Main software developer on their Windows desktop client application (Modern C++ and Qt) and the server back-end (C# and .Net) for the company's online video game distribution platform. • Spearheaded drive making client desktop app competitive against rival platforms. • Designed and implemented a robust custom windowing system for in-game video overlays. • Designed and integrated social media features, enhancing user interaction through friend management, real-time chat, and game lobby invitations, utilizing PubNub for messaging. • Revamped platform gamification to increase user participation. • Designed and implemented automated localization tools for both the desktop client and the web application.Technologies: Qt, C++ 20, C#, MVC, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, PostgreSQL, Visual Studio, PubNub, RabbitMQ, Git, SourceTree, Jenkins.

Contributed to various software development projects for their clients including:• Enhanced cross-platform mobile controller app's robustness and functionality using Xamarin and C# for a sprinkler and irrigation system (Hunter Industries). • Improved server-side and mobile code bases reliability by optimizing test coverage for a voice dictation and transcription service (VIQ Solutions). • Transformed a C# MVC web app to Microsoft's Azure cloud service, enhancing scalability and performance (My Liquidationz). • Enhanced a DICOM image and case management application (Digirad).Technologies: C#, Xamarin, ASP .Net (Web Forms), MVC, WinForms, Azure, SQL, MS SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, Git, SourceTree, Gherkin, Swagger RESTful API.

Led the design and implementation of a new touch-interface-friendly, vector drawing application, called SaviDraw, for the Microsoft Store.• Implemented robust user-interface architecture and rendering engine for the document drawing surface.• Maximized project’s compatibility with the outside world by making Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) the native format of the application. • Created new implementations, in Modern C++, of relevant specifications from the W3C technology stack including: DOM 4, Selectors 3, CSS Object Model, CSS Syntax Module Level 3, Geometry Interfaces Module Level 1, and SVG 2 (in progress). As a result of these efforts, became an acknowledged contributor to the W3C's DOM 4 specification. • Provided a smooth user experience implementing many custom controls for property dialogs. • Utilized the voice recognition capabilities of Windows 10 enabling users to speak shortcut commands without touching the keyboard.• Mentored interns and other programmers. Technologies: C++ 14, C++/ CX, MVVM, Boost, STL, UWP, XAML, XML, CSS, SVG, Visual Studio, Win2D / Direct2D, Eigen linear algebra library, Libxml2 XML parser, Git.

Development engineer for Telestream's desktop video transcoding application, Episode. In addition... • Developed front-end desktop application for the Vantage Cloud Management system that runs Vantage workflows on Amazon Web Services. • Designed and implemented comprehensive unit and integration test suites for the cloud management application, ensuring high code quality with 95% test coverage. • Engineered desktop tools to remotely manage AWS AMIs in Amazon’s cloud.Technologies: C#, WPF, C++, XAML, MVVM, XML, Visual Studio, Telerik Controls, .Net 4.0, Atlassian JIRA, Subversion.

Sole creator of a full-stack, web application called Web Studio Live. Web Studio Live was a web design program that brought the full look and feel of the desktop user interface to a server-based web application without the use of third-party browser plugins. Users of Web Studio Live could create and deploy entire web sites from scratch using any web browser.See Web Studio Live here:https://web.archive.org/web/20110819225252/http://live.webstudio.com/[Unfortunately, the original company and its website are no more.]Technologies: C#, Javascript, JSON, HTML, XML CSS, Visual Studio, ASP .Net 2.0 - 4.0., ADO .Net, T-SQL, WCF, ComponentArt Web UI, Visual Source Safe.

Original creator of INSPECX (now marketed as CapSure), a scientific/ industrial video capture application for Windows to showcase one of their high-end cameras.• Designed and implemented visual measurement, motion detection, chrominance staining, processing and graphical annotation onto a live video stream.On the web: https://web.archive.org/web/20110613052119/http://www.globalmedia.com/products/software-services/capsure.html• Technologies: C++, Win32, Multi-Threaded APIs, Visual Studio, DirectShow, COM, Video for Windows, GDI+, Intel Assembly Language, Xerces C++ XML parser, Visual Source Safe.

