Dan Carr Email & Phone Number

Burbank, Ca, Us

In my current role at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, I lead a squad of 6 engineers splitting time between Product requests and internal microservice feature development in NodeJS. I specialize in transcoding and delivery workflows, spearheading feature design, prototyping, lead development, task assignments and code reviews. Delivered features that save the company 7 figures annually in cost reductions and reduced time for critical workflows.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Lead Software Engineer delivered full-stack secure video workflows for prerelease content. Streamlined forensic watermarking processes by integrating G2 and Clipmark in-house, resulting in six-figure cost savings annually, faster processing on critical workflows, and easier management of secure content.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Staff Engineer at Studio Technology developing full-stack microservices in NodeJS, providing next generation solutions in inventory and asset management systems. Leading feature development for asset transcoding pipelines, with a focus on audio and video transcoding.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Senior Front Engineer delivered HTML5 and Native Web Component solutions customizing the OpenText framework for Studio Asset Management workflows.

New York, Ny, Us

Joined the Codesmith team as a late founding member in the engineering academy’s first year. Expanded growth of the academy training 100+ engineers now actively working in the industry. Developed advanced curriculum and led 300+ computer science and software engineering lectures across 8 cohorts. Managed software engineering initiatives, while mentoring Engineering Fellows.

Qualified Adobe Systems vendor, engineering partner, community leader, and subject matter expert. Pioneered prerelease HTML5 technologies working with the Adobe Edge and DevNet teams. Ensured success of product releases supporting Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Creative Cloud team initiatives and turnkey projects spanning 10+ years. Engineered and maintained e-learning component codebase shipped with Flash CS3 thru Flash CS6. Authored 100+ cross-product workflows and tutorials for CS3 thru CS6. Led hands-on web development and web video workshops at Adobe MAX 2006, 2014, and 2016.

Commissioned to develop 3D animation engine for web banner framework. Reduced development time and increased output exponentially by creating a localized component codebase. Produced 500+ banners for US and European ad campaigns in 8+ languages.

Built video player implementation used on Autodesk.com. Developed branded UI component library and video players for Autodesk website team. Worked closely with Senior Art Director and team leads to encapsulate and implement corporate guidelines, and train internal developers to assume implementation of the design language and approach.

Delivered 3 web-based training applications for the Product Research and Development department’s training program. Enabled collaborative WIP workflows through the development of a commenting and action system. Worked closely with team leads and trained instructional design and development team in content creation processes.

Developed turnkey projects and maintained ongoing working partnerships with The Grove, MyWeb Software, Realtime Immersion Studios, Aperian Global, Simon Fraser University, and Krystal Co to name just a few great clients and valued colleagues.

San Francisco, California, Us

Software engineer on Flash, Flex, Dreamweaver, and Authorware teams. Engineered components and code packages shipped with Flash 5, Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, Flex Server, and other Macromedia products. Developed first-of-its-kind Learning Components and Quiz Extensions for Flash, shipped with Flash 5 thru CS6. Architected ActionScript 2.0 publishing framework for Authorware 5, and extensions for Developer Resource Kit (DRK) 8-10.

Extensive Coursework In Computer Graphics, Graphic Design, And Fine Art

Associate’S Degree, Fine/Studio Arts, General