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I’m embedded in the architectural / engineering teams of the Falcon platform. Crafting internally-facing technical documentation of our micro services, systems architecture, sensor endpoints, data repositories, data workflows, data science platform, and AI services. My work is used to help onboard new CrowdStriker engineers to understand the intricacies of the Falcon platform and also serves as a "source of truth" regarding how Falcon operates.

I am the author of several award winning software engineering books in the Microsoft development space.I have authored books on:- C#, .NET and .NET Core application development.- (Modern .NET) Visual Basic application development.- COM and .NET interoperability. - C++ / COM development using the Active Template Library (ATL).My C# book (C# and the .NET Platform), which is currently in the tenth edition, received the 2003 Referenceware Book of the Year award… Show more I am the author of several award winning software engineering books in the Microsoft development space.I have authored books on:- C#, .NET and .NET Core application development.- (Modern .NET) Visual Basic application development.- COM and .NET interoperability. - C++ / COM development using the Active Template Library (ATL).My C# book (C# and the .NET Platform), which is currently in the tenth edition, received the 2003 Referenceware Book of the Year award and was a 2003 Jolt Award Finalist. The latest edition includes coverage of .NET Core multi-platform .NET development on Linux, MacOS and Windows. Show less

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Lead an exceptional team of data scientists, machine learning practitioners and software engineers. Built out data science solutions via the Python ML stack (scikit-learn, pandas, et.al.) for new solutions at C.H. Robinson.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Collaborated with machine learning initiative team who create POCs to deliver new features to audiology research for forthcoming hearing aid releases (fall detection, voice translation, health score, et.al.). Built mobile applications (Android/Kotlin) to enable audiology researchers to gather realtime feedback on new hearing aid features used during clinical trials. Drove company internal initiative to ensure new cloud based datasets conform to company standards to facilitate… Show more Collaborated with machine learning initiative team who create POCs to deliver new features to audiology research for forthcoming hearing aid releases (fall detection, voice translation, health score, et.al.). Built mobile applications (Android/Kotlin) to enable audiology researchers to gather realtime feedback on new hearing aid features used during clinical trials. Drove company internal initiative to ensure new cloud based datasets conform to company standards to facilitate data reuse. Show less

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Developed and delivered internal training on supervised machine learning development with the supervised Python ML stack (numpy, pandas, NLTK, scikit-learn, Jupyter / PyCharm) for multiple teams in the Starkey R&D division. I facilitated the Starkey internal Cloud Working Group (CWG) monthly meetings to align the company's cloud vision and goals. Contributed to a C#-based audiology application with new features to program hearing aid firmware with new functionality of the… Show more Developed and delivered internal training on supervised machine learning development with the supervised Python ML stack (numpy, pandas, NLTK, scikit-learn, Jupyter / PyCharm) for multiple teams in the Starkey R&D division. I facilitated the Starkey internal Cloud Working Group (CWG) monthly meetings to align the company's cloud vision and goals. Contributed to a C#-based audiology application with new features to program hearing aid firmware with new functionality of the Starkey product line. Show less

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Assisted internal teams with migration of on-prem assets to the AWS Cloud infrastructure.

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Managed team of Enterprise Content Platform (ECP) consultants in the big data space of Thomson Reuters. Responsible for guiding my team and establishing / defining department capabilities. Assisted with onboarding BUs onto the TR big data platform and consulting on Hadoop, CDAP, et.al.

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Consulted with and assist Thomson Reuters partners with the adoption and usage of Big Data platforms and technologies, including:- Hadoop infrastructure and several Thomson Reuters' propitiatory SDKs.

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Managed a very talented team of software engineers in the central technology division. My primary role was to ensure they succeed in their current work assignments and to help build their careers for the long term.I participated in numerous department activities including iteration planning, interviewing of potential candidates, mid-year and year-end reviews, new partner onboarding and multiple administrative / support duties. In addition, I collaborated with internal teams on… Show more Managed a very talented team of software engineers in the central technology division. My primary role was to ensure they succeed in their current work assignments and to help build their careers for the long term.I participated in numerous department activities including iteration planning, interviewing of potential candidates, mid-year and year-end reviews, new partner onboarding and multiple administrative / support duties. In addition, I collaborated with internal teams on the use of Amazon Web Service (AWS) technologies. Here I looked for possibilities in tools convergence and to determine how Cloud APIs could enhance our current monitoring and deployment tool set.At this position I also: - Stood up department Jira instance to track and visualize support requests. - Created company internal portal to educate partners on department tooling.- Designed and delivered department internal training on AWS development. - Contributed to the creation of cloud Development training portal. - Consolidated several diverse work intake streams into a single tracking system. Show less

