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Seattle, Wa, Us

Architected the Alexa Digital Sales organization’s 3-Year tech strategy. Lead a multi-org group of experienced and high potential engineers chartered with raising the bar in operational excellence, knowledge sharing, and design reviews. Conducted 60+ software engineer interviews. Regularly advise and mentor SDEs on architecture, software design, and career progression. Designed and delivered critical path code for the Alexa-based Hey Disney! assistant at-home experience. Collaborate with Data Engineers and Product Managers to root cause unexpected shifts in key business metrics. Drive mitigation efforts for high severity events as an Alexa Call Leader.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Voice User Interfaces for the Alexa Skill Store.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Voice User Interfaces for the Alexa Skill Store.

Ames, Iowa, Us

Responsible for facilitating the allocation of $1.7 million of student activity fees to over 130 student organizations and organizations supporting students. Includes chairing the Senate Finance Committee, meeting with student leaders, community leaders, and university administrators, and generally advising on financial matters. I worked with the webmaster to bring ad-hoc funding requests online, reducing unnecessary back and forth and opportunities for errors.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Worked on a live content scheduling service with the Amazon Video Live-Playback team.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Wrote embedded software and designed accompanying custom PCB for a reference design for TI's AM335x System-on-Chip. Software written in C and deployed to an AM335x-equipped BeagleBone black controlling Fujitsu thermal printer. Designed the PCB with Altium, fabricated by OSHPARK.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

Developed and maintained Nagios XI and NetQoS Performance Center-based monitoring tools deployed to Rockwell Collins data centers to ensure quick identification of performance anomalies. Automated the collection of monthly network performance data by writing small Java applications.