Jason Borja Email & Phone Number

West Hollywood, California, Us

Leading Pluto TV's Content Systems Engineering teams.

West Hollywood, California, Us

Leading Pluto TV's Content Systems Engineering teams.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

My responsibilities at Hallmark Labs include: 1) Overseeing Digital Greetings, SVOD, Platform, Device, QA and Database Engineering teams. Provide leadership and coaching for our managers and technical leaders who are responsible for developing and operating Labs' Platform (authentication, authorization, billing, subscriptions, products, orders, etc.) and consumer facing applications.2) Reporting to the SVP/GM to improve software processes and team culture, budget planning, vendor management and roadmap execution planning, converting ideas and vision into executable tasks and general tech strategy.3) Partnering with our Product, Infrastructure, and Business Intelligence teams to set the technical direction for the business and develop the engineering roadmap.4) Estimating work effort and allocating engineering resources, enabling multiple simultaneous sprints across the company's live products.5) Setting clear expectations and create a positive work environment based on accountability, in collaboration with the engineering and management teams.6) Manage escalations, production issues, and new product deployments to customers.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

My responsibilities at Hallmark Labs include:1) Overseeing SVOD, Platform, and Database Engineering teams.2) Reporting to the CTO to improve software processes and team culture, budget planning, and roadmap execution planning, converting ideas and vision into executable tasks and general tech strategy.3) Partnering with our Product team to set the technical direction for the business and develop the engineering roadmap.4) Estimating work effort and allocating engineering resources, enabling multiple simultaneous sprints across the company's live products.5) Driving rapid prototyping cycles from technical requirements, software designs, programming, debugging, and optimization.6) Providing technical leadership and guidance to my team and peers.7) Setting clear expectations and create a positive work environment based on accountability, in collaboration with the engineering and management teams.8) Manage escalations, production issues, and new product deployments to customers.

My responsibilities at Crackle included:1) Leading and managing Crackle's Technology Team, which includes Software Engineers, QA Testers, and Ad Tech Analysts. 2) Maintaining a disciplined practice of software development processes. 3) Creating a highly productive development environment, refusing to live without automation.4) Mentoring and managing the professional growth of this team through personal and performance-based development. 5) Serving as the primary Engineering liaison for Crackle's core platform. 6) Establishing Engineering prioritization of Crackle's product roadmap.My team maintains and enhances Crackle's Video transcoding and streaming platform, which powers all of Crackle's applications. We extend the capabilities of this platform by implementing an API framework for accessing Crackle's content catalog, content avails, and video streams. We ensure content security by integrating DRMs such as Widevine and PlayReady into this platform. We also maintain integrations into advertising platforms such as DoubleClick DFP and FreeWheel MRM. Because of the streaming protocols, DRM integrations, and APIs developed by this team, the Crackle service is available on IOS, Android, Sony TV, ROKU, XBOX 360, XBOX One, PlayStation 3 & 4, Chrome Cast, PlayStation Vita, Android TV, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Fire TV, the Nook, Yahoo! Widget, Bravia Internet Video LInk devices, LG TV, Vizio TV, and Samsung TV.

My responsibilities at Crackle included:1) Leading and managing Crackle's Technology Team, which includes engineers, QA testers, and Ad Tech specialists. 2) Maintaining a disciplined practice of software development processes. 3) Creating a highly productive development environment, refusing to live without automation.4) Mentoring and managing the professional growth of this team through personal and performance-based development. 5) Serving as the primary Engineering liaison with Crackle's Product team for designing and scoping product features. 6) Establishing Engineering prioritization of Crackle's product roadmap.My team maintains and enhances Crackle's Video transcoding and streaming platform, which powers all of Crackle's applications. We extend the capabilities of this platform by implementing an API framework for accessing Crackle's content catalog, content avails, and video streams. We ensure content security by integrating DRMs such as Widevine and PlayReady into this platform. We also maintain integrations into advertising platforms such as DoubleClick DFP and FreeWheel MRM. Because of the streaming protocols, DRM integrations, and APIs developed by this team, the Crackle service is available on IOS, Android, Sony TV, ROKU, XBOX 360, XBOX One, PlayStation 3 & 4, Chrome Cast, PlayStation Vita, Android TV, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Fire TV, the Nook, Yahoo! Widget, Bravia Internet Video LInk devices, LG TV, Vizio TV, and Samsung TV.

