Principal Engineer I
CurrentTake charge of most challenging, involved assignments to support ticket sales of up $15B annually. Develop strategies and workflows to ensure systemwide changes are delivered with lowest bug rate possible. Liaise with business and IT groups to identify areas for improvement. Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to track, triage, and resolve issues.TEAM SOLUTIONS & TOOL LEAD: Senior technical lead supporting core system VAX assembly language, C/C++, and Rust development within emulated VAX environment. Identify, develop, and implement code and tool solutions for development team to simplify writing code, automate testing, and accelerate internal workflows.LEGACY SYSTEM MODERNIZATION (ONGOING) / SIMH EMULATION, C/C++ UTILITIES, RUST: Supported initial move from hardware VAXs to SimH emulation and continuously supported emulator extensions allowing VAX assembly to call back to C/C++ utilities. Currently, developing/re-developing extensions in Rust.CORE SYSTEM FIX: Initiated complex, involved core system fix for long-standing "January 1st / New Year" date bug found throughout multiple code areas. Eliminated manual fixes across 40 systems.TRAINING, VAX ASSEMBLY & RUST: Developed training content and collateral materials and led assembly language programming training sessions for Ticketmaster development teams. Currently developing Rust training courses.