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Lindon, Ut, Us

I write code, advise clients, and lead a small team of engineers to solve problems and create products for companies and nonprofits.Highlighted Clients:• Acima Credit - Predictive (machine learning) underwriting for Ecommerce installment loans• Institute for Political Innovation - Election simulation tools and ranked choice voting system• Big Squid - Machine learning interface for Domo users• Moment Park - Suite of photo and video iOS applications

Live my Legend is an early stage startup to help people share travel recommendations and plan trips. I helped the founders create their MVP, ensured they have a solid technical architecture, and built a solid technical team

Collaborated on a paper with researchers from the University of Utah, organized and summarized the data, and ran statistical analyses on the results.

Ziff was an API and suite of tools that allowed customers to apply the benefits of Data Science / ML without needing to hire a data scientist. I advised their CEO directly on their technical and product choices. They were acquired by Data Robot.

Timely used AI to predict when users will run out of money, and sent them an advance to prevent overdraft fees.

Lehi, Ut, Us

Before the company was incorporated, I began working with the CEO to establish an engineering team, implement best practices, and discover the main product. By prototyping aggressively, we were able to understand the product our higher education customers needed. Within months we had millions in pre-order revenue from the customers we served. The team I mentored is executing successfully and the schools are thrilled.

When I first started working with the founder of Modify Ink, she had a great idea to let people remix art. We weren't sure it was even possible, and she couldn't find a technical cofounder she trusted. We started by proving the concept with an innovative in-browser art editor. I advised the founder to focus our work on the right problems and on shipping quickly. I hired an excellent engineering team, trained and mentored them. By the time I finished we had paying customers, and she had a team she trusted to continue the work.

I worked with other creators to explore ideas and make products, from games to educational reform.

At i.TV, I created and led a world-class engineering team to create our innovative second screen TV experiences on mobile, web, and the Nintendo platform. I created a productive and attractive work environment, built the team up to 8 of the best engineers in the state, and architected most of our systems.The TV guide and interactive TV experiences we created attracted millions of users, substantial revenue growth, and partnerships with AOL, Entertainment Weekly, Telus, and Nintendo. I was primarily responsible for the engineering organization, but I was also deeply involved in product design, strategy, and our partnerships.

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I led the architecture and mentored the team developing an application designed to help officials gather data for Amber Alert victims, as well as improving the alerting software several states used for the Amber Alert system.

I worked as a contractor for several years, providing professional consulting and project services to various companies. I completed many projects, from handling the difficult parts of existing sites to complete Rich Internet Applications

Denver, Co, Us

I worked on assignment with different companies on new projects several times a year. I design, architect and help QA flex projects from start to finish.

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I used Flex 3 to create a user interface for Move Networks's clients. We developed a system to manage video content and generate reports on viewership.

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I led the development of RapidIntake's flagship product: Unison, which promotes rapid E-Learning development. Unison allows users to create E-Learning courses quickly and efficiently, simply by filling out forms. It is a Rich Internet Application (RIA) written in Flex 2, Actionscript 3, PHP, and SQL.Developers can create new interactions with Flash, giving FlashForm any kind of custom functionality, and providing lay users the opportunity to create multiple instances of the new interaction by filling out a form. I provided advice on technology moves within the company, and help with other aspects of peripheral development.Year later, the company had a successful exit because of the product I created while I was there.

Invented automated systems to create online courses, resulting in thousands of hours saved by other employees

Electrical Engineering, Physics, Neuroscience, Software, Languages

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