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    Eric Bailey

    Eric Bailey

    Long-time Apple & NeXT. Software Engineering, Product Management and Leadership.

    Management Silicon Valley Northwestern Universi...
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    3 Open Positions · $153k–$290k/yr
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    Apple
    Apple
    Director of Engineering 2021 - Present (almost 5 years)
    Leading team focused on messaging, growth optimization, retention, experimentation, human evaluation and behavioral science. An amazing blend of data science, software engineering,... more data engineering, machine learning and scientific research. Creating and iterating on great user experiences with a focus on user privacy to power Apple's Services businesses.
    Director of Engineering 2019 - 2021 (almost 3 years)
    Establishing new R&D/Engineering center for Apple Media Products in Singapore. Recruiting and building teams to focus on Search, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning,... more Data Engineering and Experimentation.
    Sr. Engineering Manager 2014 - 2019 (almost 5 years)
    Lead a team of software engineers, data scientists and analysts to power our decision analytics, A/B testing and Human Evaluation program for App Store, Apple Music, Apple... more TV Video, Books and Podcasts products.
    Sr. Manager 2005 - 2014 (almost 9 years)
    Lead all aspects of iTunes U product at Apple - Strategy, Software Engineering, Project Management, Design, Deployment and more. Leading the various teams focused on developing... more software for education. Managed development of iTunes U as it grew into world's largest repository of open educational resources. Working closely with top institutions in Higher Ed and K-12 to bring their most engaging content to our platform and distributing it worldwide. iOS development, Server development, Educational Technology focus and much more...

    - Launched iTunes U app for iOS in January 2012
    - Launched Course Manager web app for teachers in January 2012
    - Grew service to support content partnership expansion from initial launch partners to over 1,200 Higher Ed, K12 and varied content producers. (e.g. Duke, Stanford, Yale, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Harvard, The Open University)
    - Collaborated with several top higher education institutions to launch iTunes U open education resources for the iTunes Store in May 2007
    Sr. Engineering Manager 1999 - 2005 (over 5 years)
    Launched Apple's first suite of internet services known as iTools that included HomePage (web site builder), iReview (web site reviews), KidSafe (parental controls for safe... more internet browsing), iCards (customizable email-based greeting cards). Services grew to include Web-based email, online address book, calendaring integration with iCal and subscription billing services.

    Responsible for managing original team of six engineers and grew the team to fifteen.
    - Played integral role in transforming iTools from a free service to .Mac - a subscription based service. Built billing and renewal engine and implemented user experience that led to high retention rate.
    Software Engineer 1997 - 1999 (over 2 years)
    - Responsible for components of two major releases of WebObjects - 3.5 and 4.0.
    - Created and enhanced several functional areas of the WebObjects framework: engineered... more advanced session-management APIs, enhanced the HTML generation components of the application server, created new action invocation model known as Direct Actions, improved the monitoring and measurability of application server performance, played role in enabling core framework to be multi-threaded rather than single threaded.
    - Speaker at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference.
    NeXT
    NeXT
    Consulting Engineer 1995 - 1997 (over 1 year)
    - Built customized applications with first versions of WebObjects (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) for various clients.
    - Co-lead developer for Disney Online's first e-commerce endeavor... more - The Disney Online Store - a WebObjects powered application that sold hundreds of products from Disney's catalog.
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    Software Development Web Applications Java XML Unix iOS Machine Learning Growth Strategy and Execution Experimental Design User Research
    Locations
    San Francisco Bay Area
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