Experience

DeepHealth
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• VP of Software Engineering

  • Apr 2023 - Present


Cobalt Speech & Language

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Sep 2021 - Apr 2023

  Cobalt is a team of world-class scientists and engineers who apply cutting-edge machine learning techniques to solve a wide variety of challenges in speech recognition and natural language understanding. We provide custom, innovative solutions for our customers' unique needs.My role:- Manage entire technical team of research scientists and software engineers (8 direct reports, 10 indirect)- Define technical strategy to maintain state-of-the-art solutions in the rapidly changing Deep Learning landscape - Continue all responsibilities from previous role as VP of Engineering Show less

• VP of Engineering

  • Mar 2018 - Sep 2021

  - Established best practices, procedures and tools to evolve from ad hoc customer projects to a robust service-oriented architecture- Collaborated closely on all aspects of company strategy with the rest of the executive team (the CEO, VP of Research, and General Counsel) - Defined and prioritized R&D tasks and allocated resources to balance short-term and strategic imperatives- Hired and managed highly skilled staff, mentoring employees both in soft skills and technical excellence through detailed code and design reviews- Fostered cohesion and collaboration in a team distributed across eight timezones, maintaining morale and effectiveness amid various challenging circumstances- Managed customer relationships from ideating and requirements analysis early in the sales process through contract negotiation, product delivery and on-going maintenance- Architected software and wrote code as needed in Go, C++, SQL Show less



QuickBase, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineering Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Mar 2018

  - Managed a high-performing team of 8 software engineers of varying levels of experience, acting as product owner and team coach as well as direct manager - Led the college hiring program, interviewing and on-boarding five new software developers, then guiding them through difficult circumstances, when during their first few months there was a reorganization and major shift in strategic direction. Advocated for the most effective team placement and had one-on-one meetings with each at least weekly to give them the support they needed to be successful. - Hired, trained, and led 10 co-ops and interns in projects that both gave them educational experiences and provided tangible business value - Developed business case and requirements for and led team to implement an interface that allows business professionals to build sophisticated logic for automating workflows in Quick Base without writing code, which was the keynote feature at the 2017 user conference and highlighted as a key differentiator in the Gartner magic quadrant - Led teams working on various functional areas, providing technical mentorship (code reviews, pair programming, design guidance) and facilitating team effectiveness Show less



Intuit Quickbase

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Software Engineer

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2016

  - Demonstrated innovation and strong customer focus as a full-stack engineer with strong customer focus, developing a no-code business application platform with C++ backend and JavaScript/HTML front-end - Instrumental in designing and implementing a new services framework in C# .NET, which enabled greater scalability for new functionality that needed close interoperability with legacy core engine - Built webhooks service for external integrations, written in Java and hosted in AWS - As technical lead / scrum master for mobile development team, formed team to build new mobile web interface and to conduct POC / technical evaluation of different approaches for developing a native mobile app - Developed many other customer-facing and back-end features Show less



NorthPoint Solutions

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Training Manager

  • May 2006 - Jan 2010

  - Recruited, trained, and managed team of associate consultants (Associates reported directly to me for 6 months before transitioning to other project managers. 3-6 direct reports at a time, 18 total.) - Managed several in-house projects, including requirements definition, project planning, resource management, and guidance on architecture, design and coding - Developed and delivered curriculum for technical 3-month associate consultants training program, including object oriented design, SQL and DB design, XML, and C# (ASP.NET, ADO.NET) - Performed detailed code reviews/inspections on project code to encourage best coding practices - Answered questions and troubleshoot technical issues for associates and other junior consultants - Launched an initiative to facilitate knowledge exchange among consultants on different projects through on-line collaboration tools, shared code repository, and “lunch and learn” sessions - Identified technical and domain expertise training opportunities for experienced consultants, to keep them abreast of the most important emerging technologies Show less



Washington Mutual

• United States
• Insurance

• Senior Technical Specialist / User Experience Architect

  • Jul 2002 - Feb 2006

  - Designed information flow, interaction patterns, and taxonomies for various web-based projects - Designed UI and wrote front-end and business logic code for several significant internal bank applications (C#, dHTML, JavaScript, XML/XSL) - Wrote technical spec, front-end and back-end code for an application to manage Active Directory Group membership (C#, ASP.NET, SQL) - Designed and wrote components of the User Experience Library, a set of reusable UI elements for web pages (Java) - Analyzed, designed, and planned the conversion of the Java-based UEL to Microsoft .NET/C# - Gathered requirements, wrote use cases, and wrote technical specs - Performed usability assessments and technical feasibility analyses Show less



BroadVision

• China
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2000 - Jul 2002

  - Built prototype of portlet framework; modified the servlet container to allow parallel processing (JavaScript, JSP, Java, XML, and C++)- Designed and implemented Java Beans for the business logic and MVC elements of enterprise portal application (Java and struts)- Designed and coded functionality for the InfoExchange Administration Tool, a browser-based interface for managing portal content, navigation, users, and targeting (client- and server-side JavaScript, HTML, SQL, and some C++)- Coded front-end functionality for enterprise portal application (JavaScript, JSP, Java, DHTML, HTML, and CSS)- Involved extensively in requirements analysis, third-party technology evaluation, and design review for all features of the portal product’s next release; wrote requirements documents, specifications and business cases- Spoke at and participated in Users Conferences, customer engagements, potential technical partner meetings- Served on UI review team evaluating all company products Show less

• Curriculum Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2000

  - Oversaw development work of six instructional designers; managed projects, priorities and resources - Designed and wrote curriculum for the most technical BV courses- Taught pilot and train-the-trainer offerings of technical courses; supported developer-track courseware- Restored client confidence to successfully maintain potentially lost accounts by individualizing training and solutions on-the-fly and in hostile situations- Awarded Curriculum Development Project of the Year (lead developer and sole trainer of BV’s first web-based course in 2000)- Nominated by peers and selected by executive management for President’s Club Award (trip for two to Maui) Show less

• Technical Instructor & Curriculum Developer

  • Oct 1998 - Dec 2000

  Designed courses for and trained developers from Fortune 1000 companies to code and maintain enterprise business applicationsConsistently received highest student evaluations for teaching ability and subject knowledge- Wrote extensive sample code in JavaScript and C++- Authored handbook of code examples, intended to support classroom activity but selected and distributed by VP of Consulting to BV’ consultants and certified partners globally- Recognized and sought as a technical resource- Awarded Teacher of the Year (1999) Show less


Lighthouse Consulting
• United States
• Management Consulting
• intern

  • 1996 - 1996