Software Engineer

• Nov 2022 - Present

Founder

• Aug 2013 - Present

Built the VoteUp app (https://voteupapp.com) to help small groups make better decisions faster. I worked on this project part time while being initiated as a Navy Spouse and a father. The app is a modest success: regularly in the top five results for "voting" apps in the App Store; ~40k users in the last year. The project includes: * iOS app using Objective-C/Cocoa * Android app using AngularJS on top of Cordova/Ionic * Mobile web interface using AngularJS * Server… Show more Built the VoteUp app (https://voteupapp.com) to help small groups make better decisions faster. I worked on this project part time while being initiated as a Navy Spouse and a father. The app is a modest success: regularly in the top five results for "voting" apps in the App Store; ~40k users in the last year. The project includes: * iOS app using Objective-C/Cocoa * Android app using AngularJS on top of Cordova/Ionic * Mobile web interface using AngularJS * Server infrastructure using Node, Firebase, and AWS As the sole person working on the project, I got to burnish my jack-of-all-trades qualifications: * Limited graphic design work in PhotoShop/Illustrator * Online advertising with Google/Facebook/Twitter * Writing and PR outreach to increase online visibility * Mockup user testing * A/B testing with Google Analytics * High-touch support * "Biz dev" discussions Show less Built the VoteUp app (https://voteupapp.com) to help small groups make better decisions faster. I worked on this project part time while being initiated as a Navy Spouse and a father. The app is a modest success: regularly in the top five results for "voting" apps in the App Store; ~40k users in the last year. The project includes: * iOS app using Objective-C/Cocoa * Android app using AngularJS on top of Cordova/Ionic * Mobile web interface using AngularJS * Server… Show more Built the VoteUp app (https://voteupapp.com) to help small groups make better decisions faster. I worked on this project part time while being initiated as a Navy Spouse and a father. The app is a modest success: regularly in the top five results for "voting" apps in the App Store; ~40k users in the last year. The project includes: * iOS app using Objective-C/Cocoa * Android app using AngularJS on top of Cordova/Ionic * Mobile web interface using AngularJS * Server infrastructure using Node, Firebase, and AWS As the sole person working on the project, I got to burnish my jack-of-all-trades qualifications: * Limited graphic design work in PhotoShop/Illustrator * Online advertising with Google/Facebook/Twitter * Writing and PR outreach to increase online visibility * Mockup user testing * A/B testing with Google Analytics * High-touch support * "Biz dev" discussions Show less

Software Engineer

• Sep 2020 - Aug 2022

At Mapbox Japan, I worked on the technical challenges of adapting Mapbox's products to the Japanese market. My primary focus over the last year and a half was building a Japanese-language geo-search service -- and on building the local team that would own the service. At Mapbox Japan, I worked on the technical challenges of adapting Mapbox's products to the Japanese market. My primary focus over the last year and a half was building a Japanese-language geo-search service -- and on building the local team that would own the service.

