Experience

Gabb

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Cloud & SVP Product Engineering

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Lehi, Utah, United States Helped advise strategy for adding healthy & kid-safe cloud services to Gabb's product offerings, joined to implement that strategy. Now helping run engineering for core product groups within company.



Storj

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Utah, United States



Stretch

• United States
• Human Resources Services

• Co-founder and Sultan of Product and Engineering

  • Nov 2018 - Dec 2020

  Utah Developing a radical approach to performance management, killing the annual review.



Vivint

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

• Vice President, Video Engineering & Recon

  • May 2017 - Sep 2018

  Lehi, Utah Video Engineering: Ran engineering teams focused on delivering of new video hardware, firmware, and architectures for Vivint's Smart Home video business. Investment and hiring in video analytics and machine vision learning, new versions of the company's outdoor and doorbell cameras, revisions to the network architecture of existing system to optimize for video, creation of new products to allow introductory smart home packages (camera-only, camera+dvr, etc). Engineering oversight of new… Show more Video Engineering: Ran engineering teams focused on delivering of new video hardware, firmware, and architectures for Vivint's Smart Home video business. Investment and hiring in video analytics and machine vision learning, new versions of the company's outdoor and doorbell cameras, revisions to the network architecture of existing system to optimize for video, creation of new products to allow introductory smart home packages (camera-only, camera+dvr, etc). Engineering oversight of new initiatives like Streety (Vivint's smart neighborhoods enabled by networked neighborhood cameras). Recon: Coordination and exploration of new technologies, platforms, and partners for Vivint Smart Home (R&D role with a small team).

• VP Devices

  • Dec 2016 - May 2017

  Lehi, Utah Led hardware and embedded software teams responsible for delivering devices made by Vivint to the market.

• Vice President of Storage Science

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  Lehi, Utah I vice-presidented the heck out of this place. - Led engineering efforts as the Space Monkey team grew within the Vivint Innovation Center - Promoted individuals from our team into team management and director-level roles, which then took over many of my architectural and hiring responsibilities (and did a great job at it!) - Devised and developed, with small team, a ground-breaking DVR product for the Smart Home built on top of Space Monkey hardware, providing 10x the value of… Show more I vice-presidented the heck out of this place. - Led engineering efforts as the Space Monkey team grew within the Vivint Innovation Center - Promoted individuals from our team into team management and director-level roles, which then took over many of my architectural and hiring responsibilities (and did a great job at it!) - Devised and developed, with small team, a ground-breaking DVR product for the Smart Home built on top of Space Monkey hardware, providing 10x the value of major competitors for a better price. While vice-presidenting the vice presidential presiding, the team delivered: - version 2.0 of Space Monkey apps with improved UI and workflows - scaled network by 25x in the first year - decreased install/setup time by several factors - developed integrations with Vivint Smart Home systems, including video clip recording and single-sign-on integration (and eventually full 24x7 DVR) - developed a new platform for generic cloud storage on top of the Space Monkey network - delivered a new app to allow people without Space Monkey devices to quickly and widely share files, built on top of Space Monkey cloud Since almost all of this work was done as I vice-presidented, full credit belongs to the amazing Space Monkey team members who did the work. I would tell you their names except that then you would try to hire them away, because of how competent they are, and then what would I vice-president next year?



Brigham Young University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Provo, Utah Area Taught a course on starting and running a technology startup for seniors in the Computer Science Department. Prepared 30+ hours of lecture material, covering topics from idea generation, motivation, financial models, founding mechanics, investors, lawyers, funding/fundraising, product development, marketing, launching, manufacturing, crowdfunding, people management, IP, equity / cap tables / employee options, company exits, and more. Developed all assignments and class projects, quizzes and… Show more Taught a course on starting and running a technology startup for seniors in the Computer Science Department. Prepared 30+ hours of lecture material, covering topics from idea generation, motivation, financial models, founding mechanics, investors, lawyers, funding/fundraising, product development, marketing, launching, manufacturing, crowdfunding, people management, IP, equity / cap tables / employee options, company exits, and more. Developed all assignments and class projects, quizzes and tests. It was a lot of fun. The best part (and my main motivation in teaching) were the startups that got off the ground from class members during the semester, some of which are still moving forward. Show less



