Danilo Gurovich
I’m currently Director of Network Gaming Technology at WMS in Chicago on December 15. I join a wonderful group after a short stint at MediaTrust in Santa Barbara and longer stays at EarthLink, LowerMyBills and Sun MIcrosystems.
My main areas of technical expertise were gained from years in eCommerce technologies, especially metrics gathering applications, low-latency data stores, A/B-Multivariate Testing platforms, and new and innovative ways of persisting data.
People that know me would say that I have a passion for all things mechanical. I’ve restored 26 classic automobiles, but I now favor Italian Motorcycles (Ducati and especially Moto Guzzi). I rode just short of 30,000 miles in 2008, all on Italian iron. I wrote “Struts Recipes” with George Franciscus (Manning Publications) in 2004, one of the top books on the Struts Fram ework published in that period. I continue to write, speak and consult on Technology and eCommerce Development topics.
I’m married for 11 years now, and just moved to Chicago with my wife, Sheila, daughter Kira and my Weimarainer and Pug. Sheila is deeply interested in Fashion Design and a brilliant photographer, and my daughter is the light of my eyes. Chicago is a new experience for me and my daughter, and Sheila is returning there after attending Northwestern some time ago. I’m getting used to the weather, traffic and wonderful people.
I was born in July 1961, and grew up in Miami, Arizona, where my father owned a small chain of Best Western Hotels and enjoyed a close friendship with John Wayne. I graduated from Claremont Men’s (McKenna) College with a bachelor’s degree in economics. While in college, I played rugby, cricket and was a member of the Ski Team.
After college I worked as the Northwest Region Sales Manager for Best Western before starting my own company that provided automobiles and various “Picture Vehicles” to the Television and Film Industry. This business gradually morphed into a Film Support Organization, where I acted as a Unit Production Manager and First Assistant Director on various commercials and film projects. Check IMDB! I’m in there!
With the advent of the Internet, my college-learned computer skills (COBOL and Fortran) were dusted off and as I got better at it, I focused on moving swiftly forward into a new-found career in engineering, as I respect this profession more than all others.
