React.js and Node.js development, Unity3d game development in C# using .NET runtimes, cross-platform development, mobile app development, Facebook app development. Principal Architect on an IoMT project at MILL5 from November 2023 to present.Lead developer/full stack developer on the Asentria Site Manager web application (ASM) from August 2018 to August 2023. ASM is an "Internet of Things" remote site monitoring and control system typically used by cell network providers to monitor cell tower sites. The system uses Postgres sql with node.js on the back end and react.js on the front end, and includes leaflet interactive maps, socket communications, a REST api on the web server and on the SiteBoss units in the field. I've developed a Report Designer that allows the user to construct reports using an intuitive GUI wysiwyg interface, and I also built a Dashboard builder that automatically builds Grafana dashboards for sites.Developed Unity3D games for my clients Tricky Fast LLC and their clients Disruptor Beam, Inc. Ported Disruptor Beam’s Star Trek Timelines Unity3D 2D MMO RPG mobile game to Steam platform, including adding manual Facebook authentication flow via embedded browser. Set up continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) for Steam version of Star Trek Timelines. Worked on Disruptor Beam’s The Walking Dead - March to War Unity3D 3D MMO RPG mobile game. Developed Unity3D 3D multi-player game prototype for Lisandia. Developed Lisandia-branded 3D tilt racing mobile game “Racecar Driver”, now available on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.

Developed four games for my clients Jam and Candy (including the co-creator of the Jeopardy game show) using Unity3D, C#, .NET runtimes, SQLLite client side databases, and PHP. Implemented In App Purchase and banner ads for all four to monetize those apps using the Freemium pricing strategy. Released them to iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon, and they are available for free now. Developed PHP scripts as necessary to support the games. Created two gamepack builder AIR apps to help create content for those games.Ported the mobile game "Move Your Vowels"​ from Flash/Actionscript to Unity/C# for IOS, Google Play Android, and Amazon Android. Created the new mobile game "Move Your Vowels Español"​ for IOS, Google Play Android, and Amazon Android using Unity/C#. Created the new mobile game "Comprende U" for IOS, Google Play Android, and Amazon Android using Unity/C#. Created the new game "Kissin Kuzzins" for IOS, Google Play Android, Amazon Android, WebGL, and WebPlayer, including In App Purchase, banner ads, achievements and leaderboards for Facebook, IOS Game Center, and Google Play Games using Unity/C#.

Worked in the Midcore Studio for Disney Social Mobile Games (a division of Disney Interactive), formerly called Playdom, developing cool social games in Flash Actionscript/AIR for Facebook and mobile. Working on "Pirates of the Caribbean - Isles of War" game released for Facebook web October 2013 and the unreleased mobile version. Used cubic and quadratic Bezier curves to implement the dotted line navigation UI system used in battles for both web and mobile. Developed "The Griddle", a grid editor AIR app for creating and editing island layouts in Isometric 3D space, and adding collision spaces and animated effects to those layouts. Enhanced "The Sandwich Maker", an asset packaging tool, to add batching so the entire asset catalog could be regenerated when necessary to add new features or formats. Developed numerous UI elements, including popups, swipe container components, HUD elements, and Isometric 3D animated ('tweened') effects. Advised management on ways to make the Agile/Scrum development process more effective and efficient. Learned and experimented with Unity3D/C#.

Principal Engineer, originally hired to be the Lead Flex Developer/Flex Architect for the company. After the company decided to change directions, I ended up working on transitioning the architecture to HTML/JS using node.js, and migrating the core Transaction FinApp to the new HTML architecture. FinApps are ADA compliant, localized, co-brandable financial widgets for Yodlee's MoneyCenter platform and white label B2B2C online banking business used by approximately 70% of the nation’s banks, credit unions and brokerages. Enhanced and extended the Yodlee Flex library. Researched HTML 5 migration tools, techniques, and strategies. Won a Yodlee Innovation Award for my work on the CSS Exporter Flex AIR application, which simultaneously generates Flex CSS, HTML CSS, and custom images for co-branding purposes. Set up continuous integration of the Flex library on Jenkins using Maven and Flexmojos to build, test, and generate documentation automatically. Acted as substitute scrum master for the Refresh team. Developed a prototype Flex Mobile application to demonstrate that existing 3-legged OAuth, a hybrid Flex / HTML architecture, and re-use of existing Flex classes would run on an iPad. Developed a library of customizable, co-brandable, sub-brandable, localized charts and graphs using Raphael.js. Wrote node.js services and infrastructure helpers to support the transition of FinApps to node.js. Advised upper management on ways to implement a more robust Agile/Scrum software development process.

