Researched and recommended products and solutions for Content Management Systems, and Content Development Networks. Oversee proof of concept projects to gain first hand experience with products.Evaluated options for build versus buy solutions for DevOps and AWS management.Reviewed business requirements, user experience and, visual designs for technical feasibility.Drafted Agile / Scrum work cell teams for development of functional components and micro services.Led in-depth deployment of Akamai CDN and WAF, for multiple applications and subdomains including caching behaviors, redirects, failover rules, and image optimization.

Architect platform for ZUUS - streaming official music videos from major and independent record labelsHired and managed full-time tech staff and multiple offshore development teamsLed development of full suite of products including desktop, mobile web, native applications for iOS, Android and Window.Developed custom video players based on Ooyala and JW Platform.Developed tools for content curators, external publishers, video ad products and music label reporting.Developed and managed continuous integration / continuous delivery practices.Technologies, platforms and frameworks include Linux, Apache, Passenger Phusion, Ruby on Rails, Redis, MySQL, Bootstrap, Sass, JQuery, REST, OAuth, DDEX, Mongo DB, Message Queue.Cloud computing environments include RackSpace Cloud, AWS Amazon S3 and Amazon Cloudfront.

Client: Branded Environments / Museum of Art Puerto RicoDeveloped touch screen installation -- a Mac OS native application in C++ using openFrameworks.Client: ECRIResponsible for full software development lifecycle of major site redesign for desktop and mobile as well as extensive publishing and automation tools. Work with client to develop overarching strategies for addressing needs of general public and ECRI subscribers through single web site. Engaged and managed creative development agency on behalf of clientHired and managed development team including project manager, developers and quality assurance. Designed system architecture based on LAMP, Cake PHP, AJAX, and Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management.Major web site features include two tiered security to keep subscriber content separate from public, dynamic data graphs, and multi-platform video. Publishing system allows client to manage news, events, and video. It enables the in-house analysts to publish data for approximately 150 indexes. It provides the content team with tools to publish secure, rights-protected PDF reports. Automation tools allow data to flow from the internal master database to the web site for presentation in dynamic graphing tools. Excel files are generated on the web server and secured with Adobe LiveCycle Right Management (Digital Rights Management).

Responsible for software product development, project management, quality assurance, systems infrastructure, operations and support of multiple public-facing properties in the BET.com familyPage views and unique visits reached an all-time high for calendar year 2009Optimized application to handle spikes and massive load for The BET Awards live show resulting in 8 X page-views from 2007 to 2008Built team of 26 engineers including 4 discipline directors/leads. Managed multiple vendors / service providersWorked closely with all key departments including executive management, legal, finance, content (news, entertainment, on TV, lifestyle, community, music), video on demand, mobile, strategy, creative design, and BET NetworksStreamlined operations for 3 complex technology budgets to provide near real-time visibility into technology costsDeveloped new content management framework based on services oriented architectureDeveloped major new applications for video syndication, video and music channels, music videosDeveloped model and plan for continuous integration to improve product quality and minimize risks with application deployment

Formalized new outsourcing discipline for MTV Networks Internet technology departmentDeveloped processes for project initiation, RFP lifecycle, vendor management, vendor-project software development practices, contract development and negotiationWorked with all internal brands and vendors to improve communications and ensure success of outsourced projects

- Responsible for all software development projects in the SF office.- Managed team of 20 engineers including software architects and developers, dbas, web operations and qa.- Work with clients to manage project development process and scope