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Chile

Building the next generation of continuous bio-manufacturing infrastructure using state of the art, highly-available, and fault-tolerant software architectures.

Software solutions for the enterprise and public sector. Specialists in white label application development, and cloud-based services.Conceived a first of its kind form handler for static websites, Sumar.io. Architected, built, tested, and maintained Sumar.io. Oversaw its release under the AGPLBuilt a native test, and command and control app for a complex digital beam-forming telemetry system. Created client/server protocol, and initial app in C++ and Qt. Staffed and led a team of developers to rapidly enhance this protocol and app. Gathered client requirements and produced a prioritized roadmap for the development team. Assisted development team with architectural tasks.

Led backend software service development initiatives, and mentored team members. Created new and improved REST API services in Clojure. Created an automated test and deployment process that reduced deployment times, increased reliability of deployments, and improved product security.

Architect, develop, test, deploy, and monitor the Coalesce Workstream and Marketplace, a complete on-line service for the creation, quotation, and fulfillment of manufacturing blueprints. Built using Clojure, Clojurescript, and Datomic.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Own and advocate for the technical roadmap. Ensure technical choices align with long-term corporate objectives, customer needs, and industry trends.Help to establish security incident response initiatives. Assist with risk assessments and mitigation plans.Participate in threat intel standardization efforts, especially STIX 2.0 and Mitre Att&Ck.Assist in M&A technical due diligence.Work with sales and business development teams to guide customers indeployment best-practices, and capacity planning.Lead feature development initiatives.

Consult with organizations of all sizes throughout North and South America to coach and lead them in aligning their product development teams with their customer's needs, and delivering high-quality products to market quickly.

In my last position at SFX I led a team to create a search API for Beatport's new music streaming service. We built a highly fault-tolerant and scalable solution based on Python 3, Flask, and Elasticsearch. This search API was used by millions of people via web and mobile applications. Average response times were 30ms under peak load. Uncaught exceptions averaged one every two months. Used Ansible and Vagrant to ensure matching development and production environments. Deployments were automated using Terraform in AWS on Ubuntu.I led a large team of developers to create an entirely new version of Beatport's online music store in Python 3 and Flask. Next, I led a team of developers to create a REST API in Clojure for an early version of Beatport's new music streaming service.

I joined Arc90 to help create a scalable REST API server for Reuters under a very aggressive schedule. I was selected because of my expertise in Python, ability to work without supervision, and team leadership skills. This API server used Tornado, Motor, and MongoDB.Arc90 was acquired by SFX in November 2013.

Santiago De Chile

Created initial concept and business plan. Accepted to the inaugural round of Start-Up Chile. Launched Chile’s first online home and apartment rental application service. Established partnerships with professional real estate agents, online rental portals, and credit reporting agencies. Held pitch sessions with prospective investors and negotiated term sheets.Developed the application service in Django with an adaptive HTML5 frontend. Released several Django modules complete with unit tests and code coverage to the open source community.

Los Angeles, California

Provided architectural direction and cohesion across product lines. Implemented product release and customer support programs. Mentored development teams in approaches to problem solving, distributed revision control, and programming languages.Provided the US Army with improved development and testing capabilities for its Q36 and Q37 radar programs. Built advanced Q36 and Q37 radar test equipment to replace 40+ year old legacy system. Created a C library with Python bindings for low-level hardware access. Built data visualization and operator GUI using these Python bindings, GTK+, and matplotlib.

Los Angeles, California

Supported the design, development, integration, testing, installation, and flight-testing of a multi-channel airborne Telemetry System utilizing Synthetic Digital Beam-forming for the US Air Force. Converted complex detection and tracking algorithms into a Java server with a custom XML API. Created data analysis and simulation tools in C, Python, and matplotlib.Press: "[Our work] utilizes advanced software architecture to achieve flexibility and enhancements without having to replace expensive existing hardware." Source: http://goo.gl/BF2KhDeveloped a radar simulation environment using C, Python, GTK+, and matplotlib for the US Army to test and validate improvements to its Q36 and Q37 radar program. Developed a mobile application for the Compaq iPAQ to remotely control a satellite communication antenna.Software 6 merged with CDSI in October 2009.

Pasadena, California

Developed advanced, space-based network protocols for cooperative, multi-rover explorations of planets.Provided guidance to create a secure VPN with which NASA researchers could collaborate securely between each of its 11 centers in the continental US to learn the cause of the Columbia space shuttle disaster.

Seattle, Washington

Led a team to create a secure, web-based reverse proxy. Released within twelve months from initial conception. Created associated sales and marketing training programs.Created a Test-to-Development program that mentored junior software developers, and helped to promote them from the QA department into the product development teams. Contributor to Apache web server project. Led the company’s effort to contribute its HTML parser and SOCKS proxy to the open source community.

Mountain View, California

Led a team that created the first challenge-and-response authentication system for the web which replaced the company’s legacy X9.9-based dial-up product. Created CGI scripts in Perl 5, with additional modules built in C using the Netscape and Apache web server APIs.AssureNet (née Digital Pathways) was acquired by Axent Technologies in January 1997.

Santa Clara, California

Created the company’s first automated test suite in C on embedded DOS for its movie rental system. Worked with support technicians to develop tools in Perl 4 that simplified and improved the reliability of monthly update and maintenance procedures.Developed a brand-new system in C on embedded DOS so that guests could select movies via their hotel room telephone which eliminated expensive and proprietary TV cable boxes.

Mba, Entrepreneurship, Finance

Activities and Societies: Comparative Management Studies, Latin America, 2008

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science, Statistics

Activities and Societies: Associated Students President Candidate, KCSC Student Radio DJ