My responsibilities included:1) Roadmap Planning - Maintained Crackle's Product Roadmap schedule. Prioritized and scheduled projects into the product roadmap after securing feedback and support from key business stakeholders.2) Strategic Alignment - Ensured that projects added to the Roadmap are aligned with Crackle's business strategy 3) Project Management & Oversight - Managed the execution of Crackle's projects from definition to delivery. 4) Define & Enforce Standards - Defined & maintained standards and processes that governed how Crackle projects are managed. Ensured that project management standards & best practices are followed by project teams.5) Monitor & Report on Projects - Tracked the status of all projects in the organization and defined the way this information is compiled and reported to management.6) Knowledge Management - Documented lessons from Crackle’s various projects and developed a knowledge center to benefit future projectsDuring this period, my PM team successfully lead the development and launch of the Crackle application on the following entertainment platforms: XBOX One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Store, PS Vita, Apple TV, BlackBerry 10, Sony TV (2013+ devices), Amazon Fire TV, and Chromecast.

Lead and managed Crackle's team of engineers and QA testers. Maintained a disciplined practice of agile processes. Mentored and managed the professional development of this team through personal and performance management. Served as the primary Engineering liaison with the product team for designing and scoping product features. Helped develop and determine engineering prioritization of the customer facing product roadmap.During this period, my team built Crackle's Video transcoding and streaming platform, which powers all of Crackle's applications. We added flexibility to this platform by implementing an API framework for accessing Crackle's content catalog, content avails, and video streams. We added content security by integrating DRMs such as Widevine and PlayReady into this platform. We also built integrations into advertising platforms such as DoubleClick DFP and FreeWheel MRM. With the streaming protocols, DRM integrations, and APIs developed by my team, Crackle was able to launch its applications on IOS, Android, ROKU, XBOX 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Home, Google TV, Amazon Kindle, the Nook, Yahoo! Widget, Bravia Internet Video LInk devices, LG TV, Vizio TV, and Samsung TV.

El Segundo, California, Us

Served as the acting Director of Software Engineering for Sony Pictures Television's Crackle video streaming service. Was responsible for all software development projects for the Crackle.com website during this time period and lead an engineering team comprised of seven developers and one QA manager. Reported directly to Crackle's Chief Architect. Played a leadership role in the assembly of this technical team and in the transfer of development responsibilities from the original engineering team in Sausalito, CA to the new team in Culver City, CA. Worked with senior management to define and implement new SDLC policies and processes.

El Segundo, California, Us

Performed as the Technical Lead and Manager of a development team for the Advanced Platforms and Digital Distribution group of Sony Pictures Television. Lead a team that designed, developed, and maintained the Bonus Digital Copy (BDC) and Memory Stick Entertainment Pack (MSEP) products for the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Sony Memory Stick business units, respectively. The BDC product was bundled with SPHE’s DVD and Bluray products, and offered the end user special “bonus” digital versions of the movie they purchased. This product supported up to three digital versions of the movie: a Windows Media Video version, a PlayStation Portable (PSP) version, and an iTunes version. In a similar fashion, the MSEP product was bundled with the Memory Stick PRO Duo media, and allowed the end user to unlock and download a digital version of a select Sony movie title onto the memory stick for playback on their PSP device. Both the BDC and MSEP products were powered by a J2EE-based web application that provided for the delivery and installation of a license to unlock and own the DRM-protected movie content.

El Segundo, California, Us

Served as the Tech Lead and Manager of a development team for the Sony Pictures Digital Home Entertainment group. Designed and developed a number of J2EE web applications that provided for the digital sell-thru and download of Windows DRM Licensed movie content. Was responsible for the project management, design, and implementation of a digital movie content management and delivery platform. This platform was built using proven Open-Source, Java-based technologies such as Spring and Hibernate. Project managed the design and development of two digital movie web stores that supported the purchase, download, and playback of Windows DRM protected videos. The first web store provided a traditional two-foot web shopping experience. The second web store, however, was built specifically for the Windows Media Center Edition environment and, thus, provided a ten-foot web shopping experience.

El Segundo, California, Us

Was a member of a development team responsible for the design, implementation, and execution of a Java-based packaging application used to ingest the digital music files sold by the Sony Connect on-line music store. Developed a number of business components that applied various business rules governing the sale of audio tracks on the store. Developed a web application that allowed store managers to encode audio tracks on demand. Played a key role in the successful ingestion of 500,000 audio tracks within a six month time frame; this was a major project milestone for Sony Connect’s site launch.

