Mark Petrovich

Experience

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  AT&T Technology Systems

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1986

  Engineering Associate

  Failure mode analysis, DRAMs. I discovered Unix and vi here, and have been forever changed and grateful.

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  Oklahoma State Univ

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1990

  Ph.D. Physics

  Optical properties of laser materials.

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  IBM Research Division

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1993

  Visiting Scientist

  Basic Research, Optical Properties of Condensed Matter

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  Dba Mark S. Petrovic

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  Software developer

  Lab automation software, Sprint Local Telephone Division. 1993 - 1995 Inventory reclamation system, retail coatings industry.

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  Sprint Corporation

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Key Operations and technical leader in build-out of Unix-based production data center services and best practices for national Internet service provider.Hired as first engineer in Operations. Forged an around-the-clock culture of operational excellence, dedication, accountability, and consummate teamwork in an intense, fast-paced startup environment. Tested consumer voice offerings as development engineer for Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) software services for Sprint Local Telephone Division.

  • System Programmer, Operations

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  • AIN Engineer

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1996
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  EarthLink, Inc.

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2005

  Oversaw and led senior engineering team in identifying technology trends out to 3 years for $1B company. Industry forecasts conveyed to CEO were used as input to prototype emerging services. Directed nationwide dial and DSL network architecture and operation, including management of geographically-dispersed network engineering and security organizations.Maintained operational excellence through challenging corporate merger. Responsible for design review of Unix-based production data center services of 300,000-customer national Internet service.

  • Vice President R&D

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  • Vice President, Network Services

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  • Senior Internet Architect, Operations

    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
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  HomoSuperiorus LLC

  Jan 2005 - May 2010

  Founder and President

  Software engineering and architectural services to the Internet industry.

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  Oponia Networks

  Dec 2006 - Dec 2007

  Vice President, Engineering

  A peer-to-web startup. Responsible for specification, development, and operation of Java-based backend systems, including authentication and customer accounts persistence.

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  Sun Microsystems

  May 2008 - Aug 2008

  Architect and Developer

  Developer of mobile telephony platform applications.

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  Taglets.org

  Dec 2008 - Jul 2010

  Co-Founder

  The stories of tagged things...

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  Oracle

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2011

  Contract developer
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  MarketLive

  Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

  Principal Developer
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  Xoom Corporation, A PayPal Service

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2012

  Sr MTS / Architect

  Cloud architect, infrastructure engineering, tooling, and operations.

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  PayPal

  Apr 2012 - now

  • API Team

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Observablitiy Engineer

    Apr 2012 - Sept 2024
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  SocialSource

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2016

  Advisor

  Providing expert Java development and design support to VP Engineering