Joe Cheng

Joe
Cheng

Joe Cheng is a developer on Windows Live Writer, a free desktop application for posting to your blog. Previously, he worked for a variety of Boston-area startups, the most recent of which (Onfolio Inc.) was acquired by Microsoft in early 2006.

Joe Cheng's Schools

  		•  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2000
    Bachelors in Management
    Joe learned, one year after graduation, that he'd much rather be a programmer than manage them.

Joe Cheng's Companies

  		•  Microsoft 2006 - Redmond, Washington
    Senior Software Engineer
    Key member of the development team on Windows Live Writer, the leading blogging client for Windows. Implemented "Windows Live" look and feel in .NET Windows Forms. Created localization framework, and ported hundreds of thousands of lines of code from hardcoded English to being localizable for 35 countries. Participated (lightly) on the IETF working group for Atom Publishing Protocol and added AtomPub support to Writer. Designed and implemented many features.
  		• Onfolio, Inc. 2003 - 2006 - Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Senior Software Engineer
    Software programmer at a small startup founded and funded by JJ Allaire. Built a cutting-edge .NET client app targeted at business and consumers. Design and implemented a fast, scalable, flexible object storage subsystem, featuring: cross-process eventing, transactions, full-text search, backward and forward compatibility, efficient BLOB support, garbage collection, and much more. Implemented multiple end-user features including: property tray, pasting/dragging items to external applications, Copy Properties, Import/Export, Snippet Editor, and several others. Created a .NET library for robust HTML parsing, sanitization, and screen-scraping.
  		• Upromise, Inc. 2002 - 2002 - Newton, Massachusetts
    Software Developer
    Built highly performant, scalable, and flexible Java software to parse millions of rows of transaction data sent to Upromise by some of the nation's largest retailers.
  		• Visible Markets 2000 - 2001 - Boston, Massachusetts
    Lead Web Developer
    Lead web developer at an online exchange for fixed income securities (MBS, ABS, and CDO). Designed interface and led front-end development of the Visible Marketplace, a scalable and robust exchange platform (over $4 billion transacted in the first six months) based on Java/J2EE (BEA WebLogic). Served as Technical Lead on multiple projects, overseeing technical design decisions and managing development milestones.
  		• Allaire 1997 - 1999 - Newton, Massachusetts
    Web Developer
    Web design and application development for the makers of the HomeSite HTML editor and ColdFusion web application development system (acquired by Macromedia, which was eventually acquired by Adobe). Designed and built an online store, a content management system, and a web-based e-mail client as example applications to ship with ColdFusion.

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