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Reno, NV, US

Worked on HPC orchestration platform which runs HPC workloads on AWS or on-prem.

- Implemented permission system for performing private (personalized) searches across documents.- Implemented system to synchronize Google Workspace applications (Gmail, Drive, etc.) with a Vespa database.Go, Java, Terraform, GCP, Google Workspace, AWS, Vespa.ai, Docker

Boulder, Colorado, US

- Designed and implemented authentication protocol and enterprise credential management system. Based on Ed25519, SHA-2, SHA-3 (SHAKE).- Wrote microservices to manage user credentials and integrate with SAML (Okta, Google, Microsoft)- Wrote a web extension in JavaScript and Go WebAssembly to generate and sign authentication tokens.- Developed.

Philadelphia, PA, US

Wrote a distributed trace collection system (Go, Kafka, Cassandra, and Avro). System designed to collect millions of traces per second from all Comcast systems for analysis by support, developers, and machine learning systems.

- Managed team of 7 developers working on-site, hybrid, and remote.- Instituted process improvements, such as continuous integration, automated testing, disciplined release engineering, and disciplined development cycles (Scrum, Agile Development).- Oversaw and lead professional service projects for Fortune 500 companies, education, and government clients.

- Wrote backend system to efficiently move large amounts of data (Email, Files, Calendar Events, Contacts, etc.) to Google G Suite (Python, C Python Module, Google Cloud Platform). System outperformed Google’s own tool both in speed and accuracy.- Developed custom enterprise web applications (Java, Go, AppEngine, Cloud Datastore, AngluarJS, jQuery) to.

- Worked on DigiForge’s EBIF and Cable TV platform project, working on and implementing the core interpreter, graphics subsystem, Emergency Alert System (EAS) support, and ARM/MIPS boot loader.Ported DigiForge's development environment to Linux/X11. Later used in production for ARM/Linux set-top-box.- Wrote a new graphics rendering and driver architecture..

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Vaud, CH

- Worked as embedded C developer developing interactive TV applications and porting OpenTV's "Core" middleware to the Motorola DCT platform. Work was mostly in C, but did include some assembly, such as writing a font renderer in 68k assembly.- Developed a backend system for processing credit card purchases for a major satellite operator's proprietary.