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Joined the CNN Plus OTT team as the incoming Architect across all OTT technical solutions. The team leaned on my knowledge and experience with streaming media applications and cross platform development.My direct contributions in the time before launch involved designing and implementing a Focus Management system natively in tvOS and AndroidTV to make focus behaviour consistent across all platforms, as well as working across the technical stack with multiple teams at CNN Digital to… Show more Joined the CNN Plus OTT team as the incoming Architect across all OTT technical solutions. The team leaned on my knowledge and experience with streaming media applications and cross platform development.My direct contributions in the time before launch involved designing and implementing a Focus Management system natively in tvOS and AndroidTV to make focus behaviour consistent across all platforms, as well as working across the technical stack with multiple teams at CNN Digital to ensure that future features and enhancements were supported and well designed.My role was intended to take multiple existing OTT applications written in different frameworks and bring them together while working across multiple teams with common goals. Unfortunately, the CNN Plus project was sunset prematurely a month after launch. Show less

Lead a remote team of Sr. Staff Developers engaged with internal and external brands involved with You.i Engine One. Handled escalations and provided guidance during transition period of You.i TV being brought into the HBO Direct to Consumer Technology group.During this time I also provided technical leadership and guidance to several internal HBO projects building innovative OTT streaming applications.

Lead a remote team of Application Architects who engage with clients to enable them to build world class OTT Video applications with You.i Engine One and React Native best practices.

Specializing in You.i TV's React Native cross-platform solution, I provide architectural guidance and solutions to partners building their own OTT video streaming applications.

With the You.i Engine One cross-platform solution, delivered OTT video streaming applications (SVOD and AVOD) while leading development teams spread out over multiple cities and timezones.

BlackBerry OS and platform developer.I was responsible for maintaining the Priority Inbox, Global Progress Indicator, and Suggested contacts and recipients in BlackBerry Hub.