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London, Gb

London, Gb

Burbank, California, Us

Lead a globally distributed team to design and develop a cloud-based billing and work tracking system to centralize billing, rate card management, accruals and financial reporting for business units in North America, Europe and Australia. Agile methodology, test driven development, and pair programming strategies created a strong team and a robust solution. Manage outsource firm to build an OTT premium movie delivery platform that allows studio executives to schedule at-home streaming of theatrical releases. Utilized XP “extreme programming” concepts like full time pair programming, user driven design, continuous integration and delivery, and data driven requirements. Identified gaps in existing hiring process where new engineers lacking the ability to work in a team environment were creating a negative culture. Developed a new hiring process that incorporated a technical exam designed to find team fit, empathy quotient and programming talent. Piloted program with existing team before rolling out to all engineering groups.Drive product strategy and roadmaps by providing a conduit for ideas between customers, executive management, product teams, and development. Encourage creative solutions and guide brainstorming and prioritization sessions to deliver the highest possible business value and reduce complexity.Collaborate with major movie studios to design a solution for automated ordering and order status tracking that reduced manual status reporting by 60%. Coordinated with customers, executives, project managers and developers to deliver the solution on time with no major bugs.Encourage and grow the agile culture throughout the company by fostering book clubs and “scrum of scrums” collaboration sessions.

Los Angeles, Us

Lead the global integration project across Los Angeles, London, Sydney and Toronto to unify multiple software platforms providing management of content creation, worldwide distribution, and finance.Expand project and work order tracking system to integrate with SAP, and work with finance to provide a billing / invoicing solution to unify processes globally.Architect and build the next generation cinema distribution system responsible for delivering movies to theaters worldwide.

Los Angeles, Us

Direct a dynamic team towards the continual improvement of existing products as well as developing new ideas into profit generating systems.Work in close collaboration with clients, business development, and internal users to identify new opportunities and build unique solutions to answer individualized market demands. Develop the core architecture across a range of projects for both new and existing products.Direct and mentor cross-functional team members toward the successful delivery of projects. Oversee system compliance with MPAA content security and open source software policy.Liaise with users across the US and Europe to understand local variances and conduct business process reengineering (BPR) in order to unify work flows. Notable Achievements:Led a two-year project to architect a solution and manage a team in creating a global project and order tracking system. This solution manages Digital Cinema movie creation and distribution to cinemas worldwide. The project was successfully deployed in 2014, and reached 99% adoption with one year. Realized $1,000,000 in annual cost savings by preventing lost revenue with an approval queuing system, and the improved user experience reduced operator errors by 50% in comparison with the old system.

Los Angeles, Us

Worked in collaboration with department directors and external customers to identify specific problems before designing and developing individually tailored solutions.Developed a hard drive cloning solution to clone DCPs (digital movies) for cinema distribution. Created a hybrid Windows .NET and Linux Python system, resulting in a savings of $30,000 per replicator and a 15% decrease in replication time.Developed a digital asset management system which formed the backbone for Screenvision’s 9,500 screen advertising system. The system interfaces with a VSAT satellite system to automate content and schedule delivery as well as collecting auditing and compliance data.Led the engineering function for the global key generation (KDM) management application. This system uses web services to interface with a key generation appliance, providing KDMs to users across the globe. Automation and process flow improvements have resulted in a 10 times increase in capacity.

Planned, developed, and launched a nationwide geo-location based smart phone treasure hunting game. Generated over 1000 users worldwide, using GPS to provide clues to physical tokens spread across the United States. Developed an innovative and unique user interface, inclusive of a QR code prize validation system.Managed the social media presence and implemented user generated content to self-promote the application.Designed and delivered an interactive website with leaderboard and prize history.

Managed web, email, and database infrastructure across the company.Directed the communications function, ensuring successful customer relations as well as effective external vendor management. Researched and executed a datacenter migration, resulting in significant cost savings and increased availability from 90% to 99.99% uptime.Realized over $25,000 in savings per year by identifying and customizing an open source spam-filtering solution.

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Managed file, email and web servers, physical networking, routing, network security, and end user support for web hosting and investment banking divisions. Planned and installed three WAN connected remote offices.Designed and installed fully redundant datacenter, utilizing failover internet connections, firewalls, load balancing, and disaster recovery plans.

Ontario, California, Us