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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

As an Engineering Manager II at Spotify, I led teams in Financial Engineering, Royalties and Reporting, which are responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payments to artists, labels, and publishers, as well as providing insights and analytics on the performance and profitability of Spotify's content. I oversaw the design, development, and maintenance of various applications and systems that handle large volumes of data and complex calculations. While managing ten direct reports, I fostered a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in order to produce a diverse, cohesive, effective team, who could learn and challenge each other. I'm passionate about talent enablement, working closely with each direct report to set and achieve their personal career goals, including using mentoring, training, and embed opportunities as well as sponsoring several successful promotions to senior engineer. I also worked closely with HR to screen and evaluate technical candidates as well as developed and enforced cultural standards to ensure team fitness.During my tenure at Spotify, my team and I have completely redesigned the suite of microservices powering our claim management process for publishing royalties. This system is responsible for the fetching, tracking, extraction, parsing, and validation of technical files exchanged over sFTP with our licensing partners. The parsed claim file data is then fed into data pipelines used to calculate the monthly royalties owed to the publishing rights holders based on the trillions of track plays by our listeners in over 180 markets worldwide. Our improvements reduced the processing time for each file while greatly increasing the volume of files processed at the same time during peak file delivery. We also directly reduced our cloud computing and storage costs by tens of thousands per month, while also reducing our overall system maintenance costs using fleet management techniques, automated risk testing and SOX compliance auditing.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Managed development teams in both New York and India offices while maintaining and enhancing in-house developed ETL and Workflow Automation Tool. Created many feature enhancements, performed performance troubleshooting and upgrades, refactored entire modules, and eliminated production bugs. o Created grammar and parser using Piglet for filtering data objects in C# using dynamically generated expressions and a grammar and parser for searching data in SQL. Unit tests for grammars written using TestCases in NUnit are executed during the build process, with code coverage analysis o Created custom web services using Swagger including model validation, verbose error detail and location returned for bad request exceptions, custom authentication and authorization module o Added SWIFT MT message format processing feature to ETL engine, including data extraction from format as well as generating SWIFT MT file output o Added storage for binary and Unicode files in SQL database o Created hub using SignalR and NServiceBus for remote agent command and control. o Added workflow action capable of downloading reports from SSRS in chosen format o Added support for send email action to use the MHTML reports from SSRS as the body of the emailwithout the use of third-party libraries. Published my solution on ​stackoverflow.com​ o Added workflow action used to trigger and monitor jobs in Dundas Data Visualization serverPerformed DevOps role in team, upgrading on-premise TFS 2010 to Azure DevOps (TFS 2017), installed and configured Octopus deploy server, adding it to the build automation pipeline, created custom nuget packages for shared internal librariesPrototyped v.Next version of workflow automation/ETL tool. Created a distributed processing mesh network of services consisting of nodes composed of zero-config self-hosted web services using ASP.Net core, gRPC, mongoDB

Austin, Texas, Us

Created a Unified Authentication Platform consisting of a custom Secure Token Server (STS) and Client SDK in order to upgrade legacy in-house web and WPF ClickOnce deployed applications to claims based authentication using tokens. The STS supports multiple token features, including tokens with configurable idle timeouts, one time use tokens, configurable access and refresh tokens, and token revocation.Created a field service application for our property management subsidiary using a custom Microsoft Dynamics CRM solution with a custom RESTful web service using Web API for powering the mobile inspector application running natively in IOS. The mobile application allows our home inspectors to quickly document the inspected areas of a home, including taking photos and videos, capturing measurements and notes, as well as allowing them to order products and services to get the home up to a leasable state. Uses STS to secure the data traffic over the public Internet and a reusable MSSQL database-based file management system that integrates with CRM.Created a property reporting and analytics engine used by Citibank to evaluate and risk assess portfolios of properties. Uses a client portal where property data can be uploaded in Excel/CSV format. Once loaded the service processes each property by looking at the home’s indicatives (num of bedrooms, num of bathrooms, square footage, age of property, etc), related comparable homes, demographics of its geographic location, public record transactions, and lien data. This process produces a snapshot report which giving the portfolio a set of quality and risk scores.Created a web service to provide our trading partners a way to submit bond position information and receive a value at risk calculation for each bond using Yieldbook.Created and ran a new DevOps team, bringing SQL scripts into source control, build automation via TeamCity, NuGet package management, and deployment automation using Octopus and Powershell.

