Tech Lead for Desktop Application Platform.Drove migration of UI framework -> Electron.Oversaw common build & deployment processes as well as reusable telemetry & experimentation framework libraries used across various desktop apps.Coordinated OS & hardware adoption and deprecation efforts across all desktop engineering.Rapid prototyping of new features as needed.

- Architected, designed and developed a web server and corresponding JS API to enable browsers and other web clients to configure and stream Kinect data via REST calls and web sockets- Led several multi-functional rapid-prototyping ventures all the way into shipping new product functionality (e.g.: Kinect press and scroll interactions)- Ported components from various teams around the company for re-use in Kinect product and prototypes- Acted as mentor for team members and as main code reviewer for SDK samples- Served as area expert in customer visits that resulted in deployments of 1000+ Kinect devices- Evaluated alternative unit testing frameworks and educated team for broader rollout- Evaluated open source components for use by team members

- Integrated security analysis tools with build system- Wrote tests for Video stream and skeleton tracking APIs- Wrote samples to demonstrate usage of audio and skeleton tracking functionality- Served as main moderator for Kinect For Windows forums (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/kinectsdk)

- Co-founded company- Participated in defining overall product and company strategy of social matchmaking product- Architected recommendation system which analyzed statistical patterns (e.g.: Latent Dirichlet Allocation) over inputs such as demonstrated user interest and then suggested potentially interesting users- Designed and implemented a metrics gathering and reporting system- Designed and implemented an A/B testing framework that could be reused for any component, by using Java reflection- Optimized database (postgreSQL) structures for good query performance- Created tools to efficiently populate database with arbitrarily large datasets with well-defined, testable properties- Added facebook and openID integration- Implemented many parts of User Interface (e.g.: sign-in, message history, photo upload)- Created site content such as polls and fun questions

- Designed and implemented a product-wide infrastructure for data abstraction and search- Led an effort to develop and evangelize documentation tools and practices throughout the organization (tools ended up being used in other Microsoft groups as well)- Designed and implemented APIs for use of Microsoft and third-party developers- Implemented common User Interface controls (e.g.: menus, pickers, buttons, etc)- Re-factored product-wide code to work across all supported resolutions- Collaborated in development of 3 patented technologies- Fixed a lot of bugs

- Prototyped several mobile applications (PocketPC and Palm platforms) for use in the medical services industry- Developed coding standards for the company

- Designed and implemented a jig-saw puzzle game in C++/DirectX