• Responsible for STB New Product Introduction and Release Management for the Latin America Market.• Member of the DTVLA Set Top Box Software Engineering Leadership team, reporting to group VP.• Transitioned Team to an Agile Methodology resulting in over $10mm saved due to shortened delivery.• Technical Product Owner for a new LATAM Genie DVR, and Technical Manager for the STB middleware.• Oversaw STB project schedules and budget during planning. Monitored performance during… Show more • Responsible for STB New Product Introduction and Release Management for the Latin America Market.• Member of the DTVLA Set Top Box Software Engineering Leadership team, reporting to group VP.• Transitioned Team to an Agile Methodology resulting in over $10mm saved due to shortened delivery.• Technical Product Owner for a new LATAM Genie DVR, and Technical Manager for the STB middleware.• Oversaw STB project schedules and budget during planning. Monitored performance during execution.• Worked with Line Managers to determine staffing needs and secure approvals.• Coordinated activities of multiple sub-contractors and OEM’s engaged on the project.• Planned and participated in PDR / CDR meetings with customer.• Created single page Project Status template and provided weekly slides for executive consumption. Show less

• Led the software department responsible for the RAVE Inflight Entertainment System.• Responsible for transitioning multiple development teams to Agile/Scrum methodology.• Hiring manager for software recruitment efforts.• Formed 6 Scrum Teams and coordinated training for Team Members, Scrum Masters, Product Owners.• Created dedicated “SWAT” team to deal with installs and high priority production issues.• Worked closely with QA Manager to plan releases and staff Scrum teams… Show more • Led the software department responsible for the RAVE Inflight Entertainment System.• Responsible for transitioning multiple development teams to Agile/Scrum methodology.• Hiring manager for software recruitment efforts.• Formed 6 Scrum Teams and coordinated training for Team Members, Scrum Masters, Product Owners.• Created dedicated “SWAT” team to deal with installs and high priority production issues.• Worked closely with QA Manager to plan releases and staff Scrum teams with Test Engineers.• Migrated issue/project tracking to JIRA/Greenhopper and Confluence.• Chaired weekly Software Status Meetings, Release Request Review Board, Scrum Master Meetings.• Collaborate with other department heads to improve overall process flow and information sharing. Show less

• Recruited to rescue and reinvent the engineering group of this Physical Access Control product company.• Responsible for Enterprise Software and Controller Hardware & Embedded Firmware (ARM9, ARM7, Freescale, WinCE, .NET, C/C++) development. • Supervised integrations with card readers, video surveillance systems, intrusion detection systems, etc.• Reorganized department to more closely reflect needs of business. Upgraded positions where needed and recruited additional… Show more • Recruited to rescue and reinvent the engineering group of this Physical Access Control product company.• Responsible for Enterprise Software and Controller Hardware & Embedded Firmware (ARM9, ARM7, Freescale, WinCE, .NET, C/C++) development. • Supervised integrations with card readers, video surveillance systems, intrusion detection systems, etc.• Reorganized department to more closely reflect needs of business. Upgraded positions where needed and recruited additional talent, including tapping into personal network.• Built engineering infrastructure to increase productivity and raise visibility; JIRA (Bug Tracking & Project Management), Confluence (Enterprise Wiki), Bamboo (Nightly Builds), Subversion (Source Control), Agile Iterations. Transformed to a culture of open communication with business.• Managed delivery of a new hardware platform (ARM 9 / ARM 7) and 8 major software releases addressing over 1200 improvements and defect tickets.• Engaged senior staff by instituting a basic project planning and release management discipline with stakeholders. Initiated and chaired a regular executive staff meeting to review open issues and provide an escalation mechanism when new issues/opportunities arise. • Transitioned an outsourced development project which was $1mm over budget, 1+ year behind schedule to in-house resources. Renegotiated contracts saving an estimated $.5mm in additional expense. Reset expectations, assembled “Tiger Team” & achieved Beta delivery against aggressive schedule.• Technology research, prototyping and assessment in the area of Cloud/SaaS solutions. Evaluated Spring IOC, Ajax, Hibernate, MySQL, Esper, TDD, Component Plug-in Model, etc. to demonstrate feasibility and performance gains while achieving significant COGS savings by moving to a LAMPS stack. Created implementation & staffing plan leveraging internal subject matter experts and outsourced resources. Show less

• Products include direct market access trading terminals for active securities traders and web solutions for less demanding clients (SaaS). • Extensive interfacing with real-time market data feeds, exchanges, clearing operations, & 3rd party content providers (news, analytics, charts). Technologies; C/C++, QT, Java, HTML, ASP, C#, .NET, SQL, XSLT, Ajax, Content Aggregation. • Responsible for defining and managing the entire Software Life Cycle for the organization.•… Show more • Products include direct market access trading terminals for active securities traders and web solutions for less demanding clients (SaaS). • Extensive interfacing with real-time market data feeds, exchanges, clearing operations, & 3rd party content providers (news, analytics, charts). Technologies; C/C++, QT, Java, HTML, ASP, C#, .NET, SQL, XSLT, Ajax, Content Aggregation. • Responsible for defining and managing the entire Software Life Cycle for the organization.• Prioritized and planned releases, service packs and emergency deployments.• Interfaced with customers (banks, brokerages) to collect and document detailed product requirements.• Coordinated with Internal and External development/marketing resources to deliver products.• Built & managed development teams, mentored engineers, established and documented procedures. Show less

