Dan Manning Email & Phone Number

United States

Austin, Texas, United States

https://www.pixelvalley.aiSolo creator of a Generative AI interactive single-player RPG (role-playing game) web application that uses OpenAI and LLMs to create generative agent NPCs (Non-Player Character) and all background images. * Leveraged existing AI tools to design an innovative approach for creating generative agents as well as content generation such as character and background images along with characters' conversations. * Pixel Valley is a full-stack project that has gone from proof-of-concept to MVP.* Designed a multi-bot dialog chat engine feature allowing for player and game-generated character group chats. * Actively presenting Pixel Valley at AI community events to share the challenges, solutions, and techniques employed while building the game.Python, Ariadne, GraphGL, Flask, Microservices Architecture, OpenAI, LLMs, Stable Diffusion, Node.js, Express, MERN, React, MongoDB, Vector Datastore, LangChain, HTML, CSS, RAG, Heroku, JSON

Architected OceanSmart, a B2B enterprise-level SaaS mobile and full-stack desktop application suite for major maritime clients and their globally dispersed ships. It assists with fleet management and creating regulatory compliance reports.* Created a suite of applications to organize various maritime informational feeds into user-friendly GIS maps and data output into report-friendly formats.* Built the desktop and mobile app from proof-of-concept using .NET Xamarin and later led the migration of the product into the new .NET Maui framework.* Served as product owner and Scrummaster. Organized schedules while leading the team to the consistent delivery of sprint commitments, communicated business requirements into user stories, prioritized backlogs, etc.* Engineered GraphQL resolvers to package data into a mobile-friendly format..NET Framework, Xamarin, .NET Maui, C#, ReactiveUI, GraphQL, ArcGIS, Visual Studio App Center, CI/CD, DevOps, Docker, JIRA, AWS, Scrum, Kanban, Azure App Center, project management, product owner, Agile

Remote

Design and developed a suite of Android and iOS mobile apps that aggregated employee benefits data from a variety of backend services. *Lead developer on a project to white lable apps for 3rd party customers. Technologies used: Xamarin.Forms, XAML, C#, Prism, Azure DevOps, Visual Studio

Remote

Designed and developed a suite of embedded, bluetooth, and USB compatible Android & iOS mobile apps for their NordicTrack and iFit lines of fitness equipment including their popular treadmills. *Led the transformation from a solely retail-based company to a SaaS business model. *Lead developer of the mobile analytics platform, which was used to aggregate various data sources and push towards data-driven design. *Utilized and integrated Google Maps as a tool for workout creation. *Helped various teams develop useful KPIs and build dashboards to track metrics. *Facilitated an increase in user sign-ups and greatly increased user social media sharing. *Mentored junior team members and on-boarded new team members. Technologies used: .NET frameworks, Xamarin, C#, MVVMCross, NuGet, Android, iOS, BLE, MixPanel, Google Maps

Austin, Texas Area

Worked on site with a variety of clients including Dell and American Campus Communities to help fill their application development needs. *Worked on a desktop development client project provisioning software for a virtual machine. *Worked on full-stack leasing software for client. *Facilitated resolution of client communication issues. *Acted in an advisory capacity to successfully improve client's existing Scrum and Agile processes. Technologies Used: .NET frame work, C#, WPF, Web APT, Angular JS, SQL Server.

Atlanta, Ga

Member of full-stack team developing software for ABA therapy practitioners. *Contributed to web architecture in addition to contributing to cross-platform mobile app using Xamarin. *Test-driven development using NUnit unit tests, website integration tests with Selenium, and automated on-device mobile testing using Test Cloud.Technologies used: ASP.Net MVC, .NET Xamarin, NUnit, Selenium

Austin, Texas Area

Member of backend team for the Pluck customer engagement platform, which was a SaaS used by many large brands like Walgreens, Kraft, Southwest Airlines, Target, etc. *Tech lead on the Gamification product, including designing features such as Badges & Leaderboards and implementing a Natural Language Processing engine to parse customer rulesets to drive engagement on their site. *Lead developer on Notification platform using SendGrid and Twilio to send notifications. *Lead developer on an Outreach email notification project that introduced Red/Green TDD to Demand Media. *Responsible for updating and maintaining the back-end architecture that supported millions of users. *Involved in the interview and hiring process for new teams members. Technologies used: .NET frameworks, Git, C#, Jenkins, Python, HTML, CSS, Javascript

Austin, Texas Area

Lead Client-side engineer on newly formed US development team for a B2B cloud storage site, working along side the Belgian head office. Required some travel between the two locations. *Developed cross platform B2B cloud software *Responsible for hiring and mentoring of the new Austin based Client-side Engineering team and managing a team of direct reports. Technologies used: C#, .NET, Objective-C Cocoa with a Mono Bridge

Austin, Texas Area

Contributed to development of the TacviewC2 project, a real time GIS display used by thousands of operators worldwide. *Responsible for the full lifecycle of the software development, including requirements analysis, software design and testing. *Release of the TacviewSA product helped Ultra Electronics ATS reach goal of $50 million in annual sales. *Gained experience working as a government and military contractor. Technologies used: C++, MFC, Visual Studio, Envitia Maplink, Agile, Scrum

Bachelors, Computer Science

Associate'S Degree, Game Design & Development