Experience

Nickson

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Roku Inc.

• United States
• Technology, Information and Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior SW Engineering Manager, Roku UI

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2022

  • First OS/UI resource hired in the Austin office. Tasked with building out a new team located in Austin. • Hired and grew the team to 15 people located in in San Jose, Austin, Cambridge (UK) and Kiev. • Responsible for scoping and planning feature guides for new OS/UI & Firmware features for each key release. • Directly responsible for managing 13 senior software engineers along with 2 additional contractors focusing on localization and internationalization. • Directly… Show more • First OS/UI resource hired in the Austin office. Tasked with building out a new team located in Austin. • Hired and grew the team to 15 people located in in San Jose, Austin, Cambridge (UK) and Kiev. • Responsible for scoping and planning feature guides for new OS/UI & Firmware features for each key release. • Directly responsible for managing 13 senior software engineers along with 2 additional contractors focusing on localization and internationalization. • Directly responsible for engineering efforts focused on international expansion of Roku devices. • Delivered two new TV’s to brand new markets in the UK and Brazil simultaneously leading to 2 million new device activations in the first year. • Managed a group of engineers working on a new technology to improve the speed and performance of legacy Roku devices. With these changes, the devices now run Roku Channels with speeds comparable to, or faster than, the most recent generation of Roku hardware preventing the need to sunset products. • OS Engineering DRI (Directly responsible individual) overseeing the success and delivery of international features across voice, mobile, cloud, services, and end user experience. Show less • First OS/UI resource hired in the Austin office. Tasked with building out a new team located in Austin. • Hired and grew the team to 15 people located in in San Jose, Austin, Cambridge (UK) and Kiev. • Responsible for scoping and planning feature guides for new OS/UI & Firmware features for each key release. • Directly responsible for managing 13 senior software engineers along with 2 additional contractors focusing on localization and internationalization. • Directly… Show more • First OS/UI resource hired in the Austin office. Tasked with building out a new team located in Austin. • Hired and grew the team to 15 people located in in San Jose, Austin, Cambridge (UK) and Kiev. • Responsible for scoping and planning feature guides for new OS/UI & Firmware features for each key release. • Directly responsible for managing 13 senior software engineers along with 2 additional contractors focusing on localization and internationalization. • Directly responsible for engineering efforts focused on international expansion of Roku devices. • Delivered two new TV’s to brand new markets in the UK and Brazil simultaneously leading to 2 million new device activations in the first year. • Managed a group of engineers working on a new technology to improve the speed and performance of legacy Roku devices. With these changes, the devices now run Roku Channels with speeds comparable to, or faster than, the most recent generation of Roku hardware preventing the need to sunset products. • OS Engineering DRI (Directly responsible individual) overseeing the success and delivery of international features across voice, mobile, cloud, services, and end user experience. Show less



Fossil Group, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Software Engineering

  • Feb 2016 - Feb 2018

  • Responsible for overall software strategy and implementation for Android Wear connected devices • Core contributor over 4 years bringing connected devices revenue from 0% to 20% of company revenue • Rapid prototyping of new ideas and concepts using Java for Android, Firebase, Google Cloud Services. • Responsible for creating presentations and pitching concepts and ideas to internal partners and external licensors. • Responsible for attending remote video shoots to support… Show more • Responsible for overall software strategy and implementation for Android Wear connected devices • Core contributor over 4 years bringing connected devices revenue from 0% to 20% of company revenue • Rapid prototyping of new ideas and concepts using Java for Android, Firebase, Google Cloud Services. • Responsible for creating presentations and pitching concepts and ideas to internal partners and external licensors. • Responsible for attending remote video shoots to support licensors and ensure overall quality of commercial advertising • Subject matter expert for Android Wear development • Manage and in-house team of software developers, along with a remote team in Vietnam, India and China • Managed relationships with 3rd parties including Google, Intel, Qualcomm and our ODM in Taiwan • Identify brand needs and identify the tools and resources needed to deliver on time and on budget • Grew the team and the platform to support 9 brands running on various generations of hardware

• Senior Manager of Software Engineering

  • Feb 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Continued responsibility of growing the software engineering team and its capabilities • Worked with team to architect an OpenGL rendering engine for Android Wear watch face development • Work with internal brand and external licenses to on board them to Android Wear. These were the first tech products for our brands. • Identify brand needs, architect, prototype and deliver solutions

• Manager of Software Engineering

  • Jun 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Third member of the connected devices team • Identified and hired talent to deliver our generation 1 Android Wear device, Hybrid watch and fitness tracker • Worked directly with Intel software engineering to architect and deliver firmware to support connected devices • Worked directly with Google to implement solutions for multi-brand support within a single Android Wear build

• Manager of Retail Mobility

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Responsible for building a new team focused on solving retail reporting issues in Asia • Identified talent and built a 6 person team to support the development of a custom iOS retail management application • Architected a REST based interface for communication between the application and backend server • Setup and managed an auto scaling environment on AWS • This solution provided daily insight to each stores inventory counts, sales and overall productivity. Prior to this… Show more • Responsible for building a new team focused on solving retail reporting issues in Asia • Identified talent and built a 6 person team to support the development of a custom iOS retail management application • Architected a REST based interface for communication between the application and backend server • Setup and managed an auto scaling environment on AWS • This solution provided daily insight to each stores inventory counts, sales and overall productivity. Prior to this solution visibility into key indicators was limited and often incorrect. • Solution was deployed in 400+ locations within our Asia Pacific retail locations • Responsible for traveling and training key users • Responsible for traveling and installing and setting up new locations

• Lead UI Developer

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2012

  • Responsible for rebuilding multiple brand websites using reusable components that could be shared across projects • Implemented a modular based system using RequrireJS • Implemented Handlebars for front end templating • Rebuilt fossil.com, relicbrand.com and watchstation.com



Tribal Worldwide

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Software Engineering Manager

  • Dec 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Managed a team of 8 developers • Met with clients to identify needs and concept ideas • Architect reusable solutions that could be leveraged across projects • Managed software projects and timelines for clients such as Bud Light, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Dyson, American Airlines, Mobil 1 Racing and Project RED • Managed a team of 8 developers • Met with clients to identify needs and concept ideas • Architect reusable solutions that could be leveraged across projects • Managed software projects and timelines for clients such as Bud Light, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Dyson, American Airlines, Mobil 1 Racing and Project RED



Tribal Worldwide

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Dec 2006 - Jul 2009

  • Responsible for core development on client projects • Maintained 80%+ billable time • Built promotions and contest sites for Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Ford and more. • Responsible for core development on client projects • Maintained 80%+ billable time • Built promotions and contest sites for Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Ford and more.



Austin Lloyd Marketing

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2004 - Dec 2006

  • Responsible for building and maintaining websites for various local clients • Responsible for building and maintaining websites for various local clients