About
Hello,
My name is Harold Treen. Here’s a little bit about what I do.
If you want to know what I’m currently up to, you can visit my Now page.
For Work
Full-Time
I currently work on the Design Tools team. When I first joined I did a stint on Instagram Web.
Squarespace
I worked at Squarespace for just over 3 years. While there, I built Internal Tools for Finance, Compliance, IT and Customer Operations. I also launched Squarespace Marketplace.
Contracting
After graduating, I took a sabbatical to travel and do contract work. Clients included:
Dooly
Notes that talk to all your services (https://dooly.ai)
Readme
Beautiful documentation made easy (https://readme.io)
Self-Directed Projects
During my sabbatical I also worked on self-directed projects:
EpubPress
Web service to create ebooks from collections of webpages (https://epub.press)
The Recurse Center
A self-directed educational retreat for becoming a better programmer.
Learned Haskell, gave talks, blogged, improved open source libraries and collaborated with others (https://www.recurse.com/)
Internships
During my time in school, I had the opportunity to work at some fantastic companies:
Mobify
Software Engineer Intern - Vancouver, BC
Pivotal Labs (Acquired Xtreme Labs Inc.)
Software Engineer Intern - Toronto, Ontario
Microsoft Corporation
SDET Intern (Microsoft Office Division) - Redmond, Washington
Xtreme Labs Inc.
Agile Test Engineer Intern - Toronto, Ontario
More information can be found on my resume.
For School
University
Queen’s University - Kingston, Ontario
B.A.Sc. Computer Engineering with Professional Internship
(4 Years of Classes + 1 Year Internship @ Pivotal Labs)
For Fun
Because there’s more to life than software.
Dancing
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<h2 id="hello">Hello,</h2>
<p>My name is Harold Treen. Here’s a little bit about what I do.</p>
<p><em>If you want to know what I’m currently up to, you can visit my <strong><a href="../now">Now</a></strong> page.</em></p>
<h2 id="for-work">For Work</h2>
<h3 id="full-time">Full-Time</h3>
<p><strong>Facebook</strong></p>
<p>I currently work on the Design Tools team. When I first joined I did a stint on <a href="http://instagram.com/">Instagram Web</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Squarespace</strong><br>
I worked at Squarespace for just over 3 years. While there, I built Internal Tools for Finance, Compliance, IT and Customer Operations. I also launched <a href="https://www.squarespace.com/designer/home">Squarespace Marketplace</a>.</p>
<h3 id="contracting">Contracting</h3>
<p>After graduating, I took a sabbatical to travel and do contract work. Clients included:</p>
<p><strong>Dooly</strong><br>
Notes that talk to all your services (<a href="http://dooly.ai">https://dooly.ai</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Readme</strong><br>
Beautiful documentation made easy (<a href="https://readme.io">https://readme.io</a>)</p>
<h3 id="self-directed-projects">Self-Directed Projects</h3>
<p>During my sabbatical I also worked on self-directed projects:</p>
<p><strong>EpubPress</strong><br>
Web service to create ebooks from collections of webpages (<a href="https://epub.press">https://epub.press</a>)</p>
<p><strong>The Recurse Center</strong><br>
A self-directed educational retreat for becoming a better programmer.<br>
Learned Haskell, gave talks, blogged, improved open source libraries and collaborated with others (<a href="https://www.recurse.com/">https://www.recurse.com/</a>)</p>
<h3 id="internships">Internships</h3>
<p>During my time in school, I had the opportunity to work at some fantastic companies:</p>
<p><strong>Mobify</strong><br>
Software Engineer Intern - Vancouver, BC</p>
<p><strong>Pivotal Labs (Acquired Xtreme Labs Inc.)</strong><br>
Software Engineer Intern - Toronto, Ontario</p>
<p><strong>Microsoft Corporation</strong><br>
SDET Intern (Microsoft Office Division) - Redmond, Washington</p>
<p><strong>Xtreme Labs Inc.</strong><br>
Agile Test Engineer Intern - Toronto, Ontario</p>
<h4 id="more-information-can-be-found-on-my-resume"><em>More information can be found on my <a href="/resume">resume</a>.</em></h4>
<h2 id="for-school">For School</h2>
<h4 id="university">University</h4>
<p><strong>Queen’s University</strong> - Kingston, Ontario</p>
<p>B.A.Sc. Computer Engineering with Professional Internship<br>
<em>(4 Years of Classes + 1 Year Internship @ Pivotal Labs)</em></p>
<h2 id="for-fun">For Fun</h2>
<p>Because there’s more to life than software.</p>
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