Simon Guest

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Simon Guest is the CTO at Code.org, where he oversees the engineering teams responsible…

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  • Code.org

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    CTOs for Good

    - Present 2 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Founded in 2011, CTOs for Good is an invitation-only group of technical leaders at nonprofits that deliver social impact primarily through technology and digital strategy. We support each other in doing big things on lean budgets. We share best practices and lessons learned around technology choices, managing technical teams, scaling social impact, and much more.

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    Community Ambassador and Volunteer

    Lake Washington Schools Foundation

    - Present 4 years

    Children

  • Lake Washington Youth Soccer A Graphic

    U9 - U17 Soccer Coach

    Lake Washington Youth Soccer A

    - 5 years 1 month

    Children

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    Tutor (Coding for Kids)

    Lake Washington School District

    - 4 years 4 months

    Children

    Tutor for 3rd - 5th Grade "Coding for Kids" classes. Teach Scratch and Javascript for future software engineers.

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    Fundraising Software Development

    University of Washington

    - 7 years 1 month

    Children

    Developed and ran fundraising software for charity auction at EEU, University of Washington

Publications

  • Microsoft Architecture Journal - Editor in Chief (Issues 6 to 16)

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb410935.aspx

    The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT architecture. New editions are issued quarterly with articles designed to offer perspective, share knowledge, and help you learn the discipline and pursue the art of IT architecture. The Architecture Journal reaches over 50,000 subscribers worldwide.

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  • Microsoft .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit

    Microsoft Press

    Discover how to build applications that run on both the Microsoft .NET Framework and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)—and extend your customer reach and system shelf life. Whether your background is in .NET or J2EE, you’ll learn to implement many of the interoperability technologies available today, including Microsoft, Sun, and third-party compatibility tools. Interoperability expert Simon Guest takes a balanced look at the pros and cons of each cross-platform technology presented, including…

    Discover how to build applications that run on both the Microsoft .NET Framework and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)—and extend your customer reach and system shelf life. Whether your background is in .NET or J2EE, you’ll learn to implement many of the interoperability technologies available today, including Microsoft, Sun, and third-party compatibility tools. Interoperability expert Simon Guest takes a balanced look at the pros and cons of each cross-platform technology presented, including best practices, workarounds, and examples of interoperability solutions in action. You also get interoperability software on CD—plus a wealth of code you can use in your own solutions.

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Patents

Projects

  • MagicLens: Combining Google Blockly and MediaPipe

    MagicLens is a prototype that uses Google Blockly and MediaPipe to show how students (grades 6-12) can learn about computer vision. Students can build programs using a variety of models that include object detection, pose detection, and image segmentation.

  • 3D Creator: Combining Google Blockly and babylon.js

    3D Creator is a prototype that uses Google Blockly and babylon.js to show how students (grades 6-12) can create immersive 3D scenes. It's designed such that students only need knowledge of x, y, and z planes, and gently introduces more complex 3D topics over time.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Japanese

    Limited working proficiency

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