Experience

SpotHero

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Co-Founder & Chief Architect Officer

  • Feb 2021 - 2 years 11 months

  Santa Monica, California, United States

• Co-Founder and CTO

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2021

  Chicago, IL At SpotHero, we're making life easier for the daily driver. I'm responsible for leading an amazing team to build out the best parking app in the world. My team delivers all things technology, product, and UX related.



iNotary

• Co-Founder and CTO

  • Mar 2011 - Dec 2012

  Responsible for all aspect of iNotary's technology and product. - Architected site, backend, and iOS app. - Managed product, design and UX. - Manage team of web and native app developers.



Kiss Technology Consulting, LLC

• Web & iOS Freelance Developer

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2012

  * Java contract work for a VHDL IDE startup. * Web based startup work that included experience in Python, HTML, XML, Pylons, and SQLAlchemy.



Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Design Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  * Directed the digital portion of multiple designs – including high level design, software/hardware integration and documentation. * Interfaced with customers and translated broad requirements to engineering specifications. * Supervised contractors hired for hardware development. * Architected and implemented multiple FPGAs using VHDL. * Experience with Low Power Design techniques. * Lead hardware (electrical and mechanical) and software design reviews. * Experience selecting… Show more * Directed the digital portion of multiple designs – including high level design, software/hardware integration and documentation. * Interfaced with customers and translated broad requirements to engineering specifications. * Supervised contractors hired for hardware development. * Architected and implemented multiple FPGAs using VHDL. * Experience with Low Power Design techniques. * Lead hardware (electrical and mechanical) and software design reviews. * Experience selecting and implementing GSM/CDMA, WiMAX, WLAN, GPS, FLEX Pager, and other embedded components including Microcontrollers, LPDDR memory, FPGAs, EEPROMs, and all interfacing glue logic. Show less



AMD

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Dec 2005 - 2008

  * Designed multiple testplans that were used as guidelines as to how corresponding functional blocks should be tested and deemed functionally correct over twelve months. * Designed a testbench using C++ for an RTL block that was a part of a Microprocessor’s unified cache system. * Designed multiple c++ checkers that were used to check the functionality of RTL blocks. * Designed multiple c++ random requestors that injected random traffic into RTL blocks. * Spent a large portion of… Show more * Designed multiple testplans that were used as guidelines as to how corresponding functional blocks should be tested and deemed functionally correct over twelve months. * Designed a testbench using C++ for an RTL block that was a part of a Microprocessor’s unified cache system. * Designed multiple c++ checkers that were used to check the functionality of RTL blocks. * Designed multiple c++ random requestors that injected random traffic into RTL blocks. * Spent a large portion of time debugging RTL code using the aforemention testbench and checkers. * Increased knowledge of Microprocessor Architecture and the design and implementation of an actual microprocessor. * Worked independently and was responsible for driving all given tasks to completion without direct supervision. * Increased knowledge of C++, Verilog HDL, and SystemVerilog. Show less



AMD

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Verification Engineer Co-Op

  • Jan 2005 - Sep 2005

  * Gained knowledge of the methodology for the Design and Design Verification of Microprocessor and ASIC devices. * Designed a testbench and functional reference model for a Camera Interface, a Display Controller, and a DDR2 Memory Controller of an embedded Microprocessor. * Designed multiple test-cases verifying RTL design correctness which included Directed and Random Coverage. * Gained knowledge of Verilog HDL, SystemC, C and C++.



Agilent Technologies Inc., LFS

• Electrical Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  * Root caused an erroneous DC-DC power supply oscillation using strategic troubleshooting techniques. * Gained knowledge in switching power supplies and analog circuit design. * Analyzed electrical signals using Fast Fourier Transform and other Fourier analysis techniques. * Gained skills in project management, timing, and organization.