David Knight Email & Phone Number

Round Rock, Tx, Us

Round Rock, Tx, Us

Round Rock, Tx, Us

Round Rock, Tx, Us

Round Rock, Tx, Us

Round Rock, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Technical lead exploiting AI, ML, and computer vision to create a platform for transforming existing videos into truly interactive experiences.

I bring mobile app ideas to life. I'm leading teams that have developed three mobile/web apps currently in the Apple and Google Play stores. Designed and developed the REST APIs, server components, databases, and infrastructure. Exploited serverless architecture on AWS to create highly scaleable solutions at a fraction of traditional server infrastructure costs.

Austin, Tx, Us

Responsible for designing and developing database, server, and admin UI components for custom applications and the AVAI Mobile Platform using Amazon Web Services to create a serverless architecture. Projects used the Serverless.com framework and combined Javascript, NodeJS, Angular, AWS API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, AuroraDB, Cognito, SNS, S3, and other AWS services to provide highly scalable, reliable, and secure customer solutions.

Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for design and development of real-time streaming analytics, database systems, REST-based web services, content management systems, customer web sites, and mobile web applications. Projects included a Kafka-based real-time streaming analytics system for iBeacon networks, a content management system for a high traffic retail web and mobile site, and an iPad-based point of sale system for a major retailer. These were developed using either Docker/NodeJS or PHP using the Kohana framework.

Since 2004, I've successfully run my own software consulting business. I tend to partner with great graphic designers on projects that are larger and more complicated than they can handle alone. I provide the database implementation, hookups to legacy systems, and site interactivity while they provide the beautiful design. Most of my business today is from satisfied repeat customers.Listed below is a sampling of projects: For MarketMetric, LLC and Consortium Visual Communications, Inc. - Led team of developers on multiple interactive websites for Roundys - Developed marketing analytics dashboard for FoodLion - Enhanced streaming video broadcasting tools for WMMB - Ran email marketing campaigns for DelMonte, GardenRidge, and othersFor Terra Incognita - Database and backend system for Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Visitor Resource Center - Museum inventory management system for Ben Franklin TercentenaryFor individual clients - Developed custom indicators and automated trading strategies

Houston, Texas, Us

Architect and evangelist for the corporate XML authoring, document management, and publishing system. Responsible for the overall technical solution, including requirements gathering, system design, DTD design and development, RFP writing, vendor qualification, and tool selection. Major achievements include facilitating agreement among six divisions on consistent content, structure, and presentation of product technical information and coordinating seven development teams throughout Europe and the USA.

Houston, Texas, Us

Designed, developed, deployed, and maintained a complete SGML authoring and publishing system for documentation and training. Championed the system through a series of pilot projects that demonstrated reduced time to update a 6,000-page manual from one year to one week, reduced cost of developing training modules from $50K to $15K, and resulted in Schlumberger funding development of a follow-on document management system to be deployed corporate-wide.

Provided expert technical consulting on all EBT products and publishing processes to customers, business partners, EBT Sales team, and other employees. Lead the development of custom technical publishing solutions for customers like Boeing, McDonald-Douglas, Powersoft, and Texas DoT.

Architect for the information browser technologies in the AIX operating system. Developed the technical strategy and direction of browsers within AIX. Worked with other Architects to ensure the integration of the browser strategy with the overall AIX operating system architecture. Represented RISC Systems/6000 division in multi-company and multi-site joint product development efforts.Architect and development lead for an SGML-based publishing system for the AIX Information Development group that reduced the time to publish the 50,000-page AIX information set from six weeks to three days and the personnel required from four to one.

Responsible for development, conformance testing, and integration of SGML parsers into several products, including autotaggers, editors, and general-purpose translators. Managed development team of 3 programmers and 2 testers. Promoted three times in five years. Received Division Award for outstanding contributions.