Developed rich internet applications (RIA's) for virtual tradeshows and webcasts using Adobe's Flex 3.2, 4.1, & 4.5.1 SDKs, FlashBuilder 4, and ActionScript 3.0. Worked with the Parsley framework utilizing a model view controller (MVC) architecture, inversion of control (IoC) and dependency injection for some applications and Pure MVC for others. I spearheaded the external widget development program, as well as enhanced the Virtual Tradeshow application and Social Webcasting application to implement a common ON24 Widget Services API for Flex. Developed the ON24 Widget Development Environment, the ON24 Widget Services API, and a number of widgets. Developed ON24's Webcam Multi-Presenter Flex 4.1 application. Managed two external widget developers and two internal widget developers. Scrum master for the Flex Platform (Widgets) Team for three scrums. Created prototype mobile applications using Flex 4.5.1 & pre-release 4.6. Rewrote Event Console Setup, the admin application for Webcasts, to improve the UI and add in-place editting, drag & drop, multiple selection of widgets, keyboard shortcuts, undo functionality, and a setup wizard. Migrated 26 widgets to the new widget architecture.

Worked a contract for ON24 developing rich internet applications (RIA's) for virtual tradeshows and webcasts using Adobe's Flex 3.0/ActionScript 3.0 with the Parsley framework utilizing a model view controller (MVC) architecture, inversion of control (IoC) and dependency injection. Implemented the ON24 Widget API and a number of sample widgets. Began porting from Flex Builder 3.0 to Flash Builder 4.0 beta 2. Enhanced Virtual Tradeshow Flex application as well as Show Manager and Booth Manager Flex admin applications.

I worked in the Application Platform group, prototyping and developing Flex UI's and developing reusable and extensible meta data-driven Flex components that will be used by DemandTec's developers to build the next generation of the DemandTec product line.I worked directly with the Chief Architect, Chief UI Designer, Product Managers and Application Platform team to develop the requirements and design the common controls and meta data used to drive them. I wrote most of the requirements, designed most of the components, implemented 98% of them myself, created examples and sample apps, and documented the components. I've modified and enhanced the Java services as necessary.Using 24 of these common controls, I developed the first Flex application created in-house by DemandTec, soon to be used by Safeway and other major retailers and their vendors.For DemandTec's Deal Management system, I created a deal import/export utility that has a Flex UI front-end, an ASP.NET web service middle tier, and a SQLServer backend. Data is exported and imported in XML format. I also prototyped the UI for the new Allowance Billing application that will work closely with the existing Deal Management system.In addition, I've designed and implemented a new Flex RIA UI for DemandTec's Retail Challenge student contest. This involved working directly with DemandTec's VP-level internal sponsor to add features and generalize so it could be more widely used.

I re-launched Qualmate Software to provide "quality software to automate key business processes". I provided consulting and contract programming services on the following projects:While at Bojam, I refined and enhanced Bojam’s flagship Flex music mixer product (pre-alpha) to add waveform drawing, hook up peak meters to data sources, fix issues with the sound line slider, expand track UI to show track peak meters, track gain controls, and track pan controls. Added effects dialog, load songs dialog, load mix dialog, load tracks dialog, save mix dialog, and save track dialog. Tested, debugged, and refined interactions with ActiveX control used for client-side recording and mixing, and server-side web services used for server-side mixing. Added mp3 support to the ActiveX control in C++.While on contract with Zynga, I created and enhanced Flex and Flash widgets for use on Facebook and MySpace games, developed PHP objects for the API used by game developers to plug these widgets into their games, and created and enhanced admin interfaces and databases.While on contract at Roundpeg, Inc, I led a team of developers working to build the flagship product for a large media company in the midwest. The product is a platform for building internet TV stations. The site includes full-screen hi-def live video broadcasts plus on-demand playbacks of the video archives. Also includes a modular database driven multi-technology cross-browser compatible platform infrastructure with such features as a scrolling news ticker, headlines, blogs, geo maps (coming soon), image maps, rotating ads, and broadcast real-time data pushes.I wrote the Flex video player and the Site Manager CMS application, which is a custom Flex AIR content management system for controlling these websites, and acted as technical project manager.

