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Ownership of all mobile and device software produced and maintained as part of the NOOK contract for Barnes & Noble, including Android, iOS and Windows platforms. Directly responsible for development teams in Santa Clara, Chennai and Taipei, as well as coordination of additional third party software development.

Promoted to Engineering Manager (and then Sr. Engineering Manager in July 2014) for NOOK Applications for all platforms (Android, iOS and Windows).Led the engineering teams through major product upgrades including support for new formats, localization, analytics and accessibility for the visually impaired. Planned branch strategy and authored build processes. Continued to contribute code as a developer to every iOS release.Responsible for guiding complicated product features through the organizational bureaucracy. Upheld the bar for quality and initiated new strategies that led to the NOOK apps attaining the highest user ratings among all competitors (including Kindle, iBooks, Kobo and Google Play).Also wore the Product Manager and Program Manager hats for extended periods during this tenure. Conceptualized and determined timeline for new features as well as the overall management of product release schedules. Release contact for B&N applications across the company.Performed biweekly 1:1 meetings and yearly performance reviews for up to a dozen direct reports.Shipped the following products:NOOK for iOS (16 releases) - Barnes & NobleNOOK for Android (14 releases) - Barnes & NobleNOOK for Windows 8 (2 releases) - Barnes & Noble

Built a large multi-platform team that focused on providing NOOK client applications for both Android and iOS phones and tablets. Shipped multiple versions with many new features including migration to a new cloud back-end and introduction of new reading formats.Responsible for staffing up the team, initiating an agile development process, and engineering oversight for major architectural restructuring. Also managed the build process for continuous integration, automated testing and releases.Shipped the following products:NOOK for iOS (6 releases) - Barnes & NobleNOOK for Android (4 releases) - Barnes & Noble

Led entire internal development team with responsibility for engineering oversight, development process, staffing, and quality assurance for the Brightkite social-networking service. Coordinated simultaneous development of clients on Android, iPhone, Symbian and the web.Developed two location-based Brightkite clients for iOS. Built new features and supported back-end upgrades including location, push notifications, core data caching, Facebook and Twitter integration and upgrade to iOS4. Responsible for all provisioning and app store submissions.Shipped the following titles:Brightkite (iPhone) - BrightkiteGroup Text (iPhone) - Brightkite

Developed social-network based games for iPhone platform that reached top 10 in the iTunes store and have hundreds of thousands of concurrent users.Major tasks included re-architecting both client and server to eliminate cheating and improve security and performance, adding social networking features, and creation of dev tools.Shipped the following titles:Original Gangstaz (iPhone) - The GodfatherRace or Die (iPhone) - The GodfatheriMob (iPhone) - The Godfather

Designed and implemented core game play, UI and audio systems for multiple Sims titles with a combined sales total of over 10 million units. Spearheaded efforts to improve efficiency throughout the Sims Division by analyzing and implementing improvements to agile processes.Shipped the following titles:The Sims 3 (PC) - EASim Animals (Wii) - EAThe Sims 2 Apartment Life (PC) - EAThe Sims 2 Freetime (PC) - EAThe Sims 2 Bon Voyage (PC) - EAThe Sims 2 Seasons (PC) - EAThe Sims 2 Pets (PC) - EA

Achieved "Greatest Hits" status for PS2 on an action brawler game by designing systems and tools for various game play elements including controls, upgrades and UI.Integrated Lua into game engine and developed AI scripting language used by game designers.Shipped the following title:Jet Li: Rise To Honor (PS2) - SCEA

Implemented multiple game systems for Toxic Grind, including split-screen multiplayer, 3D audio and music streaming, user interface and technical certification requirements.Shipped the following title:Toxic Grind (Xbox) - THQ

Contracted to develop subsystems and tools for the Xbox engine used for Toxic Grind.

Designed and built web applications for the financial services sector.

Increased efficiency of warehousing operations for several Fortune 500 companies by designing and customizing scalable inventory system solutions.