of programming (Java, Python, Ruby, Objective C, Javascript, HTML, CSS)
• Web Frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Django, Meteor.js)
• Database Stores (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
• Game Development (Cocos2d-x, Torque)
• Desktop & Mobile Development (Mac, iOS)
• Parallel & Cluster Computing (MapReduce/Hadoop, OpenMP)
• SQA Testing (Selenium, Cucumber, RSpec)
• Creative Tools (Photoshop)
Senior Software Engineer @ • Continue working on Streem technology at Box From July 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) Co-Founder and CTO @ Acquired by Box in June 2014
• Developed a native filesystem driver to intercept filesystem calls and stream the data bits directly from Streem’s servers to the OS, allowing for native file access (i.e. video files open in native player). Implemented intelligent caching and buffering algorithms to play large media files instantly while future data is buffered in the background.
• Built an on-demand adaptive bitrate video transcoding system, horizontally scalable across multiple servers and backwards compatible with the HLS protocol.
• Reverse engineered the native Mac Finder binary to inject icon badges, context menu items, and sidebar buttons/icons into the running Finder process.
• Developed native client apps for Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chrome.
• Architected a horizontally scalable messaging server to coordinate and distribute events to all clients in real-time.
• Architected a distributed background worker system to obtain file metadata, generate thumbnails, and process files through our de-duplication algorithm.
• Built system on top of the Amazon cloud architecture using S3, EC2, ELB, CloudWatch, and Beanstalk.
• Participated in Y Combinator’s summer 2012 class, and raised $875,000 in seed funding from VC firms and angel investors. From June 2013 to June 2014 (1 year 1 month) Software Engineer @ • Ported the popular cocos2d-x game framework in C++ to the new Windows Phone 8 (Apollo) Operating System. It will be contributed back to the open source community giving developers the ability to port iPhone games to Apollo.
• Designed and developed an application highlighting the Bluetooth capabilities by pairing an Apollo device with a Lego Mindstorms NXT and presented it at the department-wide all hands meeting.
• Participated in developer meetings and contributed original ideas to Apollo, enhancing usability and user experience. From May 2012 to August 2012 (4 months) Software Engineer @ • Developed photo sharing iPhone application to allow sharing of albums across various social platforms From 2011 to 2011 (less than a year) Software Engineer @ • Developed targeted web crawlers in Python to find various mobile applications for iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile. Used Django in parallel with Apache to maintain, create, and update parts of the website (mimvi.com) and database. From May 2010 to September 2010 (5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSoftware Engineer @ • Co-programmer on a 3D multiplayer game, Assignment Antarctica, focused on developing video game for educators and researchers to teach science. Used Torque 3D game engine and Torsion development environment. From June 2008 to October 2008 (5 months)
BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science @ University of California, Berkeley From 2009 to 2013 High School Diploma @ Canyon Crest Academy From 2005 to 2009 Math @ San Diego State University Tanooj Luthra is skilled in: Python, Ruby on Rails, Cocos2d, iOS development, Mobile Applications, JavaScript, HTML, Meteor, Ruby, Java, Objective-C, C++, jQuery, Django, Scheme, C, MySQL
Websites:
http://www.TLuthra.com
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