Christopher Coco

Christopher Coco is an accomplished and hardworking polyglot programmer who excels in building scalable systems. With a strong background in distributed computing architecture and systems integration, Christopher's expertise includes Java/J2EE, Scala, Ruby, Hadoop, Hive, SOA, various AWS services (EMR, SimpleDB, RDS, SQS, SNS, S3, CloudFront, CloudFormation), Hibernate/ORM, EJB 3.0, and Web/REST services.

Christopher's technical proficiency extends to working with JSON, XML, JSP, HTML, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL, as well as NoSQL technologies like Memcached, Redis, Cassandra, and HBase. He is well-versed in tools such as Maven, sbt, Buildr, Selenium, Webdriver, Chef, and also possesses Linux administration skills.

Education-wise, Christopher attended the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts before pursuing a B.A. in Physics with a Space Physics Option and another B.A. in Studio Art from Rice University.

In terms of professional experience, Christopher has held significant roles at prestigious organizations such as Twitter, Ultimate Impact, Flite, Heroku, Widgetbox (now Flite), GameSpot (CNET Entertainment, CNET Networks), Apple Computer, Inc., Vignette Corp., Epicentric, Inc., and Context Integration. Additionally, he has contributed as a Research Assistant at Rice University Space Physics & Astronomy Department.

Christopher Coco's diverse skill set, leadership positions, and vast industry experience make him a seasoned and valuable asset in the field of software engineering and system architecture.