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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Tech lead responsible for managing infrastructure capacity needs to enable YouTube’s growth (compute, storage, ML, power, networking, etc.) while supporting Youtube's financial objectives and setting up for scale.

Denver, Co, Us

Atlanta, Us

* Managed a data privacy team to adhere to compliance regulations* Secured CNN's infrastructure with private networks, data encryption and user permissions* Migrated CNN.com to a modern publishing platform using AWS Cloud services* Successfully directed teams to create a subscription-based service, CNN plus* Lead teams to create core Analytics for CNN* Provided support for production issues* Mentored and promoted developers

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

* Managed staff and oversaw development queue for over 70 websites.* Responsible for the expansion of newsroom platforms and mobility solutions. * Managed technical trainings and software implementation for 500 journalists. * Planned disaster recovery continuity plans for web content management systems.* Collaborated with engineers and advertising department to achieve over 1,500,000,000 monthly page views.* Directed launch of two native and web-based consumer applications. * Increased video views by 5,000,000, twice the previous year-over-year rate, by improving the video platform and consulting with content teams.* Oversaw CMG Breaking News native mobile product, which drove data-informed decision-making and generated over 63,000,000 page views annually.* Brought in over 13,000,000 page visits annually through management of ePaper product suite of eight primary applications for iOS, Android, and web platforms.* Reduced costs and risks of product decisions by building, testing, and implementing internal and B2C minimum viable products and processes. * Developed new customer feedback systems, improving customer experiences.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

* Oversaw lean software development and strategy, integration management, process and review improvements.* Web and mobile products serviced received over 840,000,000 views annually. * Led software execution and improvements for over 16 web and mobile products.* Launched suite of native mobile applications across three different media types, which optimized engagement, ratings, and revenue. * Improved customer satisfaction; surveys reflect improved experience of 30%.* Worked with 30 developers to create CMS framework to support 100 sites for radio, television, and newspaper.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Software Developer for Content Management Systems involving technologies such HTML, DHTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, Ajax, Python, Django, Php, Perl and CGI scripts.• Used tools such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Interwoven, WINCVS, FTP, and Shell• Manage the execution of third-party vendor modules and co-brands• Provide clients with front-line troubleshooting support utilizing knowledge of client-side scripting and site architecture• Built client relationships while working with multiple projects simultaneously both as part of a team and independently• Developed and supported 100 plus media sites spanning T.V., Newspaper and Radio stations.