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Tokyo, Japan

Splinterlands is a blockchain based digital trading card game inspired by Magic: The Gathering. Players own their game assets as blockchain NFTs and can freely trade, sell, & build their collections as they see fit.Responsible for building out core features of the game including enhancements and bug fixes for both back-end & front-end systems, using Javascript and Node.js. Developed an advanced tournament system and guild wars game modes.

Tokyo, Japan

BuildTeam is a revolutionary blockchain technology company focused on creating leading-edge blockchain services and custom applications, aimed at enhancing the Steem social network ecosystem as well as EOS and other Graphene blockchain environments. BuildTeam has created its own token to easily facilitate payments to the development team and allow builders to earn and stake BT tokens for a discretionary share of BuildTeam's revenue.

Tokyo, Japan

Software development and frontline support for the FX business. Developed an HTML5 based web application with a MongoDB back-end for managing internal client records. Implemented bug fixes & feature enhancements for FX trading systems using Java and Goldman's own proprietary programming language.

Tokyo, Japan

Contracted for a 1 year project to replace legacy JASDEC PSMS (Pre-Settlement Matching System) components with a new system intended to be ISO20022 compliant. Led an evaluation & comparison of financial messaging APIs from 3 vendors (C24, Volante, and Informatica) to help guide strategic software purchasing decisions within the bank. Developed a Scala based ISO20022 message processing engine using C24 iO Studio data models. Used Akka actors to implement a task queue architecture for program control. Project ran using Scrum methodology.

Tokyo, Japan

C++ developer on the fixed income team for front office electronic trading platforms. Constructed several sub-systems for an emerging markets roll-out of a new strategic trading platform for swap & bond products trading in Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, China, and the Middle East. Extended existing RFQ negotiation functionality. Used Python to design & implement the Emerging Markets Quote Engine, a system component that generates instrument quotes for publication on Bloomberg. Rolled out CSA aware quoting for yen swaps and assisted in upgrading trading systems to meet Dodd-Frank regulatory mandates. Used Perforce for source control and Atlassian JIRA for defect tracking.

Team lead for development of Sybase SQL driven stock market transaction settlement software in a consulting role for a large international financial firm. Responsible for managing daily activities of the development team, implementing new features & doing bug fixes in C++, Java, and C#, feature testing, maintenance support, design and implementation of a custom web server used for product testing, writing product documentation and API tutorials for new developers. Did back-end UNIX systems programming & front-end GUI work in Windows.

Taught English conversation to Japanese students, mainly adults and some college students, on a part-time basis. Responsible for teaching classes, administering level up tests, and maintaining student records.

Implemented encryption algorithms (DES, Blowfish, Mars, AES, Serpent, Skipjack, Twofish) and did back-end programming for data security products using Visual C++. Did R&D for an encryption engine now used in several of the company's commercial products. Lead developer for latest version of Private Pix (a multimedia viewer/player with on-the-fly encryption features). Responsible for application design, GUI programming, encryption functionality, graphics engine, help documentation, installer package, and corporate web site development. In addition to Software Development Lead, I also served as the company's Web Master and Tech Support Specialist.

Taught English conversation to Japanese students of all ages and ability levels. Assisted with special student requests such as editing written materials, translation work, and speech preparation. Served in a management position as my school's Kids Coordinator. Responsible for running the school's Kids Program, including instructor management, administrative duties, organization of teaching materials, and liaison with upper level Tokyo area managers.

Taught an introductory C++ programming class twice a week and helped the professor proctor midterm and final examinations. Oversaw class project for senior level Computer Graphics course, maintained course web site, created homework assignments, graded papers, held office hours to assist students, gave lectures on graphics algorithms.

Used C to program a state estimator for soccer playing robot dogs that competed in the 2002 RoboCup in Fukuoka, Japan. RoboCup (http://www.robocup.org) is an annual international competition with the goal of developing a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world champion soccer team, by the year 2050. Responsible for R&D and developing a ball tracking system that enabled the robot to "see" an orange ball by processing data from a camera on the robot's head. Gave tours of the university's robotics laboratory.