Rick Ahlander

Experience

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  Coresoft

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Software Engineer

  Developed interactive voice mail solutions.

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  NextPage

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2005

  Sr. Software Engineer

  Lead a development effort to design and deliver a web based document management software system. The software was based on FAST search technology and Microsoft ASP.NET. We built this software in record time and received immediate customer demand. Provided key assistance in acquiring light house customers.Worked on many projects targeting professional publishers. This included search solutions, document management, rights management, web server development.

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  Fast Search & Transfer

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Software Development Team Lead

  Lead several new software development efforts. Architected desktop search application to integrate customer’s desktops with an enterprise search back end. This included creating and leading a top development team, gathering requirements, visiting with customers, and working daily with product management. This product was brought to market in less than a year and had and ROI of 15 months. Following the announcement of the Microsoft acquisition, this software was selected to be divested. Worked with the product management to create a list of leads and then pitched the sale of this asset to several independent software firms and venture capitalists in Massachusetts and Utah. This resulted in multiple on-the-table offers. Show less

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  Microsoft

  Jan 2008 - May 2010

  Sr. Software Engineer

  Joined Microsoft though acquisition of FAST Search and Transfer. During role mapping, received the highest position of all employees at our site. Key contributor to FAST Search for SharePoint architecting a secure communications pipe for all incoming search queries. This secure pipe was developed using the latest .NET WCF technology and claims based authentication. This service runs in a highly available search farm and is the entry point for all end user communication. Lead a team to increase query throughput and scalability. Succeeded in increasing performance by over 90%.Following the acquisition, led a ten week training course on .NET programming to help other engineers learn this environment. In addition, participated in many meetings with Microsoft groups performing knowledge transfer on our search products. Show less

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  CSC

  Jan 2010 - Nov 2012

  Principal Architectural Specialist

  Worked as a delivery consultant for CSC. Primarily, I was responsible and leader of the FAST search implementations at many of CSC's premier clients. These included Chevron and Baker and Taylor.

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  AhlSys, L.L.C.

  Jul 2010 - Nov 2012

  Principal Software Consultant

  Working as a consultant implementing SharePoint and Fast for SharePoint. Customers included CSC and Delloite.

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  Progress Semaphore

  Nov 2012 - Apr 2019

  Consultant for Smartlogic and their fortune 500 customers. Expert in solutions architecture for Smartlogic Semaphore, SharePoint, FAST, and the semantic web. Conversant in triple stores, RDF, SKOS, RDFS and related semantic web technologies. Experienced in information architecture and library science. Lead a team of technical delivery consultants. Also experienced in integrations with SharePoint, Marklogic, and SOLR.

  • Sr Technical Architect

    Oct 2017 - Apr 2019

  • VP Professional Services

    Nov 2012 - Oct 2017
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  AhlTrade LLC

  Dec 2016 - now

  Principal / Portfolio Manager / Founder

  Algorithmic Futures Options Trading Program

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  Chunker

  Apr 2017 - now

  CTO / Co-Founder

  Started Chunker with two other talented industry leaders. Over the first two years, designed and built a SAS marketplace to list, locate, and license short term warehouse space. We are now one of the fastest growing companies in Utah and one of the best places to work.

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  UP Charity Romania

  Apr 2018 - now

  Advisory Board Member