SUMMARY
Creative solution developer with a wide range of experience in software and hardware development.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Integrated DevOps tools used to automate development and delivery of a top 100 phone app/website.
- Wearable Bluetooth medical device and associated app: Worked with hardware engineers to debug firmware and interface device to iOS app.
- Developed and published multiple iOS and Android applications including writing app back-end REST server interfaces.
- Developed and published iPhone and Android applications integrated with Facebook, Google+, and Twitter SDKs.
- Led development team of engineers to completely redesign industrial automated fruit labeling system. Personally developed touch screen interface software and embedded machine code.
- Founded and built start-up network based security camera systems company from zero to $15M in annual revenues over a three year period. Work included developing from scratch ISA and PCI boards to do camera capture and switching.
- Led development of game changing distributed scalable video web server products that made large scale geographically dispersed hardware appear and function as one system.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming: Swift, Objective C Java Script, Java, HTML, CSS, PHP, C#, C++, Python, Ruby, SQL, Git, many others
DevOps: Fastlane, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, Puppet, XCTest
IDEs: Xcode, Eclipse, Android Studio, VS Code, Visual Studio, Spyder, many others
Platforms/OSs: iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, MacOS, Web.
Firmware: AVR Studio, TI DSP, ATMega, Arduino
Robotics: Extensive PLC and Ladder Logic coding, Denso Controllers, CLICK controllers
Circuit Board Development: Eagle PCB, OrCAD.
CAD/CAM: Solidworks, CAMWorks, COSMOSWorks
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Licensed Insurance Agent in Texas, Utah, Florida, and Michigan
California Licensed Contractor/Qualifying Individual: B (general), C-7 (low voltage)
Microsoft Certified Solution Provider (expired)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TripAdvisor, Boston Massachusetts, 3 Years
Software Engineer II,
tripadvisor.com
Developed iOS app software as part of a massive team maintaining a worldwide top 100 app/website.
Coordinated efforts to automate configuration, testing, and internationalization of the most internationalized app in the world.
Advanced to a central position integrating dev-ops and the app publishing process for both Android and iOS.
Icon Mobile, Santa Monica, California, 6 Months
Senior iOS Developer (Contract),
iconmobile.com
Medical Wearable Bluetooth App and Hardware:
- Developed 40 screen iOS app, completely in Swift.
- Integrated app with Bluetooth Low Energy wearable device that performed proprietary body measurements using GATT profile, Hands Free Profile and iOS Core Bluetooth library.
- Researched and configured Bluetooth testing hardware.
- Tested and evaluated device including upgrading firmware.
Jenev Holdings LLC., Venice Beach, California, 2 Years
Head of Software Development,
swapmees.com
First technical hire at app startup. Accomplishments included:
- Working from wire frame, designed system architecture and coded iOS app and server backend.
- Designed and coded both sides of extensive web services architecture from scratch using LAMP stack on the server and Objective C on the iOS client.
- Designed and coded PHP Apple Push Notification server.
- Oversaw the implementation of company managed server including Wordpress front end website, Zend Framework backend management website, RESTful app server API, and multiple APN servers to serve extensive tester and production communities.
- Setup all technical company accounts and business processes including source code management (GIT), project management and issue tracking (JIRA), managed cloud services (RackSpace), email (1and1), developer accounts at Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Apple.
- Personally managed all aspects of Apple developer account, including developer and app digital rights and signatures, setting up app provisioning profiles for ad-hoc development, and submitting apps to the app store for approval for sale.
- Hired and managed four other developers.
Freelance Software Development, Santa Monica, California
Collaborated with two design/creative companies working on various software projects.
- Google Maps API location based messing app including extensive use of iOS active (app in foreground) and passive (app in background) location services APIs to alert user when they enter and exit tagged locations.
- iOS and Android smart phone app/web front end and back end application to facilitate consignment sales using iOS, Android, PHP, Java Script technologies.
- PHP/Java Script based custom client area for user cloud based file collection and distribution to clients.
- iOS and Android smart phone promotional app using audio responses to user typed questions. Included direct app to Facebook and Twitter integration.
Service Machines Inc., Los Angeles, California
President
www.servicemachines.com
Founded and funded company to develop and capitalize on intelligent robotic technologies which led to providing automation solutions for local manufacturers. Built infrastructure and led team of up to 10 engineers in the design and prototyping of complex mechanical, electronic and software solutions.
Projects included:
- Crack detection machine vision software to insure part quality written in C#.
- Vibratory dental cleaning instrument.
- Robotic Development Kit. (a million dollar development project) with Java based firmware.
- Fruit Labeling Machine with C# based kiosk controller.
- Ball bearing lubrication work cell with C# based touch screen controller.
- Java based machine vision software library.
Progressive Systems LLC, Birmingham Alabama
Founder/CEO/CTO/Controlling Partner
Founded company that developed Network Video Server technology for public schools (K-12) and childcare industries.
Accomplishments:
- Developed hardware and software for distributed scalable video web server products. Included custom TI DSP based PCI cards, VB based custom web server with server side scripting.
- Revolutionized video system maintenance by developing VB based automated 24 hour monitoring operations, actively checked the status of 2000+ servers and 40,000+ cameras every 10 minutes.
- Oversaw installation operations as primary contractor in 40 US states over a three year period. Was licensed General Contractor in over 5 states including California.
COMSYS, Birmingham Alabama
Consultant
Performed contract programming services for BellSouth Public Communications.
- Programmed sales reporting tools and core business applications in an Oracle server/PC workstation environment for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company including extensive SQL development.
- Developed sales reporting tool based on multiple user input criteria.
- Helped programming staff by making SQL coding tool to develop complex SQL queries.
Southern Computer Systems, Birmingham Alabama
Application Developer
Programmed document solutions for large paper/data processing customers.
Developed and performed on-site implementation of image based 400 user remit processing system for the Georgia Department of Labor.