Experience

Versus Systems

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  United States



The AI Foundation

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Software Engineer

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2019

  Las Vegas, Nevada Area



Originate

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Architect

  • Oct 2011 - Aug 2018

  Las Vegas, Nevada Area Design and development of software and technical leadership • Scala, Haskell, Ruby, Python, Java, ES6, Rails, Play, Lift, Spring Boot, Express, React • Spoke at Scala Days 2014 in Berlin • Helped drive adoption of TDD as a standard company practice • Mostly back-end web development, some embedded programming, a bit of front-end



Casino Arts Corporation

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director

  • Jul 2006 - Oct 2011

  Las Vegas, NV Technical direction and implementation of never-before-seen entertainment concepts and technologies for top casinos around the world. Design and development of cutting-edge software for use in 3D animation, video and robotics. Advanced rigging of complex 3D models in Autodesk Maya. • Ruby, Java, C++, Python, Maya MEL, ABB RAPID, Staubli VAL3, Ruby on Rails, Inno Setup, Sublime Text, Eclipse IDE • Designed a Python extension to Autodesk Maya to translate visually choreographed robot moves… Show more Technical direction and implementation of never-before-seen entertainment concepts and technologies for top casinos around the world. Design and development of cutting-edge software for use in 3D animation, video and robotics. Advanced rigging of complex 3D models in Autodesk Maya. • Ruby, Java, C++, Python, Maya MEL, ABB RAPID, Staubli VAL3, Ruby on Rails, Inno Setup, Sublime Text, Eclipse IDE • Designed a Python extension to Autodesk Maya to translate visually choreographed robot moves into the robot's motion programming language • Set up and maintained the corporate network at multiple locations • Handled production and logistics for off-site technology demos and pitches to high-profile clients and prospects • Designed and developed a distributed rendering system with a simple drag-n-drop user interface • Designed and developed a synchronized trigger system to synchronize 3D animations with robotic movements • Designed a web trigger and webcam system to allow remote controlling and viewing of robotic movements • Designed and developed a MIDI slider control system for controlling 3D models in Maya • Developed a proof-of-concept demonstration of randomly varying 3D animations • Rigged 3D models used for many animation jobs including the Wynn Encore opening animations Show less



Hotels.com

• Senior Java Developer

  • Jul 2001 - Jul 2006

  Design and development of major systems in the hotels.com hotel booking web application in Java, as well as several back-office applications. • Java, Servlets, JSP, XML, Perl, Ruby, Apache Struts, Spring Framework, MapQuest, Maporama, StarTeam, CVS, Eclipse IDE • Designed, developed and maintained the geographic mapping system for the original hotels.com web application • Designed, developed and maintained the back-office application to define searchable geographic… Show more Design and development of major systems in the hotels.com hotel booking web application in Java, as well as several back-office applications. • Java, Servlets, JSP, XML, Perl, Ruby, Apache Struts, Spring Framework, MapQuest, Maporama, StarTeam, CVS, Eclipse IDE • Designed, developed and maintained the geographic mapping system for the original hotels.com web application • Designed, developed and maintained the back-office application to define searchable geographic markets • Developed geographic routing component for “Road Trips” feature • Developed a major component of the consolidated Hotels.com/Expedia booking system for the site redesign • Performed ongoing maintenance and enhancements of the web application • Maintained a custom Eclipse distribution for the Java developers Show less



World Choice Travel

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Java Developer

  • Apr 2001 - Jul 2001

  Maintenance and enhancement of existing systems in perl. Design and development of new subsystems in Java. • Perl, Java, XML, CVS • Designed and developed a prototype system to consolidate multiple data feed APIs into a single XML API in Java • Instituted the use of version control for the development team using CVS • Evangelized agile development practices



401kExchange.com

• Technical Director

  • Apr 2000 - Jan 2001

  Design and development of a complex Java web application and and the underlying Oracle database. • Oracle, Java, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, CVS • Designed the database structure for the application • Designed and developed the data access layer • Designed and developed the web-based interface



Cybertoons, Inc

• Programmer and Systems Admin

  • Jul 1997 - Apr 2000

  Systems and network administration of a network of Sun Solaris, SGI Irix, Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows computers in an extremely dynamic software development environment. Design and development of cutting-edge components and technologies for major web applications. • Solaris, SGI Irix, Linux, FreeBSD, Perl, CGI, C/C++, Java, AWT, Swing, Java Applets, Oracle, PL/SQL • Administered and maintained the entire corporate network and interfaced with various service… Show more Systems and network administration of a network of Sun Solaris, SGI Irix, Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows computers in an extremely dynamic software development environment. Design and development of cutting-edge components and technologies for major web applications. • Solaris, SGI Irix, Linux, FreeBSD, Perl, CGI, C/C++, Java, AWT, Swing, Java Applets, Oracle, PL/SQL • Administered and maintained the entire corporate network and interfaced with various service providers • Installed and maintained network software including database systems, web application servers and backup systems • Designed, developed, tested and certified a credit card payment gateway subsystem for an e-commerce web application • Designed and developed an uploaded image cleansing system to eliminate the risk of malicious software uploads • Designed and developed an automatic fail-over switch for a high-traffic web application • Developed an image color analysis component to automatically suggest color schemes for personal web spaces Show less



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Computer Programming Specialist

  • Jul 1993 - Jul 1997

  Systems and network administration of a network of Sun Solaris, SGI Irix and Microsoft Windows computers in multiple software development shops in the Air Intelligence Agency. • SunOS, Solaris, SGI Irix, Microsoft Windows, Unix shell script, Ada, C++, Microsoft FoxPro • Maintained multiple Unix and Windows networks in software development shops • Developed a personnel management system in Microsoft FoxPro.