My name is Dan Kaplun.

I am an ambitious, highly proficient self-taught developer, and I make mission-critical product. If I sound like the kind of guy with whom you'd like to work, tell me!

min@dvir.us
1-216-236-4601
A LEGO brick.

Developer at Transparensee

May 2012 –
Manhattan, NY

Search engine platform with emphasis on fuzzy matching

Stack: Python (Django), JavaScript (jQuery), AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)

  • Maintainer of service and code for largest client
  • Role-based administration tool built on top of Django
  • Redesigned search interface; introduced criteria prioritization

Developer at Offerpop

March 2011 – May 2012
Manhattan, NY

Social media marketing startup; agile, test-driven philosophy

Stack: Python (Django, mod_python), JavaScript (jQuery, Prototype), MySQL, Apache, Ubuntu

The Ohio State University

Sept. 2009 – Dec. 2010
Columbus, OH

Majored in math and minored in music

Cleveland State University

Sept. 2008 – June 2009
Cleveland, OH

Post-secondary — aced graduate-level math courses while enrolled in high school

1st place in math competition

Represented CSU as member of 1st place two-person team in regional math competition; 4th place overall among 50+ teams

Cuyahoga Community College

Sept. 2007 – Dec. 2008
Cleveland, OH

Post-secondary — exhausted course catalog in math

2nd place two-person team in web design and coding competition

Richmond Heights High School

Nov. 2005 – June 2007
Cleveland, OH

Top 10 graduate; summa cum laude; with honors