Responsible for architecture and design of the organization’s media applications and related platforms. This includes music, movies, games and other premium content as well as educational and other standard offerings. Areas include cost modeling, vendor management, product selection, scaling and design across multiple data centers and AWS Serverless (API Gateway, Step Functions, Lambdas, SQS, Amazon MQ, DynamoDB, Fargate). Identify, recommend, and prioritize new features and applications in conjunction with business leaders and department managersWorked with content vendors and development teams to onboard premium content into tabletplatform

* Begin migration from monolith by implementing microservices using CI/CD pipelines to Docker containers running in AWS ECS* Architected and implemented live stream server side ad insertion (SSAI) using Broadstream OASYS, in-house video and CMS system with Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) across all digital platforms* Improve and secure live streaming over public internet and expanding video sources.* Implement and support CI/CD process using Bitrise for mobile development of division’s apps using Titanium and React Native* Designed and developed a distributed cron system allowing automation to run on a cluster of disposable compute instances using AWS components: SQS, DynamoDB, and EC2 Automated Scaling. * Work on numerous ATSC 3.0 demos to help showcase the company’s broadcast leadership.* Part of a team which migrated services and web sites from data center to AWS cloud

Responsible for designing and implementing enterprise applications, software and systems responsible for geo-located user authentication engine and live video delivery to multiple platforms, with a specific focus on tablets and smart phones.

* Build and maintain customized solutions for sites running on PHP-based frameworks (WordPress, Magento, Zend)* Perform upgrade, installation, and testing of 3rd party plugins for sites running WordPress and Magento

* Integrate with 3rd party SOAP API for on-site data mirroring into MongoDB and automation of customer on-boarding process* Migrated in-house notification delivery to open source service (pyapns) written in python - submitted patches back to the open source project (https://github.com/samuraisam/pyapns)* Prototype reporting suite using anonymous user behavioral and geo-location data using MongoDB backend integrated with Google Maps.* Continued maintenance and addition features to the in-house CMS, investigate and design replacement options for moving to AWS and new statistics and advertising vendors.

* Responsible for transitioning single service delivery from flat file implementation to multi-service in-house CMS with memcached/Redis/MySQL backend written in object oriented Perl and PHP. The service offering includes mobile web, iOS and android applications, multiple carrier video channels, and TV widgets integrated with multiple advertising partners.* Developed system to delivery Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) and Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) alerts using PHP daemons and Redis which has delivered over 3 billion alerts in just under 3 years. * Responsible for software, hardware and network infrastructure that serves delivery services for various mobile services including video to over 160 affiliate partners. The infrastructure supported a 200+% increase in traffic in a 2-year period with minimal hardware upgrades. * Re-architected portions of content aggregation processes and video encoding system to allow for greater stability, redundancy, and performance from legacy systems using redis, gearman, and ffmpeg.* Engineered build processes for iOS, Android, and TV widget applications for support staff to maintain and build new applications.* Initiated use of virtualization to help reduce physical footprint at co-location facility, reduce overall costs, and help deal with growing system maintenance with small staff.

Senior Developer, Infrastructure Channel* Concentration on product and site performance, monitoring, and core portions of infrastructure and code frameworks related to scalability issues on tiered hardware infrastructure.* Re-architected solution for distributed processing of scheduled jobs across multiple servers to decrease load and increase stability and redundancy.Team Leader * Supervised developers while strategically preparing the department for the future including resource allocation, mentoring, and investigation into new technologies.* Primary architect of a infrastructure and code framework to build an enterprise CMS using OOP.* Assist development manager with annual reviews by providing objective information about developer quality and productivity.Development Manager* Management responsibilities of development staff including hiring, training, and annual reviews.* Re-architected community publishing product written in PHP purchased from third-party vendor.* Worked with team to develop CMS integrated modules including events calendar, movie show times, sporting events, wine reviews, and travel brochures.Software Developer* Developer of in-house CMS written in Perl with PostgreSQL backend on Linux platform, including integration of third-party search solution for newspaper websites. * Developer of registration product for subscriber only access to various portions of client websites.

* Responsible for installation, development, and internal technical support of HL7 interfaces to the Watch Child Fetal Monitoring systems using Oracle database system.* Documentation, transfer and maintenance of interface code into Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.

Medical Manager Development Manager* Management responsibilities included development projects and hiring of development staff.* Managed and conducted upgrades for Medical Manager clients for Y2K compliance.Senior Programmer/Analyst* Developed interfaces to Electronic Medical Records and hospital systems.* Project management and technical lead on a number of large multi-site MSO systems.Programmer/Analyst* Developed custom modules, reports, interfaces and conversion programs in C-like language.* Unix (SCO/AIX) system administration of over 150 client and multiple development systems.

* System administration including hardware/software installation of over 40 client systems. * End user technical support in Medical Manager Practice Management software.