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Los Angeles, CA, US

Leading engineering teams to build great products, improve processes, and deliver reliable, scalable software. Creating supportive environments where engineers can do their best work and grow. Solving tough technical problems, learning together, and building for the future.

Redwood City, CA, US

• Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, DSPs and game developers scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.
• Responsible for the global Applications Engineering teams building and maintaining web applications and APIs for our customers and internal stakeholders to interface with the business.
• Mentored and directed efforts of Engineering Managers and team leads in USA, UK, Canada, and China.
• Implemented DORA metric measurement across teams and improved Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Change, and Change Failure Rate by a significant margin quarter over quarter for 5 consecutive quarters

San Francisco, CA, US

• [Vungle merged with Liftoff]
• Managed global applications teams (primarily web Interfaces and APIs) for the demand-side and the supply-side businesses.
• Built & migrated central IAM system to control & audit access for internal & customer accounts
• Introduced smart rate limiting to safeguard APIs
• Designed technical integrations with acquired companies

• Built the scheduling and execution environment with Apache Airflow for machine learning & data processing pipelines.
• Oversaw Data engineering and Applications Engineering functions.

• Built the web application for customers to manage accounts & integrations, and instrument performance data.
• Owned the main customer touchpoints for our integration with them.
• Managed a team based in US and Europe.

Culver City, California, US

Maintained cloud infrastructure and built applications for reporting, analytics and tools used in game publishing, live operations, and management of portfolio game titles. Led development on some games with the internal game studio.

Notable clients: Warner Bros. Pictures, B-Reel, Create Advertising, The Flock, The Arterie, Tiffany Kunz Design, Highland Park Brewery

Venice, CA, US

Developed web applications, websites and digital games and microsites. Special focus on UX, creative, and ideation with technical focus on javascript development, standards compliance, browser and device compatibility, progressive enhancement, responsive design and unique interfaces. Worked on Flash, 3d, immersive content, contests and generally "outside.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4526908/Owned interactive advertising functions. Developed, created & launched client web properties - mostly for independent films. Participated in technical post-production functions.

Designed site graphics, photography, miscellaneous technology roles

Managed IT related functions including networking, workstations, and local accounting software network. Designed signage and managed relationships with advertising partners. Created and maintained website and related functions.http://kuntryhaven.com

Managed a direct mail campaign, signage, logos, and web development.http://precisiontoledo.com

Consulting for Northwest Ohio area businesses to solve technology-related problems, increase efficiency, and maintain a professional image as businesses.

Scripts, coverage, office duties, miscellany

• Worked independently to manage technology-related purchasing, maintenance and outsourcing
• Responsible for maintaining a daily data backup of company documents and accounting data
• Design and oversight of mailers, flyers, business cards, and signage, website, and local area network
• Set long-term goals to improve and upgrade computer systems and systematically accomplished the task within the specified timeframe. Increased workplace efficiency significantly.