Major contributor to the design and development of Session, a cross-platform, multi-point, video conferencing and collaboration application for Windows and MacOS. • Created low-level audio and video capture and rendering in C++ for the Java Media Framework.• Designed and implemented GUI components for audio and video control in Java.• Designed and implemented user activation key / encryption for Session's multipoint-server.Technologies: Win32 / Mac OS X, C++, Java, XML, Microsoft Visual Studio, Metrowerks Code Warrior, Borland JBuilder, NetBeans, Project Builder, CVS, DirectX (DirectShow, DirectSound, Direct3D, and DirectDraw), COM, Video for Windows, QuickTime, PThreads, Win32 threading API, Swing, Java Media Framework, Java Native Interface.

Lead software engineer for SiteCentral, an Internet web site authoring application for the educational market. Designed and implemented new features and their UIs. SiteCentral was a spin-off of the original application acquired by Vivendi Universal (see previous work experience).Technologies: C++, MFC, Windows 95/98/Me and 2000, HTML, JavaScript, Visual Studio, WinInet, COM.

Designed and developed with a partner an Internet web site authoring application for Windows 95/98. The application was acquired by Vivendi Universal and was published by two subsidiaries: from Sierra-On-Line as Web Studio for the retail market and by Knowledge Adventure as SiteCentral for the educational market.• Designed the application’s object-oriented internal architecture.• Designed and implemented the HTML page rendering.• Implemented the uploading and synchronizing of web site with users ISP server using FTP.• GUI design and implementation and various drag-and-drop JavaScript special effect modules for the users web page.Web Studio was a 1999 Codie Award Finalist.Took some much-needed time off, four months, after the acquisition of this application by Vivendi Universal!Technologies: C++, MFC, Windows 95/98, HTML, JavaScript, Visual Studio, WinInet, COM.

Collaborated on the design and engineering of INposition, a popular high-end page imposition Xtension for QuarkXpress on the Macintosh.• Designed and implemented automatic signature folding.• Created of workflow integration and automation for trapping and native source file management.• Implemented localization for the Japanese, Korean and Chinese markets.• Designed and implemented the Fiery XJ BookletMaker for the Fiery Color Server from Electronics For Imaging. The BookletMaker was a custom-designed imposition Xtension for QuarkXpress that was included in the Macintosh system software for their Color Server. Technologies: : C, C++, Postscript, Macintosh OS, Metrowerks Code Warrior.

Led the design and engineering of Aldus HomePublisher (subsequently marketed as Adobe Home Publisher after Aldus Corporation was acquired by Adobe).• Assisted engineering management in the implementation of a CMMI Level 3 software engineering organization.• Contributed to development of text composition algorithms, word processing, GUI design and internationalization.• Designed and implemented an expert system to create intelligent templates to assist end-users in making professional looking documents.• Integrated the natural language, programming language from the multimedia application SuperCard into HomePublisher to create the expert system. This expert system enabled the expandability of the application without a new application release to the public.• The user-interface to HomePublisher’s expert system was the first appearance of what became known as “wizards” (a succession of dialog boxes).Adobe HomePublisher was rated as a “Best Buy” in Consumers Digest. Technologies: C, Macintosh OS, Postscript, 68000 assembly, Metrowerks Code Warrior.

Ported the adventure game Dungeon Master to the Apple IIGS. Managed the source code for multi-platform development, created new stereo sound effects and drivers for the Ensoniq sound chip, high-speed raster graphics and copy protection.Developed multi-lingual spelling, thesaurus, word search and anagram search modules for the Apple II series. Modules appeared in products from Broderbund (Bank Street Writer), Pinpoint Publishing, Roger Wagner Publishing and Sunburst.Designed and created Pinpoint Document Checker, a stand-alone application correcting spelling in AppleWorks, Word Perfect and ASCII text files for the Apple II.Technologies: C, 6502/65816 and 68000 Assembly Language, ProDOS, Macintosh Apple IIgs cross-development system, Merlin Assembler.

Independently authored and published, through Living Legends software co-op, a "shareware" graphic primitives package called Turbo Graphics, which gave Macintosh-like graphics capabilities to the Apple IIe computer.Turbo Graphics was reviewed and recommended by A+ Magazine (March 1987, p 97).A+ Magazine Archive: http://s862692851.onlinehome.us/A+87-03Technologies: Apple II series, Merlin Assembler and 6502/65816 assembly, Applesoft BASIC.