New York, Ny, Us

Product owner and architect for Arkadium Connect Platform, a collection of backend gaming services supporting leaderboards, achievements, in app purchases, game cloud storage, player matching, asynchronous multiplayer, etc. Platform supports hundreds of games being played by millions of users across many high traffic client distribution channels, including ​CNN​, ​LA Times​, ​The Washington Post​, ​Discovery Channel​, ​TLC​, ​HSN​, National Geographic​, ​AARP​, ​PCH​ as well as games played on Facebook, IOS, Android, and Windows 8. Migrated platform services from on premise servers to Windows Azure to provide better elasticity and scalability, using Azure NOSQL table storage.Created elastically scalable event-based analytics platform for tracking game events in the cloud. Built SDK’s for use in Windows Store Applications (Windows8 and WinRT), Flash, and Unity3d. SDKs provides offline and batching support as well as automatic event data enrichment of environmental data including unique user id, device id, location, screen resolution, screen orientation, game play begin and end timings, game level progress and score, as well as advertisement and in-app purchase tracking. Supports ad-hoc custom events with custom payloads. Built RESTFul ingress web service in Azure, with custom performance counters and diagnostic logging. HD Insight cluster to run map-reduce jobs across blob storage to provide BI insights.Created new cloud and claims based secure token service to provide auth tokens for use with the Connect platform services. Access Control Service was built using Web API and Thinktecture Identity Model packages, hosted in Azure. ACS integrates with 3r​d​ party identity providers, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft Live to convert authorization token issued by 3r​d​ party identity providers into native authorization token in JWT.Built Battleship-like multiplayer touch-friendly game in 2 days for company-wide game jam using C# and XAML for Window 8 platform.

Replaced existing CTO/Founder on the executive team, managing a team of five developers and one graphic artist. Oversaw complete rewrite of codebase, including personally coding daily, as well as established SDLC lifecycle best practices, including integrated source control, managed work items, automated unit testing, continuous integration, with staging environment for testing of production release candidates. Established team culture which used cross training, code reviews, deployment and outage post-mortems to promote team cohesion and sense of product ownership. Worked with the executive team on company business plan, marketing and sales strategy, hiring and retention plan, and infrastructure budget.Created a suite of RESTful services with associated client Javascript library (think Google Analytics API) for e-commerce clients to track visitor’s site-side behavior and social behavior (sharing, referrals, referral purchases, advertisement impressions/click-thru/campaign and funnel analysis) to determine return on social marketing investments and quality of social engagement practices. Used by high volume e-commerce websites (TagHeuer.com, Finishline.com, Dermstore.com, Blush.com, Totsy.com, and Grandparents.com) with over 10 million unique visitors per month, with peaks of over 10,000 requests per minute.Created client reporting dashboard for visualizing client web traffic (similar to Google analytics).System calculated a daily social influence score for each unique shopper. OLTP tables optimized for high volume data insertion with table sizes in the billions. Created ETL processes using SSIS to scrub, transform, and move data into a star schema data warehouse. Created data cubes using SSAS to provide business insight into the data and provide near-real-time visualization in client dashboard.Responsible for internal office infrastructure (servers, network, routers, active directory, backups, disaster recovery, etc.)

Nashville, Tn, Us

Created GATES system for Defined Contribution team for Secured Retirement Strategies product which adds insured guarantees to target date funds managed in customized retirement plans. GATES was designed to process millions of participant contributions during each nightly batch cycle within a tight 4 hour window, while reading/writing to a billion record transaction table using < 50ms read queries in order to complete on time.Created pre-trade compliance engine used in Passive trading and built Passport desktop app for running compliance checks on trading baskets. Reduced time to run pre-trade compliance from multi-day execution to less than 2 minutes.Created a desktop app called ABConsole which hosts many core business applications in one shell.Created an application workflow engine, Application Workflow Service which powered the online procurement system, production change management system, and the legal/compliance task management system.Created Pathfinder to help the Defined Contribution research team track multiple glidepaths for target-date funds in customized retirement strategies. Managed six senior developers in the Transaction Management Services team in the EIMT group. Retired legacy transaction routing applications with new Global Transaction Manager, moving the Growth, Value, FX, and Derivative trades from portfolio optimization application to all internal order management systems (Longview, Minerva, FXCM).Created Account Information Exchange (AIX) for portfolio managers and traders to visualize account holdings, allowing users to create custom pivots and drill-down views and share them with other users.Ported spreadsheet-based management of Defined Benefit plans in our London office to a database solution using yield curves for zero coupon swaps and historic real price indexes to project future liabilities for pension plans, managing the appropriate mix of return seeking assets to liability driven investments to improve the plan’s funded ratio.

