W Meeks
Principal at Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolW Meeks is a Principal software engineer with three decades of experience designing user interfaces, database-backed web applications, and transportation modeling tools, currently leading architecture and development at Cambridge Systematics. He blends deep front-end expertise (C++, C#, JavaScript) with extensive backend and database skills across MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MySQL to deliver production systems for state and regional governments. Notable projects include interactive GIS-integrated interchange management, a regional activity-based travel demand model, and a web tool for tracking statewide safety initiatives. Earlier work spans cross-platform product engineering (Life Balance on Palm, Mac, Windows) and mission-critical web systems for organizations like GTE and the MIT Sloan School. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from MIT and an MS in Computer Science from Brown, pairing research-caliber foundations with pragmatic, long-term product stewardship.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, BS, Computer Science, Cognitive Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Brown University
Github Skills (23)
rails-engines10
ruby9
sms9
gtfs9
python8
opentripplanner8
transit8
mobile6
gis6
php5
multimodal4
golang4
accounting2
rails2
associations2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
camsys/transam_highway
Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
Highway focused engine for TransAM
Contributions:21 releases, 61 PRs, 276 pushes in 1 year 11 months
focusedhighwayrubyrails-enginetransportation
camsys/transam_reporting
May 2017 - May 2026
Reporting extensions for TransAM
Contributions:3 releases, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 1 month
extensionsreporting
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