Nicholas Wilson Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

As software consultant, my duties ranged from solution architect, to technical lead, to front/back-end developer (see below for individual projects).- Columbia Sportswear | Data Engineering Tech Lead – Developed proof-of-concept API that integrates key points of data and provides a new way to interpret business logic- Columbia Sportswear | Senior Engineer – Worked with integrations team on their X1 and REAP projects building enterprise services (using Azure) that integrated 10+ 3rd party platforms- Q5id | Xamarin Developer – Worked with both Axian and Q5id team members to deliver MVP Android & iOS biometrics application- Webtrends | Mobile Developer – Updated Webtrends SDK written in Objective C for iOS 12+ functionality- ActOn | Tech Lead – Developed DNS migration tool for migrating 400+ DNS records from UltraDNS to Amazon Route 53

Portland, Oregon, Us

As an SA at CSC, my role ranged from team lead to defining architectural standards to organizing and participating in team-wide and cross-organization meetings and demonstrations to designing and leading (in coordination with project/product owners/managers) high-visibility and customer-facing enterprise-grade technical solutions.- Lead SAP PEAK, Membership Amplified and Blue Marlin (Maersk 3PL) projects from proof-of-concept through full implementation- Worked with integrations and “direct to consumer” teams on production-related issues and performance improvements surrounding D365 & SAP integrations- Lead Hack-A-Thon team to “best in show” competition win

As co-founder at TW Solutions, I was the principal technical contributor on all aspects of the business, including: strategy, outreach, sales, infrastructure, management, finance, marketing, branding, graphic design, web development, full-stack development, etc.- Led teams to successful delivery of 2 industry-leading products (SureVey & SureWeigh)- Oversaw all technical specifications and set project priorities and timelines- Lead developer on all aspects of the product (backend, frontend, API integration, QA, etc.)- Oversaw talent acquisition at all phases of the onboarding process, both local and remote- Initiated, planned, and oversaw development team comprising of local developers and contractors in India- Oversaw freelance contract relationships via Upwork, TransferWire, PayPal, Stripe, etc.- Managed military contract

Los Altos, Ca, Us

Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Kr

As a TPM working on Cognitive Science research at Samsung, I led a team investigating digital assistant concepts in virtual and augmented reality (using Unity).- Developed technical specifications and set project priorities and timelines- Implemented AI-related aspects of the backend (Api.Ai, saliency map web api, etc.)- Assisted with talent acquisition at all phases of the onboarding process- Initiated, planned, and oversaw $30,000 collaboration with foreign contractor- Oversaw freelance relationship via Upwork- Initiated and fostered cross-department collaborations

Portland, Or, Us

As a software developer at Selectron, I worked with an agile squad developing modern IVR systems.- Web API and WCF backend technologies - Implemented using RESTful API and OData - Microsoft Identity Authentication- Dynamically loaded (via Unity) windows service- Frontend development using Type Script, JQuery, Knockout, Kendo, Bootstrap, etc.- Integration with Voxeo Prophecy and CXP for handling call flow- 100% code coverage using unit and integration testing methods - Moq, Shim, Mongo

- Backend development using Microsoft’s Azure Services (BizSpark)- Desktop frontend development using C# and VBA (Excel)- Mobile app development using Xamarin Studio (iOS & Android)

Alexandria, Va, Us

At ARL, I worked as a government contractor for the Network Sciences and Cognitive Robotics groups under the Human Research and Engineering Directorate’s Cognitive Sciences Branch (HRED/CSB).- Developed IED Network Game (asymmetrical adversarial games) - WPF C# front end - WCF communication with game play engine - UDP service discovery and TCP communication - Game play statistics tracked by SQL Server back end- Supported SS-RICS cognitive robotics system - Uses C# and Visual C++ for both front- and back-end aspects - WCF process distribution (both TCP & HTTP protocols) - WPF service administration console- Developed and implemented various machine learning algorithms - TDFALCON (ArtMap with reinforcement) - Average Q learning - Activation with habituation and refraction- Secret-level security clearance

Troy, Ny, Us

- Co-teacher: Psychological Modeling and Cognitive Architectures(COGS-4963/6963, Fall 2011; COGS-4968/6968, Fall 2012)- Guest lecturer: Cognitive Modeling, Programming for AI, Cognitive Robotics, Issues in Cognitive Science- Developed models of human behavior using: CLARION Cognitive Architecture, ACT-R, LEABRA, Soar- Lead developer: The CLARION Library 6.x (both C# & Java versions)

Troy, Ny, Us

- Teaching assistant & guest lecturer for several courses, including: Cognitive Modeling, Programming for AI, Cognitive Robotics, Issues in Cognitive Science- Research assistant developing models of human behavior using: CLARION Cognitive Architecture, ACT-R, LEABRA, Soar- Lead developer: The CLARION Library 6.x (both C# & Java versions)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitive Science

Master Of Science (M.S.), Cognitive Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science