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Denver, Co, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

Leading engineering development and programs at Valid8 Financial focusing on automated data transformations leveraging machine learning algorithms.

Louisville, Colorado, Us

As a Principal Engineer at Pivot3 I design and develop software management suites for storage and networking products. Highlights:* Technical lead to a cross functional team located around the world and provide user interaction design to create the next VMware vCenter Plugin* Design and implement various phone-home web services using a RESTful programmatic interface* Recruit and train new engineers in various core technologies* Continue to develop cutting-edge single-page-applications using ubiquitous web technologies with libraries and frameworks such as Backbone, jquery, and Dojo* Excel at interpersonal communications to bridge discussions between Product Marketing, Engineering, and Executive internal organizations Pivot3 acquired NexGen Storage, Inc.

As a Principal Engineer at NexGen Storage I continue to design and develop software management suites for storage and networking products.NexGen Storage was spun out from SanDisk.

Milpitas, Ca, Us

As a Principal Engineer at SanDisk Corporation I continue to design and develop software management suites for storage and networking products.SanDisk acquired Fusion-IO, Inc.

Milpitas, Ca, Us

As a Principal Engineer at Fusion-IO I design and develop software management suites for storage and networking products.Fusion-IO acquired NexGen Storage, Inc.

As a Principal Engineer at NexGen Storage I to design and develop software management suites for storage and networking products.This true startup experience allowed a small team to accomplish big things in a very short timeframe:* I designed and developed a completely open API to allow flexible integration (JSON REST)* I designed and developed web-based application based on Dojo Toolkit that provides a rich real-time user experience without the hinderances of host-based development* Applied for US & EU Patents regarding management software configuration and control

Longmont, Co, Us

I design and develop software management solutions and interfaces for embedded computing systems.Promoted to Principle Software Engineer after displaying consistent leadership and mentoring skills, designing product management architectures, and always making the deadline. • Emphasis on embedded Linux 2.6.3* on ARM 9 processor with custom file system support and hardware interaction; Linux device drivers, custom boot loader interaction , system design, configuration, deployment and maintenance • Web-based user interface design techniques broadened to take advantage of asynchronous data patterns and new technologies embedded in the web browser; jQuery, prototype.js, extensive objected-related Javascript with partial adoption and implementation of RESTful architecture• Issued two more United States Patents regarding distributed web management technique

Longmont, Co, Us

• Promoted to Senior Engineering staff in 2005 with concentration of bringing new product to market• Issued United States Patent regarding web browser caching techniques as used in our embedded user interfaces• As part of a team of two engineers, I prototyped a complete replacement for VxWorks on existing hardware platform by embedding a Linux 2.6 operating system. This allowed our company to leverage extensive open source opportunities and decrease product cost.• Application and operating system experience with VxWorks 5.5.1 Platform for Network Equipment on x86 processors, Wind Manage Integration Toolkit, WindRiver IDE, debugger, and toolchain • Prototyped next generation web-based user interface using newly available web browser technolog

Longmont, Co, Us

• Promoted to Software Engineer 2003 with responsibility of the user experience of the human-computer-interfaces of Dot Hill products • One of two initial software engineers responsible for design and creation of embedded web-based user interface as well as various other software interfaces (CLI, XML API, FTP, WBI, SNMP, SMTP) • C, C++ embedded coding done on VxWorks 5.5 platforms• Server side concentration was on network protocols such as HTTP(s), SSH, telnet, and FTP • Web interface was designed to work on standard web browsers (of the time) and designed with accessibility, internationalization, and localization in mind• Internal as well as external usability studies performed while still meeting the normal tight deadlines required by a small high tech company• Implemented all software interfaces on the embedded operating system targeted for a 100mhz X86 embedded processor with a whopping 8 MB of storage space• Represented company at various industry trade shows such as Mac World, etc. Prepared demos, prepared collateral, then presented demos to end users and OEM

• Responsible for design, maintenance, hosting, and extensions for both corporate internet and intranet websites.• Websites were primarily written in ColdFusion, PHP, (mod)Perl, and custom Apache web server modules accessing MySQL databases.• Responsible for most marketing communications collateral such as product datasheets and trade show booth design signage. Created everything from four-color separation content to digital press-ready artwork • Created initial prototypes created for the embedded user web interfaces that would eventually be used on all Chaparral products shipped for the next five years• Product marketing requirement document definition experience

M.Arch, Architecture & Digital Media

B.Arch, Architecture, Structural Engineering