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New York, US

• Led a global team of managers and engineers who delivered significant growth for the YahooAdvertising Supply Side Platform (SSP) through strategic integrations and platform enhancements..
• Monitored system performance and revenue trends, adapting to fluctuations and proactively identifying potential issues, while providing direct engineering leadership during production incidents.
• Supported, coached, and mentored managers and engineers, collaborated with peers to build thrivingengineering teams.
• Supported the platform engineering efforts for the Yahoo Mobile InApp project, fostering close collaboration with Product, Demand Side Platform (DSP), Mobile SDK, and Client Services teams todeliver initial project.
• Led the efficient sunset of the platform by establishing clear procedures and on-call support, ensuring a smooth transition and minimizing disruption to stakeholders.

Boston, MA, US

• Managed full-stack engineering teams supporting HqOS Desktop and analytic stack.
• Collaborated with product owners to prioritize engineering work, ensuring alignment with companyOKRs and fostering efficient resource allocation.
• Empowered full-stack engineers through personalized one-on-one meetings and data-driven feedback.

New York, New York, US

• Cultivated a collaborative environment and empowered engineers, architects, and consultants acrossdiverse teams in Boston, New York, Dulles, and Atlanta.
• Integral in the migration of Yahoo advertising traffic to the Verizon Media SSP by providing engineeringknowhow and leadership, resulting in increased revenue.
• Worked hands-on with engineers, reviewing code and designs, troubleshooting production issues, andbrainstorming.
• Collaborated across the organization to standardize the SDLC and processes, helping reducedeployment times by 400%.
• Partnered with product owners to prioritize incoming feature requests based on user data and potential business impact, ensuring alignment with product strategy and maximizing ROI.

New York, New York, US

• Onboarded European based AOL engineering teams onto the SSP. Led mixed teams of US and European engineers.

New York, New York, US

• Supported migration of Millennial Media Supply Side traffic to the SSP

New York, New York, US

• Contributed to the design and development of multiple components of a Java-based multithreaded, multi-tiered OpenRTB compliant mobile SSP.

Waltham, Massachusetts, US

• Responsible for architecture of the University's clustered portal and Single Sign On, providing access to the Student Information System, data warehouse and other systems.
• Mentored IS staff in current and emerging technologies, such as Java, Spring, Groovy and Grails.Established engineering best practices.
• Contributed to the cross-divisional Technical Plan for the University, tasked with sharing technology,tools and processes to work smarter and reduce IT/IS costs.

Phoenix, Arizona, US

• Architected and led implementation of a Java Inventory Management System (IMS) for use byOperations and Sales staff, providing real-time inventory status, management process flow.

Boston, MA, US

• Researched mandated ISO metadata standards and their impact on current FGDC metadata standards.
• Provided workflow and tools for metadata and data transformation between FGDC and ISO metadata, and Application Schemas.
• Performed analysis of metadata and data, providing feedback on quality along with recommendations on improving each.

US

• Designed and developed a Java multithreaded, configurable content pipeline platform, for processing (classifying, tagging) millions of pieces of media.
• Developed Java libraries providing standardized access to the corporate media database utilizing Hibernate and Spring.
• Engineered ETL processes for import of partner and vendor data into the media catalog. Processes implemented in Java and Talend.

• Designed and implemented an industrial data management platform providing lab automation, factory automation, quality control and reporting (ASP, SQL Server).

Boston, MA, US

• Lead development of web and desktop applications for local and international US Navy Facilities Management and Emergency Planning (EP).
• Onsite customer management and coordination with US Navy IT personnel.

Zaventem, Brussels, BE

• Designed the backend services of customer Microsoft and Java based web projects, while managing the development team and being an active developer.

Round Rock, Texas, US

Boston, MA, US