Software Engineer

• Nov 2016 - Jan 2019

As a member of Mapbox's core map rendering team, I work on a pair of open source projects: mapbox-gl-native and mapbox-gl-js. This rendering technology is at the center of the hundreds of millions of maps viewed every month by people using Mapbox-powered products, from interactive graphics in the New York Times to Snapchat's playful-but-sometimes-revelatory video sharing maps. Because the renderer consumes data specified in an open format, the renderer has also entered widespread use outside of… Show more As a member of Mapbox's core map rendering team, I work on a pair of open source projects: mapbox-gl-native and mapbox-gl-js. This rendering technology is at the center of the hundreds of millions of maps viewed every month by people using Mapbox-powered products, from interactive graphics in the New York Times to Snapchat's playful-but-sometimes-revelatory video sharing maps. Because the renderer consumes data specified in an open format, the renderer has also entered widespread use outside of direct Mapbox customers. My particular area of focus has been text rendering, which turns out to be surprisingly difficult when you're drawing text using OpenGL on top of a 3D map. Some fun challenges have included: - Rearchitecting collision detection and rendering to support smooth animations and clearly legible labels in pitched maps (this work was critical to support navigation use cases) - Adding support for Arabic text shaping and bi-directional text layout - Building support for CJK text: from vertical layout to specialized line-breaking to engineering around the costs of massive amount of data in CJK fonts. My work requires fluency in several technologies: - C++ for core cross-platform native development - JS for web version of renderer - OpenGL/WebGL - Objective-C/Swift for iOS platform support - Java/Kotlin and JNI for Android platform support - Node.js with native bindings for server-side components Show less As a member of Mapbox's core map rendering team, I work on a pair of open source projects: mapbox-gl-native and mapbox-gl-js. This rendering technology is at the center of the hundreds of millions of maps viewed every month by people using Mapbox-powered products, from interactive graphics in the New York Times to Snapchat's playful-but-sometimes-revelatory video sharing maps. Because the renderer consumes data specified in an open format, the renderer has also entered widespread use outside of… Show more As a member of Mapbox's core map rendering team, I work on a pair of open source projects: mapbox-gl-native and mapbox-gl-js. This rendering technology is at the center of the hundreds of millions of maps viewed every month by people using Mapbox-powered products, from interactive graphics in the New York Times to Snapchat's playful-but-sometimes-revelatory video sharing maps. Because the renderer consumes data specified in an open format, the renderer has also entered widespread use outside of direct Mapbox customers. My particular area of focus has been text rendering, which turns out to be surprisingly difficult when you're drawing text using OpenGL on top of a 3D map. Some fun challenges have included: - Rearchitecting collision detection and rendering to support smooth animations and clearly legible labels in pitched maps (this work was critical to support navigation use cases) - Adding support for Arabic text shaping and bi-directional text layout - Building support for CJK text: from vertical layout to specialized line-breaking to engineering around the costs of massive amount of data in CJK fonts. My work requires fluency in several technologies: - C++ for core cross-platform native development - JS for web version of renderer - OpenGL/WebGL - Objective-C/Swift for iOS platform support - Java/Kotlin and JNI for Android platform support - Node.js with native bindings for server-side components Show less

Software Engineer

• Mar 2012 - Aug 2013

Worked remotely for my old colleagues at IBM/BigFix, mainly focused on integrating Apple's Mobile Device Management capabilities with Tivoli Endpoint Manager. Worked remotely for my old colleagues at IBM/BigFix, mainly focused on integrating Apple's Mobile Device Management capabilities with Tivoli Endpoint Manager.

Platform Engineering Manager

• Jul 2008 - Jul 2010

Continued working in growing platform team with reduced development responsibilities while taking on formal management responsibility, including personnel activity and budget responsibility. Key achievements include: * Delivered "8.0" release of BigFix Platform, which allowed applications developed on top of the platform much greater flexibility to define their own user interfaces. This project required synchronized development work across all of BigFix R&D. This was the largest… Show more Continued working in growing platform team with reduced development responsibilities while taking on formal management responsibility, including personnel activity and budget responsibility. Key achievements include: * Delivered "8.0" release of BigFix Platform, which allowed applications developed on top of the platform much greater flexibility to define their own user interfaces. This project required synchronized development work across all of BigFix R&D. This was the largest project BigFix had ever undertaken, and we believe it laid the groundwork for continuing engineering and sales success. * Assisted in the pre-acquisition "due-diligence" process, including strategy and "technical deep dive" presentations to IBM executives. * Re-built the BigFix intern program: got undergraduates to produce valuable extensions to our core product; recruited the next generation of BigFix technical leadership. * Drove "customer interaction" program that helped maintain the close personal links to our customers that we had benefited from when we were a small, desperate start-up. * Developed internal team leadership and process so that my transition out of the platform team was minimally disruptive.

Platform Engineering Lead

• Aug 2007 - Jul 2008

Continued work as developer for BigFix "Unified Management Platform" but with expanded responsibility for mentorship/team development, as well as schedule/project management responsibility.

Software Engineer

• Jul 2004 - Aug 2007

Developer working on all aspects of the BigFix "Unified Management Platform". Primary areas of focus were client/relay/server communications and endpoint user interaction.

Software Engineering Intern

• Jul 2001 - Jun 2004

Worked half-time on everything that a small startup needed: support, documentation, testing, tool development, software development. Lead tester on first versions of the "BigFix Enterprise" management platform; key developer of the first application to use that management platform (the application is now known as "Patches for Windows" and it continues to be a core part of IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager's business).