Experience

Atlas AI

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Software Engineering

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Tech Lead

  • Mar 2022 - Jul 2022



FEIWS

• Innovator/Experimenter

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Turning knowledge from passive (books, written word) to active (software) for the food/agriculture domains. Major focus around bringing back the value of visual observations and linear measurements of livestock (specifically beef cattle) as part of the herd improvement process in a mobile app. Turning knowledge from passive (books, written word) to active (software) for the food/agriculture domains. Major focus around bringing back the value of visual observations and linear measurements of livestock (specifically beef cattle) as part of the herd improvement process in a mobile app.



PostGIS Project

• Programmer

  • 2011 - Present

  Contributor to the raster component of the PostGIS project. Currently involved with adding new features and enhancements, particularly performance issues. Contributor to the raster component of the PostGIS project. Currently involved with adding new features and enhancements, particularly performance issues.



Dumpling

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Backend Engineer

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2022



Granular

• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Science/Innovation

  • Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

• Director of Platform Engineering

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2017

  Architect, direct and (when I'm lucky) contribute to the design, development and deliver of projects and features, including...* Direct design and implementation of a real-time data warehouse* Direct design of custom web components for data-driven tables, Excel-like pivot tables, interactive charts* Design and develop abstract graph model to capture the movement of goods from A to B* Lead development and delivery of Harvest v2 and v3, replacing v1* Lead development of Inventory v2, replacing v1* Enhance the row-level security model to allow targeted cross-organization access* Establish and apply Engineering Processes so that Engineers are ingrained in the Product, responsible for Feature delivery, provided opportunities to explore and measure growth within Granular Show less

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Dec 2013 - Feb 2015

  Worked on almost every part of the application and stack* Integrate Crop Growth models from Data Science team into contained and reusable services* Design and deliver weather data pipeline for continuous ingestion of US Radar, Forecasts and Historical Observations from NOAA and NWS* Lead development of Harvest workflow v1 to deliver by end of Summer 2014 for Fall Harvest* Lead development of Inventory v1



Solum, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  As part of a dynamic team, I develop data pipelines to help inform the decisions made by agricultural growers. * Architected overall application flow and components within * Designed and developed transparent row-level security in SQLAlchemy/Python/PostgreSQL for multi-tenant application. Engineers never need to add security to a query! With the sale of the soil testing business of Solum to Climate Corp., the remaining software project became Granular. As part of a dynamic team, I develop data pipelines to help inform the decisions made by agricultural growers. * Architected overall application flow and components within * Designed and developed transparent row-level security in SQLAlchemy/Python/PostgreSQL for multi-tenant application. Engineers never need to add security to a query! With the sale of the soil testing business of Solum to Climate Corp., the remaining software project became Granular.



Center for Vectorborne Diseases, UC Davis

• Full Stack Programmer

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2013

  I'm a research programmer who develops large scale data-rich web applications, contributes to the PostGIS project for the Raster component and does end-to-end tech support for desktops, laptops and the Center's data center. I'm a research programmer who develops large scale data-rich web applications, contributes to the PostGIS project for the Raster component and does end-to-end tech support for desktops, laptops and the Center's data center.



Student Affairs Research & Information, UC Davis

• University of California, Davis

• Coordinator of Information and Analysis

  • Oct 2003 - Jul 2005

  Data steward for distribution of information to third parties. Developer of in-house survey software and analysis tools. Data steward for distribution of information to third parties. Developer of in-house survey software and analysis tools.