El Segundo, California, Us

Was a member of a development team responsible for the design and implementation of a web-based Java application used by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s accounting department to manage its revenue sharing contracts with retail video rental stores in the U.S. and Canada. The application was developed using the Struts v1.1 application framework with EJBs encapsulating business logic.

El Segundo, California, Us

Served as the Lead Java Developer for the Disney Consumer Products group’s online product approval application. Was responsible for all of the major Java and JSP design and development during the project’s numerous development cycles. Upgraded the application from a custom, java framework to the Apache Struts v1.0.2 application framework to facilitate and improve the development and maintenance of the application. Upgraded the application’s validation methods by integrating the Struts Validation Framework. Integrated the use of the Log4J software to improve the application’s logging facilities. Migrated the application’s J2EE Application Server from JRun v4.0 to IBM WebSphere v5.0. Migrated the application’s underlying document management/workflow engine from Livelink v9.0.1 to v9.1.3. Designed and implemented a separate on-line monitoring application that was used to monitor the primary site’s stability.

Performed as the Lead Java Developer for AT&T Wireless’ e-Procurement site. Designed and developed an e-Procurement application that integrated Ariba’s Punchout application and Commerce One’s RoundTrip solution into the client’s existing ATG-based B2B e-Commerce site. Managed and mentored a team of three client developers, and two business analysts for this e-Procurement project. Developed a customized ATG User Profile using a Dynamo SQL Repository. Developed Servlet code to conduct B2B transactions with both Ariba and Commerce One e-Marketplaces. All information transmitted between Buyers and Suppliers was achieved via the use of XML documents. Provided technical expertise on behalf of the client during sales calls with client’s business customers/partners. Trained members of the client’s sustainment team on how to develop and maintain ATG applications within the context of the client’s development environment.

Functioned as a Senior ATG/Java Developer for the AT&T Wireless’ B2B e-Commerce site. Designed and developed custom ATG Droplets (a.k.a. Dynamo Servlet Beans) to render dynamic content housed in an Oracle database. Assisted in the development of coding standards for Droplet development and error handling. Developed ATG JHTML (a.k.a. Dynamo Server Pages) pages for various sections of the site. Provided technical support to junior ATG developers.

Functioned as an ATG/Java Developer for an on-line banking application developed for the Dresdner Bank, a client of Digital Channel Partners. Implemented an on-line portfolio valuation module, which was designed to provide a personalized view of the investment portfolios of the Bank’s numerous customers. Developed administrative applications that managed user access privileges. These applications interfaced with an Oracle database system that housed the user’s data. Developed front-end screens using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ATG Dynamo’s JHTML Mark-up Language, and ATG Droplets. Implemented middle-layer ATG Form Handlers, using ATG Dynamo’s Java API, to process online form submissions. Implemented middle-layer components, using ATG’s RelationalView technology, to handle data retrieval, modification, and storage against an Oracle data source.

Worldwide, Oo

Served as a front-end/OpenMarket IPS Developer for an on-line affinity-based, recreational portal owned by KSL, a client of Deloitte. Implemented various modules of this online portal within the development environment of OpenMarket’s Internet Publishing System (IPS). Designed and developed a menu system using JavaScript, DHTML, HTML, and IPS’ Mark-up Language. Designed and developed web pages for a Tee Time Reservations application that interfaced with an on-line Tee Time Reservation System. These front-end pages interfaced with middle-layer Netscape Application Server (NAS) applications, which managed interactions with the remote, on-line Tee Time Reservation System and with the local data store. Designed and developed admin management tools for the Portal. Designed and developed a page-level tracking system that captured page visits in a local database and generated a simple graphical display of this tracked data using JavaScript. Developed code that interfaced with Oracle back-end systems via in-line SQL and stored procedure calls. Designed database schemas and developed stored-procedures that stored and extracted user information. Provided technical training for client personnel on the IPS development environment.Also performed as a Perl/Documentum/Oracle Developer for an on-line document management site owned by Lucent, a client of Deloitte. Designed processes for online user registration and authentication, login and validation, and profile maintenance. Developed Perl CGI scripts that processed user-supplied information from client browsers. These scripts interfaced with back-end Oracle database systems that housed the user’s data. Designed database schemas and developed stored-procedures that stored and extracted user information from Oracle data sources. Developed code that interfaced with a Documentum Document Management System. Also, served as liaison between front-end and back-end teams.

Ms, Computer Science

Bs, Computer Science