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Chesapeake, Va, Us

Chesapeake, Va, Us

Betzdorf, Luxembourg, Lu

Betzdorf, Luxembourg, Lu

Norfolk, Virginia, Us

Lead software engineer for two successful commercial Video Management System (VMS) products, focusing on cross-platform/multi-architecture backend components and RESTful web services using C++ and Java.• Designed and developed a modern lightweight embedded C++11 web server engine and framework.• Designed and developed HTTP REST API endpoints.• Designed and developed a software licensing framework.• Designed and developed a WebSocket signaling framework for WebRTC browser video streaming.• Designed and developed a notification framework for sending emails based on user configured rules and time based alerts.• Designed and developed an authentication framework for allowing external authentication within the application.• Monitored and supported cloud based deployments.

Herndon, Virginia, Us

Designed and developed backend data services for U.S. Coast Guard’s Common Operating Picture (COP) using Java.• Designed, developed and refactored Java backend architecture for efficiently processing and disseminating USCG data feeds, using Spring, Java Message System (JMS), and Data Distribution Service (DDS)• Designed and developed C# .NET based software add-in using the ArcGIS API for Silverlight• Incorporated unit testing into the development process, increasing project code coverage to over 90%• Updated software projects to use the Maven build manager and Mercurial source control repository, enabling reliable and continuous integration

Mclean, Va, Us

Designed, developed, and deployed 3D immersive visualization applications and frameworks to J2 USJFCOM applied visualization's knowledge advanced visualization environment (KAVE) using C# and C++.• Designed and developed a distributed message framework used to establish communication links between independent software modules and processes.• Designed and developed standalone data simulators used to test and validate software systems.• Lead the initiative to incorporate Test Driven Development (TDD) into the software development process.

Herndon, Va, Us

Designed and developed U.S. Coast Guard’s Vega Navigational System using C# on the Windows platform.• Designed and developed Geospatial Query/Rules Engine used for spatial monitoring and route alarm detection.• Researched and developed computational geometric algorithm to efficiently detect degenerate polygons• Developed solution to functionally test geospatial query library, outlined/highlighted geodetic shapes to confirm the quality and precision of the library.• Designed and developed generic Alerting System, which was customized and integrated into multiple areas of Vega. Provided functional improvements to Command and Control Integrated Navigation System (COMDAC INS) using C++ on the Solaris platform.• Assisted in the development of geospatial monitoring system which queried, filtered, and displayed data from various electronic nautical charts.• Developed TCL based application that generated custom reports by retrieving data from Sqlite database.• Implemented Solaris Jumpstart Server which facilitated non-interactive installation of development and runtime Solaris machines.

Maintained and enhanced software and hardware components of a radar/video simulator for the U.S. Navy in the ASDS (Advanced Sensor Distribution System) division using C++.• Primary tester of radar firmware and hardware updates.• Debugged and fixed software radar simulator issues• Created test manual to standardize radar testing procedures.

Master Of Engineering (Me), Computer Engineering

Bs, Computer Engineering