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United States

United States

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Visiting economics professor for the School of Global Affairs

Due diligence and strategic planning for the acquisition of wellness company Bravo Well and Medical Mutual of OhioLed the creation of the post-merger technology integration plan including a technical analysis of the BravoWell Ruby-on-Rails, iOS, and Android applicationsDrove improvements to scale the application from 1.5 million to over 3 million usersHired key software engineering team membersSignificantly improved the agile practices of the engineering organizationCoordinated large-scale implementations with third party service providers, including API design and development, business requirement negotiations, and testing plansMentored and coached remote engineering teams

Provided tactical and strategic leadership in migrating Best Buy’s applications from data centers to cloud infrastructure.Developed and implemented application-specific migration plansRuby-on-Rails application subject matter expert for the organization, including upgrades, security, and improving scalabilityManagement of offshore developers

Cupertino, California, United States

Led the migration of Final Cut Pro and other Creative Applications from SVN to GithubDeveloped a distributed compilation system for Swift and Objective C using Kubernetes, and a customized version of DistCC that improved Final Cut Pro Build times from 8 hours to just 45 minutesManaged nightly software submissions, releases, and builds for Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Clips, News, Stocks, Weather, and unreleased, non-public projectsDebugged build failures for nightly OS builds for iOS, Mac, WatchOS, and the pre-launched VisionProOSPart of the team that ported Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, iMove, and GarageBand to the pre-release version of the M1 chipDeveloped an ML-driven build analytics platform to predict build failures and streamline the software development lifecycleOperational Management of build systems for the Internet Software and Services organization.Created a customized build management system in Ruby

Greater New York City Area

Developed a pioneering online therapy platform, the first-ever HIPPA-compliant, browser-based online video therapy platform.Negotiated a successful acquisition by Modern Health CanadaCreated best-selling consumer self-help iOS app, iCouch CBT, was the first app to offer psychological counseling using an in-app purchaseLed feature development, usability studies, and market analysis to drive product roadmap

California, United States

Volunteer pilot for Angel Flight West. Transported patients to lifesaving treatments in my Cessna T206 across California.

California, United States

Flew COVID-19 supplies across California and the Northwestern United States. Conducted charitable food distributions in my Cessna T206 aircraft. Helped create the Palo Alto Airport CalDART team.

Getting deserving animals from one place to another via my Cessna T206 airplane.

London, United Kingdom, Avignon, France, Houston, Tx

Software consulting is just another name for problem solver. Through my company, I provide cutting edge competence in building great software and web applications. While primarily focused on Ruby-on-Rails, I also work in Ember.js, a touch of C and a dash of Swift as the project requires.I'm an expert on API design, development and optimization, but I am happy among the entire stack. My specialties are taking a project from conception to market. I also have a passion for performance optimization, especially when it comes to making software do more with fewer resources.When it comes to teams, I've led small teams of 2 up to teams as large as 25 developers. That means creating or refining developer/product workflows, managing Continuous Integration strategies and frequently putting on my Project Manager hat. I also enjoy mentoring and training junior developers; I do my best to instill current best practices.While I can work in other languages when required, I'm a "Rails guy" when it comes to development philosophies. That means things like Extreme Programming, pairing, Agile. Code should be self documenting -- not through excessive comments, laborious Wikis and hundreds of Confluence pages -- but by writing clear, concise and idiomatic code as well as following conventions. For the majority of people, your application isn't so unique that breaking convention is warranted. Trust me! A clever idea is only clever if it's maintainable!Testing is important. While QA is a thing, my philosophy is that proper Test Driven Development (or at least very good test coverage) is essential for a project's long-term health. I'm not dogmatic in my testing approaches, but pragmatic.Clients have included: Rosetta Stone, Finalsite, Matalan Direct (UK), Sonic Healthcare, along with a host of smaller startups and individuals.I have a team of engineers available for work when I am not, so contact me at brian (at) icouch.me if you need top-notch help.

Greater New York City Area

(Formerly Take the Interview)Instrumental in bringing this human resources technology startup from seed stage to Series B.Built a team of engineers, designers and quality assurance testersLed the architecture and coding of high-impact features including synchronous and asynchronous video interviewing platforms, an assessment and analytics system, as well as supporting iOS and Android server-side requirementsManaged a fully remote engineering team of 15 developers and designers Developed requirements for new product features

I built the new content management system for the Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca Films using MongoDB, Ruby-on-Rails and a few other fun technologies.Also, I provided support to designers and front-end engineers in integrating their beautiful work into the main application.Finally, I consult with senior executives to assist with cost-effective development, deployment and maintenance of Tribeca web properties.

Greater New York City Area

Provided high quality consulting on UX design and Ruby-on-Rails development for both web and mobile applications.

Greater New York City Area

Assistant instructor for full-time intensive front and back-end web development courses. Specifically involved with Ruby, Ruby-on-Rails, Javascript, Jquery and CSS instruction. Provides 1-on-1 and group assistances to enrolled students.

Greater New York City Area

Mobile web development. Sammy.js, Rails, Ruby, Javascript, Objective C/iOS and all sorts of other fun stuff.

Shanghai, China -- New York

I developed websites and design for freelance clients using Ruby-on-Rails, PostgreSQL, Heroku and other web technologies.

Coordinated English language programs for an Chinese foreign language school.

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Curriculum and technology project manager for Korea's leading English education e-learning platform.

Managed online learning programs

Fort Benning, Ga

Army Reserve Officer tasked with war gaming development, strategic and tactical threat analysis and Korean peninsular intelligence management.

I was a Houston, Texas based regular contributor to Sipa, providing photojournalism coverage of news and features for international clients and publication.

Houston, Texas Area

Contract photojournalist for the world's leading news wire service.

College Station, Tx

Assisted in and conducted original research into feline cloning technology. Specifically worked with oocyte maturation protocol development and testing.

Houston, Texas Area

Created computerized patient satisfaction/treatment efficacy tracking system for anxiety treatment research. Collected and analyzed patient satisfaction data from group therapy sessions.

Houston, Texas Area

Volunteered in the Level 1 Trauma center for a major county hospital. Assisted with patient care in both the surgical and psychiatric sections of the emergency center.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Ba, Journalism, Biomedical Science

Activities and Societies: Sigma Xi, Scientific Honors Society Honors Research FellowshipResearcher on the CopyCat team (the world's first.

Communications