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Portland, Or, Us

New York City, Us

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Leading delivery of Android-based solutions for sports streaming applications as part of a cross-platform team.Developing brandable/labelable Android video reference-app for expedient productization by customers.Designed, developed and shipped version 1 of a brand new sports video streaming app for a client.Utilizing modern Android patterns in Kotlin and integrated the Bitmovin player in development of Sports streaming apps.Collaborating with design, web, iOS, customer-portal, services, and smart-tv platforms.Led, managed, and mentored contract engineers in development of app and engineering solutions for customers.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Contributing to a world famous eCommerce app for an application that has over 100 million users. Worked extensively on major app redesigns, as well as the most heavily used features in the app. Most recently getting the opportunity to develop new cutting edge features.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Immersing myself in mobile eCommerce while working on for eBay Mobile in Downtown Portland Oregon. Collaborating on Universal Application Architecture as well as custom user-interface design and development.

Point Richmond, Ca, Us

Changed gears to gain some experience on the design side as a Creative Developer, while continuing to help solve gnarly mobile and web software challenges. Working in Vertigo's awesome SE Portland office located in the Olympic Mills Commerce Center. Helped ship reference application implementation that is the basis of dozens of Xbox 360 applications. Integral part of team that brought HBO Go to Xbox 360. Led the implementation of UI/UX for Snagfilms application developed prior to Windows 8 Store launch. Vastly enhanced the online streaming video feature-set and UX of a major cable TV provider. Developed cross-platform demo word game for iOS and Android.

Point Richmond, Ca, Us

Collaborated with the most highly skilled people in software consulting on design, UI/UX, and development of desktop, web, and mobile applications. Helped start-up Vertigo's expansion to a new office in SE Portland. Teamed with fellow Vertigo developers, designers, partners, and clients to tackle intense challenges while creating, functional, professional, and beautiful user experiences utilizing Silverlight, WPF, Wp7, HTML, and jQuery.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Designing several .NET user-interfaces using Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Silverlight for use in touch-screen and web applications. Using Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend. Applying use-case driven software process, design patterns, control templates, and reusable resource dictionaries. Partnering with human factors engineers to generate user-interface controls optimized for usability and efficiency. Focused on creating world-class user interaction and experiences that are enabled by embedded .NET-based firmware.

Houston, Texas, Us

Joined small, agile research and development team within a Tech-Marketing organization. Helped architect, design, implement, and validate Digital Printing Technology's first color, full-VGA, advanced-diagnostics application for a new-generation of large-enterprise business ink-based multifunction devices. Utilized C# and WinForms to create a touch-screen user-interface, business-logic, and backing algorithms. Designed critical components of diagnostic and troubleshooting infrastructure within device embedded software.Gained practical cross-functional experience working in a technical marketing organization. It included some customer facing activities and responsibilities. Gained insight into the challenge of supporting hardware products in the field with embedded firmware, deployed software, and web solutions.

Houston, Texas, Us

- Collaborated with human-factors engineer to reinvent the business printer administration application user-experience.- Utilized C++, COM, XSLT and JavaScript to produce reusable software components that programmatically consume, transform, merge, format, and display print-device describing XML, including device-capabilities tickets, driver-capabilities tickets, and user intent tickets. - Managed resource allocation, scheduling, design, and implementation of UI translation and dynamic run-time localization.- Utilized WinForms to create a custom visual layout-designer that generates WTL-based user-interface screens. - Collaborated with a teammate to create a fully dynamic and data-driven WTL-based user-interface processing engine. - Authored several software innovation disclosures, some becoming defensive publications, and others pending patents. - Proposed and ratified complex XML schemas and types for the UI controls, UI layout engine, and the device data models.

Houston, Texas, Us

Implemented and tested the first user-guided custom HP Inkjet driver installer that enabled home network printing.Gained experience maintaining, enhancing, and creating new user-interfaces writtien in C++ for inkjet driver installer software.

Chicago, Us

Gained experience during Bachelor degree in object-oriented design and iterative software development. Demonstrated proficiency in OOP tools and languages: Java, Corba, UML, Rational Rose. Offered position in Edison Engineering program before choosing to pursue position at Hewlett-Packard.