I'm David Siedband
Senior Software Engineer
- Education BA, Applied Economics, UC Davis
- Location San Diego / San Francisco
- E-mail info@zentraal.com
Full-stack developer with extensive experience in healthcare, supply chain, analytics-driven marketing, and custom applications. I work with organizations who value performance, security, and user experience. My clients include Fortune 500's, startups, and government agencies on 4 continents. I build using open source software including Python, Javascript, Django, React, Postgres, and Linux. When working with me, you can be confident that the experience will be both enjoyable and highly productive.
Skillset
Work Experience
Healthvana
Senior Software Engineer
Lead Developer for Google Wallet integration of COVID test results and vaccination records. Developed and extended REST APIs, including confidential patient data with requisite focus on security and privacy concerns. Collaborated closely with product and patient support teams to deliver exemplary service to our patients and partners. Developed tooling for clinical trials and wearables integration.
NIH
Technical Lead
Provided support and development to multiple working groups within NIH including the functional MRI Facility (fMRIF) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT). Developed bioinformatics research tools, a system for scheduling fMRI machines, and the Cancer EMR exchange web service.
Cisco
Lead Developer, Supply Chain Intranet
Designed, built, and supported a secure intranet for hardware product development and support teams, supporting more than 20,000 users. Created high-availability infrastructure including clustering, load-balancing, caching, monitoring. Developed custom applications including secure discussion forums, tools for authoring reference manuals, team workspaces, PDF publishing, and federated search.
USAID
Technical Lead
Lead development team for the the RM Portal, USAID’s Knowledge Management and collaboration platform for their Resource Management teams working in more than 100 countries. The site hosts more than 35,000 resources on topics relating to international development along with an advanced suite of tools for research, Knowledge Management, and Collaboration.
Sauce Labs
Lead Developer, Marketing CMS
Designed and developed an Agile Marketing platform based on the Plone CMS to support aggressive revenue and customer growth targets. Enabled the marketing team to more quickly execute and measure new campaigns. Performance-tuned their site for high-traffic and seamless integration with their other web-based applications including their core SaaS product and 3rd-party marketing automation tools.
Eli Lilly
Plone/Python/Linux Specialist
Developed and supported thee patient education websites for Byetta and Bydureon, non-insulin injectable diabetes products for the UK and Irish markets. Coded secure applications that passed multiple rounds of intensive penetration testing and security audits. Managed patient data in strict confidence in compliance with UK patient privacy laws.
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My Interests
Trail Running, Aikido, Language-learning, Travel, Entrepreneurship, Bavarian Cars, Wilderness Medicine, Photography, Dog training, Camping, Rock Climbing, Sailing