Chuck Clark

Current

• Technologist at Pulse Energy

Past

• Chief Architect at Orbitz Worldwide
• Climber, Trekker and Bikepacker at Rideabout.com
• Technologist at Curious Networks

• Senior Technologist at Lante
• Associate Director - XCOLL at Swiss Bank

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Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Industry

Computer Software

Chuck Clark’s Summary

A passionate technologist with a diverse background in the online travel, mobile and investment banking industries. Over 12 years of experience pushing the envelope in designing and developing high-transaction, business critical systems while maintaining a realistic perspective on deployment and operations.

Chuck Clark’s Experience

• Technologist

  Pulse Energy

  (Privately Held; Renewables & Environment industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year )

  Pulse Energy Management Software communicates with a large number of building automation and metering systems to collect, archive, analyze and communicate energy information. The system helps building owners and operators quickly identify and resolve inefficient energy use, helps occupants learn how their buildings perform and ultimately helps to save money and reduce emissions.
  
  From a technical perspective this entails integrating with existing meters and building automation systems to collect and send real-time meter data to the archival and analytics engine we've written. Looking at past building performance and taking into consideration existing factors such as temperature, time of year and wind speed and direction we are able to predict how a building should be performing and alert operators when certain thresholds of comfort or energy consumption are surpassed. We can visualize the historical data and predictions in many different ways for different audiences including building occupants, facility managers and executives focused on sustainability and reducing energy costs.

• Chief Architect

  Orbitz Worldwide

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CD; Internet industry)

  August 2002 — August 2008 (6 years 1 month)

  Involved in all aspects of technology leadership as Orbitz invested in building and deploying a unified global platform for selling travel related products online. Led a global team of architects from development and operations as the eBookers brands were relaunched and preparations were made for moving Orbitz and Cheaptickets to the new platform.
  
  Additionally involved as:
  
  - Agile Evangelist: After garnering management support to officially embrace agile development led the effort to bring in outside expertise and transition development, business and QA teams to use agile best practices.
  
  - Open Source Advocate: Worked with legal team to develop guidelines allowing developers to contribute to existing and start new open source projects based on their work at Orbitz while ensuring proper protection of intellectual property.

• Climber, Trekker and Bikepacker

  Rideabout.com

  (Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  January 2007 — August 2007 (8 months)

  I took an extended leave of absence from Orbitz in 2007 to pursue two adventures I had been planning for several years:
  
  Exploring Patagonia: From January through May I explored South America and particularly the region south of the 39th parallel known as Patagonia. My activities included:
  - An expedition to climb Mt. Aconcagua
  - Trekking in Torres del Paine
  - Backpacking in Tierra del Fuego
  - Walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
  - Seeing the Moai on Easter Island
  - Visiting friends and experiencing new cultures
  
  Riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route: From May through August I pedaled a mountain bike with a trailer and my good friend Willy Vancrey. We began in Antelope Wells, New Mexico and followed the Continental Divide through the Rocky Mountains until over 3,100 miles later we reached Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada in late August.
  
  You can find more details about my travels in South America and the bicycle ride at http://www.rideabout.com.

• Technologist

  Curious Networks

  (Computer Software industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

• Senior Technologist

  Lante

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• Associate Director - XCOLL

  Swiss Bank

  (Computer Software industry)

  1996 — 1999 (3 years )

Chuck Clark’s Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelors of Science , Computer Engineering/German , 1992 — 1996

Additional Information

Chuck Clark’s Interests:

Technology, Traveling, Photography, Cycling, Kayaking, Snowboarding