• Co-own and manage the boutique alongside my wife, gaining significant experience in retail operations, marketing, customer service, and business management.• Successfully led the business through the challenges of COVID-19, adapting creative strategies to weather a crisis that caused many similar businesses to close.• Oversaw a complete store renovation, touching every area of the business from the storeroom to the showroom. Increased warehousing space with creative re-design of back office. Showroom redesign allowed a 40% increase of merchandise on floor with attractive look and feel.• Leveraged my expertise in technology to implement a successful online sales presence. We have grown the web sales 400% over the last two years. Developed and implemented internet marketing campaigns, increasing online visibility and driving customer traffic to both the store and website.• Managed point-of-sale systems, IT infrastructure, and tax compliance, ensuring cost-efficient operations and adherence to legal standards.• Helped to create a cohesive and motivated team to deliver high-quality customer service.• Built and maintained relationships with vendors and suppliers, ensuring optimal product mix and inventory management.• Understood that I didn't know what I didn't know. Made an excellent decision to partner with an outstanding business consultant who has been critical in mentoring our journey.

In my role as a Senior Software Engineer and Project Manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, I have led a multi-disciplinary team in developing innovative user interfaces and software/hardware systems to deliver the new VENUS neutron beamline (a $75M Department of Energy project) with unmatched capability in North America.• Served as software project manager on VENUS, directing a team responsible for over 2,000 man-hours of work, ensuring project milestones were met on time and within budget.• Developed and implemented innovative user interfaces and operational systems to enhance the user experience, aligning with customer satisfaction priorities.• Gained expertise as a control engineer using the EPICS framework. Integrated many complex systems into EPICS such as neutron detectors, astronomical cameras, custom power distribution hardware, and much more.• Really honed my full-stack expertise. I can work comfortably in requirements analysis and development of complex UI solutions. To that end, I developed a novel crystal alignment tool for direct use by scientists. I can also work at the lowest layers of firmware development, writing assembly code for a custom Power Distribution Board running a PIC18 microprocessor and RS485/I2C communications stack. Or middleware solutions with Python/Qt. Even got my feet wet writing a Vue.js based website to convert Excel files into project management tasks in Redmine. I'm highly adaptible to a situation because I keep learning and have an open mind.

Worked in a software applications engineering group, where I helped to support and develop the Linux Software Development Kit (SDK) for TI Sitara ARM devices. Responsibilities included Linux device driver development and debugging, host tool development using modern GUI approaches, direct customer contact and support, development and delivery of training materials (written and verbal), and broad customer support via TI's E2E online forums.

• Led development of IP Overdrive product, including device driver, Windows GUI, and SNMP interface for IP QoS extension to NT workstations.• Contributed to embedded development team for TurboLink bridge product, applying UML/OOP methodologies and GNU tools for MPC860 processor running embedded Linux.• Authored winning research design proposal for reservation-based QoS system, securing a $100,000 contract for SRC.

Spearheaded Dell's involvement with Intel's Portable Simulation Initiative (a modeling framework for Intel-based servers). Used SES/Workbench modeling s/w to model systems and workloads for capacity planning.

Developed 2D/3D training simulations of C-130 controls with Direct 3D API and Borland Delphi (Windows GUI IDE)

The best high school job ever. Picking the driving range while under fire from grunts and colonels alike. Mowing greens in the peace and tranquility of the dawn. Cleaning toilets and spraying out the golf carts. Getting chewed out by the incomparable Jeff Baggett. Building new tee-boxes in the broiling middle Georgia summer sun. Is it weird that I really miss it?