[Foundation-l] [Announcement] Neil Kandalgaonkar as Software Developer for Ford Multimedia Usability Project

Wed Jan 27 18:32:16 UTC 2010

Hoi,
Welcome Neil! There are plenty challenges for you, I am sure you will enjoy
many of them and find some puzzling, strange or weird and maybe all three at
the same time :)
Thanks,
     GerardM

2010/1/27 Naoko Komura <nkomura at wikimedia.org>

> It is my pleasure to announce that the usability team has a new member.
>  Neil Kandalgaonkar joined the team as a software developer for the Ford
> multi-media usability project.  Neil brings in the breadth of experience in
> software engineering from major social networking web sites such as Flickr
> and Upcoming.org.  Neil oversaw improving payment system and
> performance of FlickrMail interface at Flickr, integrated Upcoming.org into
> Yahoo properties and helped expand the team.  Prior to Yahoo!, Neil was with
> Google and his main responsibility was to enable Google Checkout system for
> non-US markets.  Neil holds Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from
> Concordia University, in Montreal, Canada.
>
> Neil will work closely with Guillaume Paumier, who manages the product side
> of the project, and also Michael Dale who have been developing a ton of
> multi-media support software and tools already.
>
> I just posted the work in progress of the multi-media usability project for
> those who are curious about the development of the multi-media usability
> project.
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/01/26/multimedia-usability-project-underway/
>
> Please join me welcoming, Neil.
>
> Naoko Komura
> Program Manager
> Wikimedia Usability Initiative
>
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