David D. Email & Phone Number

Framingham, Massachusetts, US

• In Research and Advanced Development at Bose I build prototypes to prove out new technologies and resolve roadblocks before they become a problem for the development groups. I act as an evangelist for new ideas and.
• Work with exploration teams to organize and structure their processes. Guide them in structuring output and help them achieve clarity and direction with the goal of creating back-logs which are used to define work.
• Architectural design and breakdown for applications and prototype building.
• Participate in the building of prototypes, specializing in building back-end infrastructures, frameworks, and functional modules. Back-end infrastructures include diverse combinations of inter-process and inter-machine.
• Act as Scrum Master for build teams. Responsible for most of the detailed project planning and task breakdown for scrum planning. Leading groups of 2-7 people on projects.
• Function as a go-to resource for anything relating to Music Metadata, Music Retrieval, Databases, Windows, Machine Virtualization, Web Services, and other technologies.

• Reported to President of AMG. Recruited and developed staff of 10 programmers, 2 technicians, and 1 project manager.
• Created and implemented sound sampling processes from concept to functional product in less than 6 months using comparatively low-cost, easily replaceable technology. Systems built to produce both Windows Media and.
• Designed and oversaw implementation of processes for managing and storing large collections of music product (300,000+ CDs) and processes for managing the sound sampling, on-line digital archiving, and other data.
• Developed storage solutions for the management of multi-terabyte collections of sound data.
• Responsible for all aspects of data structures and management processes for multi-million record databases.
• Constructed image file scanning and storage management systems.

• Designed and built the infrastructure, applications and tools used for data entry, data processing, editing, and publication. Responsible for functional design of both processes & applications and personally coded.
• Designed algorithms for creating representative sound samples from raw audio files.
• Built custom data publication systems to interface with many other types of publications, including book and CD-ROM production houses.
• Created robust text matching algorithms.
• Designed and coded web applications infrastructure and all back end software used for the award winning All Media Guide web sites. The utilization of it saved the company over $1,000,000 in hardware and software.
• Designed and coded page generation engine for AllMovie.com and many parts of AllMusic.com engine.

Kenosha, WI, US

• Initially hired as Micro-computer Technical Consultant, and promoted through a series of progressively greater responsibilities. Named Director in Mar. 1993.Responsible for all aspects of campus micro-computing.
• Oversaw and completed the addition of 4 micro-computer labs.
• Designed and built campus network, covering all campus buildings.
• Provided workshops, training, and guidance in the use of all computing resources.
• Managed and hired employees. Both student and full-time staff to provide support to labs and computer troubleshooting. (50+ students, 4 full time staff.)

CD-International was a bi-monthly Compact Disc music review magazine. CD-International also published a semi-annual database book of all Compact Discs currently available internationally.Contributed data and assisted in proofing and editing.

Kenosha, Wisconsin, US

• Trained Snap-On Tools branch office personnel in the use of the Branch Management Computer Software, a national inventory/order entry network system, at Snap-On Tools Branch offices around the United States.
• Configured and installed Novell Netware V2.1 at branch offices.

• Responsible for programming and organization of data processing required to support the "Smart Money: project at Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
• Interfaced with vendors, providing data feeds to and from the project.
• Supervised day-to-day database operations.

Ms, Library & Information Science

Bs, Computer Science