As engineering director and lead architect for Arcane Four, I am focused on guiding our customers through the design and development of software systems, from ideation right through to realization of the end product. Leveraging experience and expertise with a spectrum of computing technologies, I help customers make informed decisions throughout the development process, bringing their ideas to life.- Architect, designer and system integrator for prototypes and embedded device products in the automotive, manufacturing, telecommunications and consumer electronics industries.- Deep optimization of desktop, server, console, mobile and embedded applications and systems.- Lead programmer and Engineering director for Arcane Four Studios game development, on PC, Wii U, Xbox One, Android, iOS and web. Development using Unity, Unreal Engine, Phaser and others. Developed several custom game engines. VR Development with Oculus Rift.- Developed 3D rendering engine for low-cost embedded devices (used for consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, medical, etc.) using OpenGL ES 2.0.- Developed optimized GPU-based rendering engine used in visual effects and animation.- Developed implementations of graphics acceleration algorithms on low-end embedded hardware.- Developed embedded runtime for running custom control logic in industrial embedded devices.- Developed many mobile (both Android and iOS) and web applications/backends for customers in various industries, using a multitude of full-stack solutions (.NET, MEAN, LAMP, Java/J2EE, Custom).- Developed PC host applications for various products in the consumer electronics space.

As Chief Technology Officer, Founder, and Vice-President of Software at Ottawa Infotainment, I am entrusted with shaping the technological vision and strategy of the company. Leveraging my extensive experience and industry insights, I lead a talented team of software engineers to develop groundbreaking vehicle controller solutions that are helping to redefine automotive technology.

As Lead Architect and Programmer for the Concept Development Group, I provided technical leadership and strategic platform oversight for each and every concept the group created.- Provided guidance on system design requirements, technology selection, component design and implementation, performance considerations, data and software interaction models.- Created a digital instrument cluster rendering framework using OpenGL ES 2.0 and various QNX platform technologies.- Created an embedded application manager using QNX Screen Composited Windowing API and Lua.- Collaborated with the University of Parma's Vislab on autonomous vehicle program.

As Integration lead for next-generation hardware and software platform projects, I oversaw releases, merged and delivered fixes and features, triaged issues, and drove development tasks for the team to completion.- Provided detailed updates to management.- Leveraged broad range of experience to ramp up a massive integration project, designed to save department-wide engineering effort.- Designed and prototyped new network security features- Implemented network processor microcode and application software to improve product reliability

As Senior Embedded Systems Programmer & Architect, I defined the system-level architecture for the next generation of Harmony Remotes, and helped to implement this architecture into a QNX-based platform.- Designed flexible software architecture to integrate Java, Flash, LUA user applications with low-level code in QNX Neutrino on an ARMv6 architecture.- Oversaw implementation of the architecture, task assignment and resourcing and manage interfaces between components.- Integrated all software components into QNX embedded operating system environment.- Implemented numerous key features under release pressure- Leveraged system-wide expertise to quickly implement product prototypes for new product research

- Member of design team for upcoming products, focus on hardware platform and system-level software design- Technical lead for agressive scalability project, system capacity planning and analysis- Integration of system and software components leading up to product launches- System-level maintenance and debugging of production website code- Design and implementation of scalability testing frameworks, system-level monitoring software and large-scale queueing systems

- Firmware development for a 802.11b host adapter designed to work with a wide range of Epson thermal printers. Areas of focus were SNMP support, connection queuing, wireless hardware detection and throughput efficiency- Utilized techniques to reduce firmware code footprint (64K flash memory)- Linux USB device driver development- Hardware-level debugging using testing equipment (scopes, logic analyzer, etc.)- Software-level debugging using test harness, protocol analyzer, debugger, etc.

- Development and porting of Sybase EAServer between Windows and various UNIX variants and versions- Builds and releases on AIX, HP-UX, Linux- Analyzed and fixed OS-level memory management and threading issues- Developed solutions to improve stability and scalability of the product on Linux operating systems- Experience with architecture of large-scale portable software systems, large-scale memory management and designing for scalability and performance- Configured and maintained build environments

- Team lead for the HP-UX, Solaris and Linux testing teams for Sybase EAServer- Developing, debugging, executing regression tests- Porting test software to various UNIX platforms- Mentoring new co-op students- Involved in setting standards and procedures for test porting and integration- Key contributor to test harness improvement project- Experience with J2EE and related technologies, JSPs, Servlets, EJBs, CORBA, component-based architecture, XML- Experience with security and cryptographic technologies- Adjunct administration and maintenance of testing machines

- Implementation and deployment of JD Edwards OneWorld-based ERP system- Training employees on administration of the ERP system- Various network administration and maintenance tasks- Analysis of corporate firewall and network security- Software development of various network infrastructure utilities