Hi there, I'm Eric Douglas Pratt.
I'm a driven software professional seeking to combine my strong background in open web technologies with a passion for Scrum process and experimentation to produce products with unrivaled end-to-end user experiences.
Here's what I can do for you.
In my career, I have always focused on finding practical ways for people to work better together. I'm fascinated by the difference a simple process or environment change can make in the productivity of a team. This is what drives me, and this is the value I bring to any organization. My work on this in the past has centered on three main themes:
Designing products with thoughtfully-engineered interfaces that automate your work
- Web-based workflow processing system designed for NYS Comptroller
- Automated homework grading system designed for RPI's Intro to Logic course
- Intranet site with automated preparation and printing of forms for my unit at NYS Comptroller
- Report generation tool that translated English to SQL designed for NYS Comptroller
- Contributions to PegaRULES Process Commander, a business process management platform from Pegasystems Inc.
- Contributions to Slate, a logic-based intelligence analysis program from the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Laboratory
Clearly organizing data and increasing communication saturation within an organization
- Deploying MediaWiki, the software behind Wikipedia, to effectively manage communication for three team-based software and management projects while at RPI
- Creating and zealously maintaining an IMDB-like productions database for promoting and managing student television productions at RPI TV
- Designing an effective web presence for the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Laboratory
Studying and applying successful software development methodologies
- Volunteered to serve as ScrumMaster of my UI and Desktop team at Pegasystems
- Signed on as an early supporter of Scrum as it was deployed in a management-heavy waterfall environment at Pegasystems
- Took every opportunity to promote the value added by adherence to Scrum practices at Pegasystems
Last updated 17 December 2009