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Austin, Tx

Led a re-factor of the Ad Proxy server that gathers and prioritizes video ads and delivers them to Atmosphere devices in order to monetize their content. The re-factor improved the separation of concerns and cohesion of the code base.Fixed multiple bugs with storing data in the Redis data store.Implemented a strategy pattern in order to facilitate A/B testing of algorithms and parameters in order to optimize the Ad Proxy.Implemented an algorithm for selecting ads that resulted in a 20% improvement in revenue from ads.Advised the Trivia team, which was experiencing performance and scaling issues with leaderboard calculation. Changes resulted in a performance improvement of three orders of magnitude.Mentored other developers in object-oriented design, software engineering and Redis performance.

Austin, Tx

Spearheaded efforts to enhance the core software of SubjectWell, focusing on modularity and separation of concerns.Implemented continuous integration practices to improve software development processes.Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and develop web-based applications and databases.Designed and built software using Ruby, Typescript, Vue, MySQL and various AWS technologies.Mentored junior developers.

Austin, Texas, United States

Led the development of core software for job aggregation and behavior tracking.Designed and built a full-stack system using Ruby on Rails, TypeScript and Angular.Created an extensive OLAP reporting system using Hadoop (EMR), Hive and ElasticSearch.Delivered job results by integrating with two ESPs: Ongage and Salesforce.Achieved significant improvements in system performance and efficiency.

Austin, Texas

Lead development for the PulseConnect, UnsubCentral, and social publishing product lines.Managed multiple teams across various time zones, overseeing the development of email services, subscription management, and crowd-sourced content generation.Helped to integrate the development efforts of four software development teams acquired from four companies that had been merged together.Successfully delivered complex software projects on time and within budget.Help to develop the product management practices of the organization.

Austin, Texas, United States

Led a development team responsible for the Email Service Provider (ESP) product.Played a key role in the successful integration of acquired companies.Lead the redesign of the ESP product from a collection of single-database pods to a multi-database, event-driven, multi-tenant cluster.

Austin, Texas, United States

Contributed to the development of a Software as a Service (SAAS) Email Service Provider.Led the development of the first version of the Bazaarvoice rating and review service.Led a team of software developers in two cities that ported the ESP from Java to C# for Microsoft.

Austin, Texas, United States

Developed a desktop tool for appending business data to customer contact lists.Managed large datasets for a SAAS data appending service using Oracle and SQL Server.Built a web service that appended Experian household data to customer records.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Physics