Space Monkey, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder, Captain Science (President and CTO)

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2014

  Greater Salt Lake City Area Co-founded and developed initial technology for Space Monkey. Raised funding. Presented Company at Launch Festival in 2012, won 1st place as "Best New Startup." Ran Kickstarter campaign that raised 3.5x initial funding goal. Assembled/led team that delivered consumer hardware, distributed storage system that created a cooperative p2p storage fabric on top of the hardware, and native desktop, mobile, and web clients across 6 different platforms to thousands of customers on 5 different… Show more Co-founded and developed initial technology for Space Monkey. Raised funding. Presented Company at Launch Festival in 2012, won 1st place as "Best New Startup." Ran Kickstarter campaign that raised 3.5x initial funding goal. Assembled/led team that delivered consumer hardware, distributed storage system that created a cooperative p2p storage fabric on top of the hardware, and native desktop, mobile, and web clients across 6 different platforms to thousands of customers on 5 different continents. I can't say enough about how awesome the Space Monkey Team is. These people have made amazing things happen in a short amount of time, on a small budget. The dedication and passion of the people I work with is inspiring. Show less



Launch Festival

• Participant / Presenter

  • 2012 - Mar 2014

  San Francisco Presented demo on-stage for Space Monkey in 2012, won festival award for "Best 1.0 Startup". Presented company update on side-stage in 2014.



Mozy by Carbonite

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2011

  Developed backend distributed systems for Mozy.com, a petabyte-scale storage system for consumer and small/medium office backup.



Novell

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2004 - Jul 2006

  Provo, Utah Helped develop Novell Branch Office 9, an application to ease the administrative burden for satellite offices. Helped design migration tools for customers moving from NetWare to Linux.



MIT Lincoln Laboratory

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

• Software Consultant

  • Dec 2004 - May 2005

  Software development, improving the Lincoln Link Emulator suite (used in network testbeds to emulate the network characteristics of satcom, dialup, high-end military radios, etc).



MIT Lincoln Laboratory

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

• Associate Staff

  • Oct 2001 - Oct 2004

  Lexington, Massachusetts. As a member of the Advanced Networking and Applications group, participated in research involving network testbeds, both for ad-hoc airborne networks and satcom systems. Built systems to integrate some of the research concepts with an airborne testbed (a 1960s vintage Boeing 707), and operated communications and networking equipment aboard that testbed during test flights. Participated in computer vision research. Created custom software for network emulation in a laboratory setting.



iCentris

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Application Software Developer

  • Feb 2001 - Sep 2001

  Greater Salt Lake City Area Worked as a member of a small team, doing agile development on an enterprise server software suite for a large banking institution that wished to roll out a new product helping physicians to receive insurance funds in a more timely manner.



Brigham Young University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 1997 - 2001

  Provo, Utah Worked in the Performance Evaluation Laboratory. Implemented software for the National Trace Repository, an NSF-funded effort to pool processor-, disk-, and other system trace data for the global research community. Researched disk access patterns and discovered new methods for optimizing system performance (culminating in Master's Thesis topic, see "Publications"). Created WebBeater, an early tool for load testing web sites. Assisted with coursework tools, including… Show more Worked in the Performance Evaluation Laboratory. Implemented software for the National Trace Repository, an NSF-funded effort to pool processor-, disk-, and other system trace data for the global research community. Researched disk access patterns and discovered new methods for optimizing system performance (culminating in Master's Thesis topic, see "Publications"). Created WebBeater, an early tool for load testing web sites. Assisted with coursework tools, including building a machine-level emulator in-browser for a theoretical computer architecture. Show less