Experience

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  Bluecadet

  • United States
  • Design Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Technical Director

    • Dec 2023 - Present

  • Technology Lead

    • Oct 2020 - Apr 2024

  • Senior Creative Developer

    • Oct 2017 - Oct 2020

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  Audio Video & Controls

  • New York, NY

  • Software Developer

    • Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
    • New York, NY

    Developed people sensing system for a multi-million dollar, interactive corporate showroom. Showroom leveraged 350 sq. ft. LED floor with large adjacent LED wall for showing company content and taking users through interactive experiences. Sensor system consisted of a networked computer vision system (for high accuracy positioning) together with a Bluetooth real-time location tracking system (for identifying unique users). During this time, for another client, I also developed a turn-key computer vision application to be used for people detection using ceiling-embedded FLIR thermal cameras. The application is flexible enough to be used in a variety of different camera/room configurations with minimal reworking.Some features included:-Multi-threading allows simultaneous image processing on many different cameras.-Real time image stitching features to crop and arrange camera feeds within aggregate.-Camera image warping to correct perspective distortion and "fish-eye" lens effects.-Image mask drawing tool for masking camera hotspots and project specified "dead zones".-Custom contrast shifting algorithm to isolate objects from background noise.-Smart background subtraction allows system to adapt to changing ambient conditions.-Algorithm for joining together piece-wise detections resulting from thermal camera artifacts.

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  Hypersonic

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Developer

    • Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
    • Greater New York City Area

    Developed computer vision system for the automated control of "RAM", a large scale kinetic sculpture created by Hypersonic for internationally acclaimed artist Jenny Holzer."RAM" and other works by Jenny Holzer on display until July 2017 at Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, SwitzerlandGallery page: https://www.hauserwirth.com/exhibitions/3026/jenny-holzer/view/

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  EdLab, Teachers College Columbia University

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Commissioned Interaction Designer & Developer

    • Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
    • Greater New York City Area

    Commissioned by the EdLab to create an interactive installation that explores the intersection of education, design and technology. While still in development, this interactive, projection mapped installation will take the form of an augmented library that allows users to explore curated content as well as contribute content of their own in real time.

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  Parsons School of Design

  • Adjunct Professor

    • Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

    -Lead graduate level courses in creative coding and physical computing for the MFA program in Design + Technology at the Parsons School of Design

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  Audio Video & Controls

  • New York, NY

  • Developer

    • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
    • New York, NY

    Developed large scale computer vision system for interactive space using OpenFrameworks/C++ toolkit. Project contained 14 heat vision cameras in 6 separate corridors for a total of 1,700 sq. ft. of interaction space.Disclaimer: This large scale project was was a collaboration between many different entities including, but not limited to ESI Design, Audio, Video & Controls, and Diversified. My part in the project was solely (and single-handedly) developing the computer vision system and therefore give credit to others for all other project aspects.

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  16Hertz/Teslab Makerspace

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Creative Director

    • Dec 2014 - Nov 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    -Guide creative direction of multi-faceted education technology services company.-Research and develop new digital fabrication methods and workflows optimized for educational/classroom settings-Design and bring to market educational electronics kits.-Design and implement creative installations for in-house and external events.

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  American Museum of Natural History

  • Instructor

    • Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

    -Co-taught “Astronomia Urbana”, a 6 week long astronomy program for high school ELL students.-Taught and assisted hands-on activities in classroom as well as lessons inside the Starlab Portable Planetarium.

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  The Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for Play, Science and Technology learning @ NYSCI

  • Corona, NY

  • Project Manager and Lead Designer

    • Jul 2010 - Jul 2012
    • Corona, NY

    -Part of design team for NSF funded project to develop technology-enhanced playground games that teach science through play.-Initially funded by $200,000 grant from Motorola foundation, project went on to receive 3 million dollar development grant from Innovation through Institutional Integration (i3) program to further work.-Helped develop instrumentation for data collection to evaluate game efficacy to learn about how people learn science through play.-Organize and coordinate efforts of multiple team members and collaborators across various institutions as well as manage administrative tasks critical to day-to-day and long term operations.

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  New York Hall of Science

  • Science Instructor

    • Dec 2007 - Jul 2010

    -Taught STEM to thousands of students in grades K-12 through a variety of programs.-Developed and implemented professional developments for several hundred New York City public school science teachers.-Developed curriculum for a variety of museum programs and settings including student workshops, extended learning series, after school programs, science outreaches and weekend science clubs.-Collaborated with distance learning department to teach lessons both across the U.S. and internationally.