Jon Elsas

Googler
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Contact
Biography

Working at Google, CS PhD from Carnegie Mellon, MSIS from UNC Chapel Hill, interested in search and social media.

Experience
Google
Software Engineer
Dates:
Nov. 2011 - Present
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Assistant
Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, with a focus on information retrieval in social media.
Dates:
Sep. 2005 - Sep. 2011
Google
Engineering Intern
Working with Natalie Glance on Google's Shopping search engine: http://www.google.com/products/
Dates:
Sep. 2009 - Jan. 2010
Microsoft
Research Intern
With Susan Dumais, investigated leveraging characteristic of dynamic content in web search.
Dates:
Jul. 2008 - Sep. 2008
Covansys
Senior Consultant
Dates:
2002 - 2003
Lucent Technologies
Software Developer
Dates:
2000 - 2002
Acadia Insurance
Automation Analyst
Dates:
1999 - 2000
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
PhD in Computer Science
Fields:
Computer Science
Dates:
2005 - 2011
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fields:
Information Science
Dates:
2003 - 2005
Carleton College
Fields:
Mathematics
Dates:
1994 - 1998