Craig Spitzkoff
Craig@Spitzkoff.com
Raizlabs Corporation - Brookline, MA 2006 – Present
Vice President, Development
· Grew Raizlabs Corporation into a prominent mobile development consultancy. Notable achievements in mobile applications include:
o RunKeeper, an award winning fitness application for iPhone and Android devices
§ Awarded Times Top Ten of 2009
§ Featured in the New York Times, September 17, 2008
§ Featured on Techcrunch, September 22, 2008 / November 23rd, 2009
§ Downloaded and installed on over a million phones
§ 2008 Winner of “Best Outdoor App” in Best App Ever awards
o MIT, official university iPhone App
§ Built the custom mapping and real-time shuttle modules
§ Among the highest rated collegiate apps
o SurveyOnTheSpot
§ Featured on CNN’s Situation Room, January 7th, 2010
§ Winner of WebInnovators Group Audience Choice, December 9th 2009
o Clock Radio
§ Application reached #1 overall application ranking in Japan
§ Downloaded and installed on hundreds of thousands of phones
o Walking Cinema, a walking tour of the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston
§ Featured in the Boston Globe, November 2nd, 2009
· Prototyped BetterLesson.org
o BetterLesson is now a venture backed company with over 10 employees, still based on the original design and architecture.
o Featured in CNET and Mass High Tech
· Developed PicMe photo sharing application and web service
o TechCrunch 50 2008 entrant
o Featured in Lifehacker
o Applied for patents covering our research in 3D visualization techniques
o Built E-Commerce system leveraging Authorize.net API
· Built a team of software architects, developers and designers for development of internal and client based projects
· Created mobile strategies and delivered products for clients, including MIT, Benjamin Moore and FitnessKeeper
· Project management of mobile, web and desktop based software solutions
· Guest speaker at TechMaine 2009 – Getting Started with iPhone Development
· Guest speaker at XConomy Mobile Madness 2009 conference
Jobvent.com / Arlington Development, LLC – Arlington, MA 2004 – 2009
Founder, CEO
· Founded and incorporated Arlington Development, LLC as the holding company of JobVent.com
· Developed initial version of JobVent.com and managed all technical aspects
· Created relationships with advertisers, resulting in sustainable revenue for JobVent.com
· Grew JobVent.com to appeal to a world-wide audience of over 1.2 million visitors per month
· Scaled JobVent.com to contain tens of thousands of comments and reviews on over 8,000 individual companies
· Sold Arlington Development, LLC and JobVent.com to a venture backed firm in July 2009
Tybrin Corporation – Nashua, NH 2004 – 2006
Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead
· Technical program management of multi-million dollar enterprise level contract
· Coordinated effort of three defense subcontractors
· Worked with business development team on proposals for contract procurement
· Software design and architecture – implementation team lead
· Process design and implementation including standards for:
o Software configuration management
o Coding standards
o Software build environment
o Disaster recovery
BAE Systems – Nashua, NH 2000 – 2004
Senior Software Engineer
· Provided technical leadership for design and development of new tools for the Joint Mission Planning System
· Windows application development leveraging .Net and COM interoperability
· Development of mobile mission planning utilities
· Administration of software development environment, test lab, servers and workstations
· Extensive travel supporting diverse product groups across the country
· Product representative at industry conferences
· Participated in recruitment and selection of team members
· Recipient of the Chairman’s Award for Innovation due to work on Tanker/Airlift/Special Mission program
Northeastern University – Boston, MA 9/2000 – 5/2003
Degree Awarded: Master of Business Administration
Tufts University – Medford, MA 9/1996 – 5/2000
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Minor: Media and Communication Studies
Graduated with honors