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    Lawrence McDaniel

    Lawrence McDaniel

    Full Stack Developer

    Data Scientist North America Stanford University '...
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    Experience
    Freelancer, Self- Employed
    Freelancer, Self- Employed
    Full Stack Developer 1999 - Present (over 27 years)
    Portfolio: https://lawrencemcdaniel.com/
    Blog: https://blog.lawrencemcdaniel.com/
    Code samples: https://horrors.lawrencemcdaniel.com/
    edMex
    edMex
    Founder, Board Member
    edMex is a Mexican non-profit organization with a mandate to bring education and opportunity for a future to the diverse base of people with modest or no means. edMex offers... more an online learning management system powered by Open edXTM, an open source software project managed by MIT and Harvard universities. The edMex platform is free to learners, educators, educational entrepreneurs and EdTech innovators.
    Ascend Capital
    Ascend Capital
    Data Scientist 2004 - 2005 (almost 2 years)
    Co-developed and operated Sequoia Fund, a $130 million black box quantitative equity long-short hedge fund product. Consistently ranked #2 in its peer group by CS Treemont
    Fortress Investment Group
    Fortress Investment Group
    Software Architect 2003 (11 months)
    Contractor. Led a team who designed a mortgage loan administration system for Italfondiario, an Italian mortgage lender acquired by Fortress. Oversaw a workgroup of aproximately... more 50 employees, consultants and contractors.
    Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank
    Software Architect 2000 - 2002 (over 2 years)
    Contractor. Developed an asset management system for a contract with the Mexican federal government. Managed a team of 10 developers + 20 information systems support and management... more employees.
    Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley
    Software Architect & Business Analyst 1998 - 1999 (over 1 year)
    Contractor. Developed an asset securitization and asset management system for the Southeast Asian division of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds.
    IBM
    IBM
    Director of Mortgage Analytics 1996 - 1998 (over 1 year)
    (Merril Lynch business unit acquired by IBM). Managed a business analytics area with 15 analysts + 4 software engineers. Developed a large-scale data warehousing solution,... more a real-time whole-loan mortgage quotation system, and an executive reporting platform.
    Goldman Sachs
    Goldman Sachs
    Business Analyst 1994 - 1996 (over 2 years)
    Lead business deployment analyst for a global real estate asset management platform built for Whitehall Real Estate Funds. Liaison for the asset management division of approximately... more 500 employees in North America and Europe
    Startup Tucson
    Startup Tucson
    Advisor
    Startup Mexico
    Startup Mexico
    Advisor
    Angel Ventures
    Angel Ventures
    Advisor
    JournalSqrd
    JournalSqrd
    Advisor
    Isla
    Isla
    Advisor
    Delta Signals
    Delta Signals
    Advisor
    Yuum
    Yuum
    Advisor
    Everbots
    Everbots
    Advisor
    Wingspan Portfolio Advisors
    Wingspan Portfolio Advisors
    Advisor
    Condesa Financiera
    Condesa Financiera
    Advisor
    Consubanco S.A. de C.V.
    Consubanco S.A. de C.V.
    Advisor
    Startup Weekend Hermosillo
    Startup Weekend Hermosillo
    Advisor
    Founder
    edMex
    Employee
    Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Freelancer, Self- Employed, IBM, Deutsche Bank, Fortress Investment Group, Ascend Capital
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Angel Ventures, JournalSqrd, Startup Mexico, Delta Signals, Everbots, Startup Tucson, Yuum, Startup Weekend Hermosillo, Condesa Financiera, Consubanco S.A. de C.V., Isla, Wingspan Portfolio Advisors
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    M-Arca
    Academic Paper
    co-author, Open Source, Blockchain · Co-authored an academic publication focusing on the use of open source and blockchain technologies to improve… · More access to basic healthcare and financial services to rural poor in emerging market Latin America.

    Academic Paper
    edMex
    Cursos en linea Gratis
    co-founder, edX Open-Source Platform, Amazon AWS · We're providing free digital courseware to 10 million users across Latin America
    Geek.ly Article - "Capturing Cloud Customers in the Emerging Markets"
    Cloud computing blog article
    Author, Amazon AWS, Cloud Infrastructure, Emerging Markets · Published article in cloud computing blog
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    Dozens of completed projects, and impeccable references. Survived one Nasdaq IPO and multiple private M&A transactions. Lawrence has extensive experience working in both a team environment and as a full-stack developer.

    He works closely with, and mentors early-stage companies across North America. He has co-developed multiple entrepreneurship programs in the NAFTA zone and continues to collaborate with governments and organizations to advance entrepreneurship. He also dedicates time to health and education non-profit organizations in Mexico and has co-authored multiple academic papers in both areas.

    When not writing code he focuses on a healthy lifestyle in his adopted home town of Mexico City. He is a bicycle commuting advocate, and an amateur endurance athlete. He has completed several ultra-marathons and triathlons.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Amazon Web Services DevOps Wordpress Full Stack Development Angular.JS Ionic Framework Open edX Django
    Locations
    San Francisco Vancouver Montreal Mountain View Mexico
     
    Q&A
    What's your favorite non-business book?

    Freakanomics

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    Riding my bike. Actually, that's what i do regardless of whether money is an issue :)

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Live more, work less. a lot less.

    What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

    LinkedIn: https://mx.linkedin.com/in/lawrencemcdaniel

    What was the most impactful class you took in school?

    3-way tie between Linear Algebra, Electricity & Magnetism, and an internship on X Window/Motif

    What's something you wish you had done years earlier?

    crewed on an america's cup boat

    What's an obstacle you've overcome?

    solvency. over and over and over and over again.

    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    Lean Startup + Laws of Successes

    What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

    I designed and built my own home in Mexico City.

    What's your super power?

    Tenacity

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