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I led and managed a globally distributed team of software and QA engineers supporting the provisioning and customized DNS solutions used by CenturyLink’s CDN. The provisioning team supported an internal application as well as an externally available, self-service API. Our DNS solution combined geo data, policy rules, and server load statistics to optimize server selection for content requests. I previously managed the software and QA teams responsible for supporting our live, broadcast video distribution software. I work closely with our stakeholders to collect project requirements, define user stories, assign tasks, conduct design reviews, code reviews, and manage our releases. Technologies/Skills Utilized: C/C++, Unix/Linux, DNS, Python, Perl, Node.js, Cassandra, Sybase, Algorithms, Rally, SNMP, Visual Studio, C#, Agile Methodologies, People/Project Management

I was the lead engineer on several immersive training simulations and applications as well as basic research projects funded by the U.S. Army, DARPA, and the Department of Homeland Security. I designed and developed an incident command staff training application using Emergent’s Gamebryo graphics engine. I was the lead for a project that developed new entity types and behaviors within the OneSAF Testbed military simulator. I authored funding proposals, defined project goals, managed direct reports, managed subcontractors and approved deliverables.Technologies/Skills Utilized: C++, Java, Visual Studio, Linux, Gamebryo and Unreal Game Engines, OneSAF Testbed, AI Agent Modeling/Architecture/Planning

I worked primarily on the ChoiceSeat project, an in-stadium sports entertainment network used in major sporting arenas. During the 1999 Super Bowl, more than 600 stadium seats were equipped with ChoiceSeat units --interactive, touch-sensitive 10-inch color screens. By pressing virtual buttons, fans could personalize the broadcast and access multiple live cameras, replays from various angles, historical data about teams and players, real-time statistics, trivia, activities, and interactive advertising and promotion offers. My main task was developing tools and interfaces to allow messages to be multicasted to stadium units. I worked on the real-time scoreboard and I implemented mechanisms for scrolling advertisements and facilitating online purchasing. I also integrated games from third party vendors.Technologies/Skills Utilized: ASP, HTML, SQL Server