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Redmond

Mercer Island, Wa

Directed and managed computing and information technology strategic plans, policies, programs, and schedules. Established infrastructure to support and guide company, website and mobile app in computing and information technology efforts. • Architected and developed scalable, secure, family-oriented social networking website and companion iPhone app• Implementations include: Setting up dev, staging and production environments, setting up the web site’s server farm and load balancing, tuning performance on servers, setting up cloud storage and ensuring access to media was tightly controlled by website, Visual Studio Online for source control and issue tracking, O365 for collaboration and business needsTechnologies Used: Entity Framework, ASP.NET MVC, C#, SQL, Bootstrap, jQuery, Amazon Web Services, Git/GitHub

Kirkland, Wa

Short term contract - Developed Proof-of-Concept Internal Digital Asset Management website. POC was a success and team won funding for a larger effort. Technologies used: ASP.NET CORE 2.0, JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery UI, Bootstrap, SQL, Docker

Redmond, Wa

Developed internal Release Status dashboard used for coordinating cross-studio game releases. Developed UI, web services and SQL Server back-end. Technologies used: AngularJS, ASP.NET MVC, C#, SQL, KendoUI

Seattle, Wa

Redmond, Wa

Lead efforts to connect Microsoft.com’s targeting and experimentation platforms into their Content Management System’s authoring experience.Identified opportunities and implemented solutions to improve performance of MicrosoftStore.com. • Reduced size of product images by 20% while improving their quality translating to tens of millions of dollars expected improvement in annual sales. • Significantly improved Page Load Times by deferring the loading of low priority resources. • Developed several proofs of concept and demonstrated expected performance gains. • Collaborated with engineering teams to implement solutions and key data. • Regularly developed performance reports and maintained a reporting system. • Technologies Used: C#, SQL, Cosmos/Scope, Photoshop’s COM interface, OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision)

Redmond, Wa

Architected and lead development of several desktop and web applications critical to how the design studio collaborated with other groups and monitored he product’s UI for quality. These tools are still in use by Microsoft’s Operating Systems Group Design Studio. Highlights include: • Worked side by side with UI and UX designers in a world class studio to ensure the product the vision for Windows Phone was realized and Pixel perfect. • Architected and developed the UNI tool. A web-based tool for sharing UI specs across throughout the Windows Phone organization and tie those specs to Product studio work items. Made a presentation on UNI at UXDay 2013. • Architected and developed the latest version of the UNI tool which will scale to support the Operating System Group Design Studio for several years. • Conceived, proved concept and built VisualDiff, a web-based visual differencing system that monitors UI in the product’s daily builds and alerts designers to their changes. • Developed and implemented security, disaster recovery and other engineering best practices for OSG Design tools • Developed several other smaller reporting tools used by Design Integration to that identified thousands of UI defects in the product. • Technologies Used: C#, SQL, .Net, WCF, HTML 5, jQuery, TFS API, Product Studio API, SharePoint CSOM

Specialized in rapid design and implementation of innovative e-business ideas. Provided technical consulting services to a number of clients, including the following: • Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), is a national outdoor retail co-op • Microsoft HealthVault, a personal health application platform designed to put consumers in control of their health information • MSN, a world leader in delivering Web services • Starbucks Coffee, an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle • Wimmer Solutions, a leading Seattle technical staffing and IT project management firm • Wizards of the Coast, the global leader in hobby gaming, developing and publishing game based and other entertainment products celebrated the world over • OpenMarket, provides an efficient, web-based solution that makes it easy for media companies and content providers to market, distribute and sell premium digital content directly to consumers • Safeco Insurance, a major American national insurance company • Sakson and Taylor, a Seattle-based content design and development firm, delivering content-rich Web solutions that enable collaboration, document workflow, and easier site management • Timbre Technologies, Inc., a leader in semiconductor metrology • HealthAllies, a venture-backed healthcare technology company in the consumer-driven healthcare benefits industry • BabyStyle, a provider of innovative shopping solutions for today's growing families

Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Wa

Served aboard ballistic missile submarines, U.S.S. Nevada and U.S.S. Michigan, as a nuclear propulsion plant operator. Nuclear-trained and performed duties in nuclear propulsion plants operating reactor control, propulsion and power generation systems.The submarine force is a relatively small group. Just a mere six percent of all Navy personnel serve on subs, but it represents some of the most skilled men and women in the Navy today.To join these ranks requires a few things: 1. Volunteer to be in a sub 2. Pass prerequisite tests 3. Prove your ability to serve in this environment 4. Complete advanced training in everything from your technical specialty to damage control