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

I worked in the central technology division where our department managed and enhanced a suite of propitiatory deployment and monitoring tools used throughout the company. I participated on several projects focusing on updating back-end Java and C# code to incorporate open source software, refactoring existing command line utilities to operate within web based environments and various enhancements to core service. For example:- Refactored Java command line application to respond… Show more I worked in the central technology division where our department managed and enhanced a suite of propitiatory deployment and monitoring tools used throughout the company. I participated on several projects focusing on updating back-end Java and C# code to incorporate open source software, refactoring existing command line utilities to operate within web based environments and various enhancements to core service. For example:- Refactored Java command line application to respond to HTTP request / response commands to allow for web-based interactions. - Authored POC to refactor proprietary logging module to use the open source ActiveMQ framework in place of IBM MQ / XMS framework. - Authored several educational documents on department tool stack to help onboard new partners. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Partner, chief Microsoft technology researcher, author and instructor. Built out and maintained VB 4/5/6, MFC, C++ COM and ATL curriculum as well as the .NET / C# and modern VB curriculum.Topics taught include OOA/D/P, design patterns, multithreaded and parallel programming, GUI frameworks (WPF and Windows Forms), web-site development (ASP.NET), database APIs (ADO.NET), distributed systems (DCOM, COM+ and WCF), web services, et.al.- Extensive experience authoring and… Show more Partner, chief Microsoft technology researcher, author and instructor. Built out and maintained VB 4/5/6, MFC, C++ COM and ATL curriculum as well as the .NET / C# and modern VB curriculum.Topics taught include OOA/D/P, design patterns, multithreaded and parallel programming, GUI frameworks (WPF and Windows Forms), web-site development (ASP.NET), database APIs (ADO.NET), distributed systems (DCOM, COM+ and WCF), web services, et.al.- Extensive experience authoring and delivering online, instructor led, and blended classroom experiences (US and Canadian markets).- Exceptional presentation and delivery skills; ability to manage large, diverse groups of technical individuals. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

MECC was absorbed into another company and is a legacy mark. Back in the day, MECC created amazing interactive educational video games for children which were used all around the school system. See the following for details on the company that was:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MECC Developed cross-platform children’s educational software using C++ / proprietary class libraries for the Win16, Win32, Macintosh 68K and Macintosh PPC platforms.Title: Amazon Trail 2-… Show more MECC was absorbed into another company and is a legacy mark. Back in the day, MECC created amazing interactive educational video games for children which were used all around the school system. See the following for details on the company that was:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MECC Developed cross-platform children’s educational software using C++ / proprietary class libraries for the Win16, Win32, Macintosh 68K and Macintosh PPC platforms.Title: Amazon Trail 2- Created disease engine module to alter player statistics during game play.- Created interactive fishing game module (animations, hit-testing, food calculations, etc).- Integrated aspects of the DirectX (1.0) API into the Windows code base. - Educated team on core DirectX development. Title: TesselMania Deluxe- Created interactive game home screen for "Marty the Monkey" mascot. - Designed animation sequence for mascot interactions / activity selection. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

(Previously known as West Publishing)Worked in the College and Textbook Division where I developed computer based training software using (Adobe) Authorware, (Adobe) Director, MS C++ and Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) on the Win16 / Win32 platforms (I still remember when we installed WinNT!). Completed products were bundled as CDs in the back of college textbooks as interactive self-paced study for graduate students in chemistry / nutrition throughout academia… Show more (Previously known as West Publishing)Worked in the College and Textbook Division where I developed computer based training software using (Adobe) Authorware, (Adobe) Director, MS C++ and Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) on the Win16 / Win32 platforms (I still remember when we installed WinNT!). Completed products were bundled as CDs in the back of college textbooks as interactive self-paced study for graduate students in chemistry / nutrition throughout academia. Titles: - Interactive Nutrition- Interactive Chemistry Show less

Master Of Science (M.S.) - (Coursework Complete - All But Thesis), Computational Linguistics

- Completed all required course work; never finished thesis - thus, ABT. - Intensive study of mapping human language activities.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Software Engineering

- Coursework includes data structures and algorithms, information retrieval (IR), operating system design, computer security, data.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics

- Focus on syntax and semantics of natural language. Additional coursework in formal logic, phonetics, phonology and psycholinguistics..