Acted as senior developer/architect on major enterprise websites, primarily for the second largest online retailer, ​Buy.com​. ​Buy.com​ has over 6 million users placing, during peak hours, an average of 10-20 orders a minute, with an average order size of $130, in which ​Buy.com​ grosses over $1 million a day in booked revenue from about 8000 orders, resulting in 30,000 – 50,000 backend transactions from a selection of over 1 million products, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. During holiday season, those numbers can and have doubled and tripled.Created an object model for representing all business objects in the system using C# and Microsoft.Net. (Order, OrderLine, Shipment, Product, Shopper, Gift Card, etc.) This business layer forms the foundation for backend order processing for ​Buy.com​ and ASP.Net code powering ​Buymusic.com​, ​Swell.com​ , ​shop.MTV.com​, shop.VH1.com​, and ​shop.CMT.com​.Created a framework for third-party integration and data trading using secure web services, SSL Certificates, XML, SOAP, and FTP. Using this framework, I’ve built services that communicate with international shipping partners, distributors, record labels, promotional reward companies, gift card processors, and financial institutions.Created a framework for E-commerce backend order processing. The framework abstracts process multithreading, process control, process monitoring, and event logging for maximum reuse and enforcement of best practices.Created a workflow system used to control, monitor, and schedule all backend order processing (Credit card authorization, fraud screening, multi-distributor sourcing, EDI/XML product catalog, purchase order, shipment record communication, credit card and gift card billing, order cancellations, and order RMA).Create an online DRM license server for delivering rights for digital media to shoppers of ​Buymusic.com​ using Windows Media 9 SDK.

Acted as team lead in a group of five developers; including project planning, scheduling, and resource allocation, reporting directly to CIO.As architect, designed newest version of company's only web application; an Internet based purchase order and company management application for the produce industry based on HTML, JavaScript, ASP, COM+, XML, Active Directory, and a MSSQL database.As architect, designed, coded, and implemented UI framework for the web application's presentation layer; including context-sensitive pop-up menus and help system, persistent user customizable look and feel, and robust error trapping and messaging.As architect, designed, coded, and implemented backend data trading using BizTalk for b2b data collaboration and forecasting analytics.

Managed product development department consisting of twenty-five developers; including project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and establishing business processes and coding conventions, reporting directly to CTO and CEO.As architect, designed newest version of TimeLedger.com; an Internet based time and expense tracking application based on HTML, JavaScript, ASP, COM, XML, and a MSSQL database.As architect, designed, coded and implemented a Palm OS application, interface, and HotSync protocol using PumaTech’s Satellite Forms to integrate with TimeLedger.com.As architect, designed, coded and implemented an interface to a telephone entry module for customers to place time and expense entries into TimeLedger.com over the telephone.As architect, designed, coded and implemented an off-line version of TimeLedger.com which could HotSync with the Palm application as well as the website.As architect, designed, coded and implemented an interface engine for third party software to collaborate with TimeLedger.com

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Managed product development department consisting of five developers; including project planning, scheduling, and resource allocation, reporting directly to CEO.Designed, coded and implemented gCareTM; an Internet/Intranet based electronic medical record software system using ActiveX controls embedded in HTML, JavaScript, ASP, XML, and a MSSQL database.Designed, coded and implemented an automated document generator and report writer to integrate with gCareTM and endoscope imaging systems.Designed, coded and implemented an interface engine for third party software to collaborate with gCareTM including integrating for practice management systems for trading patient data using HL7 and ActiveX For Healthcare.Acted as customer liaison; including system demonstration, integration, installation and training.