• Research and Development activities in the area of broadband printing and imaging (Canon Broadband Printing and Photo System BPPS). Responsible for cost, schedule, and risk management as well as technical performance.• Designed the overall BPPS system architecture, including STB and Cable Headend applications on a variety of platforms; Weblogic Application Server (Java/J2EE) on Windows, MFC applications on Windows, C/C++ programs on Sun Solaris, MS SQL Server Relational Database on… Show more • Research and Development activities in the area of broadband printing and imaging (Canon Broadband Printing and Photo System BPPS). Responsible for cost, schedule, and risk management as well as technical performance.• Designed the overall BPPS system architecture, including STB and Cable Headend applications on a variety of platforms; Weblogic Application Server (Java/J2EE) on Windows, MFC applications on Windows, C/C++ programs on Sun Solaris, MS SQL Server Relational Database on Windows 2003 Server, and PowerTV embedded applications on the Scientific Atlanta Digital Set Top Box (STB). • Technical Program Manager for the Japanese and French Canadian versions of BPPS. Negotiated feature sets and release schedules with customers. Coordinated translation and localization activities with US, Asian and Canadian development teams. Managed custom development involving direct customer support. Planned, and tracked project activities to achieve program goals.• Worked with 3rd party content providers to specify and implement publishing protocols.• Managed Non-PC embedded driver development for Digital Set Top Box and Internet Appliance vendors including Microsoft, Sun, IBM, AOLTV, 3COM, Sony, TeleCruz, Liberate, Netpliance and Linux platforms.• Research/Prototyping in extending product capabilites to include personal video storage and indexing.• Supervised Patent Activities responsible for filing over a dozen patent applications by conducting brainstorming sessions with development staff, reviewing applications and responding to Office Actions.• Member of the "Process Development Working Group" at CDA. Chaired a sub-committee tasked with designing and implementing a standardized build and release process for the engineering groups. Show less

• Originally hired as manager of the MS Windows development group for "RAS", the company’s flagship client/server User Access Administration product. Overhauled the development methodology to include centralized configuration management, nightly automated builds, and an incremental enhancement strategy.• Delivered 1 major and 2 minor releases exactly on schedule and with the specified feature sets. • Directed the technical development of a second generation, Web based user… Show more • Originally hired as manager of the MS Windows development group for "RAS", the company’s flagship client/server User Access Administration product. Overhauled the development methodology to include centralized configuration management, nightly automated builds, and an incremental enhancement strategy.• Delivered 1 major and 2 minor releases exactly on schedule and with the specified feature sets. • Directed the technical development of a second generation, Web based user interface to RAS. Produced an initial prototype to bolster confidence with senior staff. Subsequently directed the development of a production version, using Java and an enterprise application server model (Weblogic, EJB), to eventually replace the existing Windows user interface.• Promoted to Vice President of Development as part of the spin off from Technologic Software. Responsible for all engineering activities within the company including; technical product architecture & scheduling, resource allocation, staffing, budgeting, customer presentations, and overall process improvement. Show less

• Managed development of an embedded Adobe PostScript Raster Image Processor for a major manufacturer of color laser copiers. Supervised Hardware/Firmware/Mechanical Engineers.• Architected Windows NT hosted Adobe PostScript (CPSI) printing solution to be used with high-end color output devices. Managed consultants implementing hardware interfaces. Coded Win32 application.• Architected and provided initial implementation of a Front Panel Menu System employed in a stand-alone… Show more • Managed development of an embedded Adobe PostScript Raster Image Processor for a major manufacturer of color laser copiers. Supervised Hardware/Firmware/Mechanical Engineers.• Architected Windows NT hosted Adobe PostScript (CPSI) printing solution to be used with high-end color output devices. Managed consultants implementing hardware interfaces. Coded Win32 application.• Architected and provided initial implementation of a Front Panel Menu System employed in a stand-alone print server product. Instructed programming staff on usage and extension of the base sub-system. Show less

• Personally designed and managed the development of SuperQueue 4.0, an enhanced Print Manager / Printer Folder replacement for Windows. This multi-threaded project was coded in C/C++, and made extensive use of the Microsoft Foundation Class library. In addition to basic print queue management, the product incorporates an extensible file filter architecture which makes selective viewing of pending print jobs possible.• Personally designed and managed the development of ZScript, a… Show more • Personally designed and managed the development of SuperQueue 4.0, an enhanced Print Manager / Printer Folder replacement for Windows. This multi-threaded project was coded in C/C++, and made extensive use of the Microsoft Foundation Class library. In addition to basic print queue management, the product incorporates an extensible file filter architecture which makes selective viewing of pending print jobs possible.• Personally designed and managed the development of ZScript, a software based PostScript interpreter running under Microsoft Windows.• Acted as a customer technical liaison/ Program Manager to key accounts during the development of several high-end printer and film recorder device drivers for Microsoft Windows. Show less