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Greater Seattle Area

· Led teams through multiple initiatives to build learning tools, content indexing, LMS enhancements, Learning Record Store definition and commoditization, recommendation and machine learning systems, authoring tools and learning science models to build and measure learning content for all of Amazon. This system authors and deploys Amazon's most widely consumed courses. Through successful launches growing the org from 5 to 80 consisting of Learning Science, Machine Learning, 3 engineering teams and supporting product and program teams.· Led team to deliver an SVP goal to rebuild and launch Amazon's most widely used internal intranet site

Greater Seattle Area

Founding member of a team that set out to scale learning at Amazon through custom learning paths, LMS optimization and Amazon's first LRS. Successfully lobbied for and built an engineering team in a traditionally non-engineering driven domain

· Building data gathering and analytics strategy for flight training organization· Ensure strategic vision of organization is followed by advising training technology investment projects, hiring strategies, and informing long-term decisions that affect the organization· Mentor co-workers and team in leadership, training technology and strategies· Act as project lead and product owner on multiple projects· Building large scale content management systems for managing training content.

Renton, Wa

•Managed mission-critical multi-year, five-million dollar training content management and publishing project (COPE –Create Once, Publish Everywhere) utilizing parts of the SMIL and QTI specifications•Managed team of 6 programmers•Principle designer and architect for COPE XML and HTML5 platform, created business case and drove funding effort•Responsible for 6 full-time developers in addition to project financials and schedule•Advocated for and integrated software development best practices including: code reviews, common design patterns, and source code control (e.g. ClearCase and Subversion)•Drove technology research on solutions to migrate training courseware to mobile and multi-platform approaches•Served as cross-departmental consultant for computing technology strategies and architectures•Evangelized COPE architecture across Boeing Flight Services•Researched and prototyped iOS, Flash and HTML5 solutions for desktop and mobile

Renton, Wa

•Designed, programmed and documented app to configure reusable flight deck panels used to train commercial jet pilots. Built graphical interface in Flash to edit XML data model that configures panel settings and interactivity. Exceeded capability and usability goals for flight training subject matter experts and learning designer/developer team.•Drove completion of existing Flash-based emulator for complex flight deck equipment using Actionscript 2 and XML•Principle architect, developer and initial trainer for teams of developers on second generation Boeing Flight Services Adobe Flash/Flex eLearning authoring platform and tools in Actionscript 3•Ensured project success and sustainability by providing training, mentoring, technical guidance and quality documentation of processes and code for Boeing developers•Provided expertise on use of Flash, Flex/FlashBuilder for development of simulations and training content•Integrated best practices through exemplary use of advanced tools, versioning and automation [Introduced team to scripting/extensibility of development environment to automate processes and enhance productivity]•Provided technical consultation and expertise to other Boeing teams as requested by management•Improved developer productivity with automation tools done in JSFL for Flash•Supported Learning Management System (LMS) integration of eLearning template done in Flash

Crestwood, Il

•Managed a 9 month CBT Project on Track Safety Standards•Developed components of Virtual Locomotive CBT•Integrated and maintained Virtual Locomotive and Track Safety Standards CBT sites•Provided software and hardware support for locomotive simulators both remotely and on site•Designed curriculum and taught four on-site, instructor-led training classes - 40 hours of instructor-led training for each class that contained between 5 - 25 attendees

Redmond, Wa

•Converted Win16 based code to Win32 in Visual Studio on Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) for aeronautics division•Debugged serial port communication between Windows software and EGPWS•Developed socket protocol in multithreaded OS to enable networking capabilities

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

Certification, Iphone And Cocoa Development