Centralized architechural decisions and aligned engineering resources. Worked closely with product development to define software products with an architecture that anticipates future needs. Provided engineering and technical support for entire product line. Produced proofs of concept. Assisted in the selection and management of development teams where necessary. Developed and implemented technical standards and specifications. Managed engineering timelines and resource allocation. Provided strategic planning and support relating to architecture and interfaces. Evaluated and assessed relevant and emerging technology.

Formed Qualmate Software, Inc. to provide "Quality software to automate key business processes".July '05 - Feb '06: Worked with Charles Schwab to improve and further automate their profitability analysis systems, which provide key business metrics.Mar '06 - Oct '06: Developed the Qualmate website, the Qualmate Blog System, the Qualmate prototype e-commerce architecture, and the internal tools to manage entitlements, stores, and members. Updated and released new beta versions of components of the Quality Improvement Toolbox.Nov '06 - Jan '07: Worked with introNetworks to improve their database designs, and increased database performance and scalability. Developed proof-of-concepts and provided technical leadership.

Invented the World Virus Map application which collects and displays data from the VirusScan Anti-Virus product and from the Anti-Spyware product (patent #US7310818). Invented Localizer tool to aid localization efforts (patent #US6964014). Worked as part of localization team to localize McAfee Personal Firewall into numerous languages.Developed C++ Encryption Object used to encrypt credit card numbers.Designed the Virus Information Library database for AVERT, currently used on McAfee.com and NAI.com websites. Led a cross-functional team to gather requirements for enhancing the price update process on the website. Developed a method for dynamically updating prices on a website using meta prices. Designed the database changes to implement meta prices on top of the existing legacy system with no changes required to existing reporting systems. Developed a PriceWizard ActiveX control in C++ 2003 .NET to aid in updating prices in the database and generate the xml catalog used on the website.

Formed Sandware Software Co., to enhance and market the Quality Improvement Toolbox for Windows (and port it to C++), and to develop new products for Windows. 1994-95: Collaborated with ESI Systems Inc. to develop a large Gupta SQLWindows/Oracle Sales Account Management System for NYNEX and enhance a SQLServer system (JAMS) for Pacific Bell. 1996: Collaborated with Maithean Inc. to develop prototype internet secure electronic payment systems and certificate management systems in C++ for Visa, CyberCash, and Flat Connections using Visa’s new SET protocol. 1996-99: Worked to develop a small Intranet-based Customer Order/Billing system for Pacific Diabetes Services. 1997: Worked with telecom startup TeleHub Network Services Corp. to develop a large Oracle-based service provisioning system that supported local number portability for their all-ATM network.1998: Built an internet payment system using C++, Java, VBScript, and ASP for American Express and Trintech.

Self-employed, developed a MS Windows version of my quality improvement software for my previous employer, Chevron. This group of seven programs includes a full function text editor, integrated help, a flowchart tool, a Pareto chart tool, a brainstorming tool, and a Cause and Effect Diagram tool. These tools generate graphics that can be zoomed, scrolled, edited, and printed.

Enhanced Chevron's Online Accounts Receivable System (OARS), a large IMS & DB2 DB/DC application written in PL/I. Designed and implemented EFT and Automated Lockbox systems as part of Gulf merger.Researched and developed in-house programming tools for IMS, DB2, VM, MVS, MS Windows and OS/2. Developed an OS/2 PM-based Quality Improvement Tool to support the Quality Improvement effort at Chevron.Developed a number of HLLAPI applications using OS/2 Presentation Manager/Communications Manager and multiple threads of execution, most notable being a utility to extract data from DB2, convert it to PC/IXF format and load it into OS/2 Database Manager. Developed prototype distributed processing "problem tracking" application using a GUI front-end to a SQL database engine. Two versions were prototyped: an OS/2 PM version with a Database Manager backend, and a MS Windows version with a Teradata backend. Both featured owner-drawn list boxes that display hierarchical data.