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Data Science, Software Development, Data Analysis, Visualization and Presentation. Member of AI data analysis team: Large Language Models, Machine Learning, Web CrawlingMember of the Datasite Product R&D organization. Responsible for software development, analytics, and research created in Python, R-Language, MS Excel, Oracle SQL and Mongo DB / JSON data storage. I work with structured (SQL, JSON, Excel) and unstructured (text, PDF format) file formats, developing scripts / proof of concept prototypes, and presentation quality product for Datasite Product and Marketing organizations.

-- Technical Product Director at Connexient, the leading provider of enterprise scale indoor mapping and wayfinding services and applications. Expert in BLE, Wifi and location based services technologies emerging from companies like Mist, Polestar, Navvis, Cisco. Conducted detailed competitive analysis and assessment of usability of multiple indoor navigation technologies.-- Technical advisor with oversight and hiring responsibility for Product and Project Management of indoor mapping and wayfinding solutions delivered as Native Android, iPhone, and HTML web applications. Technical architect for Google Maps API and Map Layers integration with Connexient indoor mapping applications. Developed technical requirements documentation for 3D indoor mapping and route finding Map Editor, and Mapping Engine SDKs. Provided technical assessment and work scope for development of next generation Connexient indoor mapping core technology, mobile product architecture, and engineering organization structure and hiring strategy.

3DVIA.com was a social media website for 3D models (content warehouse) built by Dassault Systèmes. As engineering director for 3DVIA I led and made direct contributions to development and operations of the 3DVIA.com website.-- LAMP stack Web application development and design (Linux, PHP, HTML/CSS, Javascript)-- Ran daily standup meetings for a Agile development process with issue tracking in Jira-- Reviewed source code submitted for checkin, including release management responsibilities.-- Developed custom web site analytics (Linux, MySQL, Python/PERL, Google Analytics, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint)-- Worked with Product Management and Marketing to develop long term 3DVIA.com product strategy

At 3DVIA/Dassault Systèmes, I worked as a consulting engineer on 3D data modeling and 3D file format problems, to design and build new tools, software and data services. 3DVIA Shopper Package Manager-- Designed and new method for large scale production of 3D models of consumer goods from 2D image/photo libraries -- Implemented a working 2D-3D image processing system in Python-- Used system to build multiple full scale shelf visualizations for consumer product goods (like Shampoo, Pet Food, and Battery shelf displays)-- Applied for and received patent on technology used to automatically build 3D models from 2D photographs 3D Space Planning - Commercial Office 3D Floorplan Walkthrough-- Wrote Python scripts using XML ElementTree library to parse and clean up Sketchup generated DAE/3D Models used for office planning visualization-- Implemented a new method for "double-sided" mesh reduction and cleanup of duplicated vertex/triangle data in 3D models

Problem definition and solution vision.Understand/analyze content structure and value (working with large data sets).Assess any existing applications and design specifications.Assess build/buy tradeoffs.Write application requirements design documentation.Ensure application architecture and life cycle integrity.Provide application engineering design reviews.Manage technical projects thru implementation and deployment phase.Analyze and optimize web application performance (front and back end).Analyze application (web site) usage and trend patterns.Define and establish web site policies and usage rules.

Managed design and development of large scale enterprise database applications including Siebel Consumer Sector, and Siebel Employee Relationship Mangement (ERM). Responsible for translating customer product requirements into fully tested working software.

Products: Siebel Consumer Sector. Siebel Employee Relationship Management (ERM), Siebel eContent/eBriefings.Technologies: Siebel Tools, C++ code, PERL, HTML, XML, Java Servlet, Apache Tomcat, Squid, MySQL, Oracle, DB2. Scalability & Performance testing (Loadrunner). Automated testing (Siebel test tools)

Technical Architect for external content integration strategy at InterActive WorkPlace, a 12 person startup company, sold to Siebel Systems in 1997. Responsibilities: Design and implement web hosted company newsfeed and profile database. Tools: PERL, MSSQL, Microsoft .NET to support HTML web pages and URL/XML based API.

Provided engineering direction for business news and financial filings publishing strategy. See OneSource Online (http://www.onesource.com/)

Director/Founder of Notes Technology Group - Lotus Notes based business information content publishing services.

Symbolics was an MIT startup company in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, expert systems, and advanced LISP workstation technologies.

Software engineer. Medical research technician in Judah Folkman's Angiogenesis research laboratory. Responsibilities: Image processing, data acquisition, statistical analysis, research and define new measurement techniques.