Experience

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  Input Output (IOHK)

  • Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

  • Chief Technology Officer - ATALA

    • Mar 2024 - Present
    • Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

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  XWELL

  • Director of Software Engineering

    • Aug 2021 - Present

    Treat, XpresSpa, and XpresCheck are all XWELL companies.

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  Q5id

  • Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

  • Director of Products

    • Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
    • Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

    Because every person's identity deserves to be protected and every business deserves to know who their customers are.

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  ImageWare Systems, Inc.

  • Director of Engineering - Applications

    • Aug 2015 - May 2020

    I manage a large team of Engineers whose mission it is to develop software utilizing the Biometric Platform at ImageWare. With multiple, globally dispersed offices and engineering resources joined as a single team, I drove the development of biometric identity management products, platforms and solutions. I played an integral, strategic role supporting this company’s transition from a focus on software licenses to a service model. The applications I spearheaded and managed run on Linux, iOs, Android, Windows, and MacOS. Our current main product under development is GVID Enterprise Suite. Our Face Matching, Anti-Spoofing, and Identification, is the leader in the industry.Products Developed Under my Leadership -Windows Active Directory Integration - Windows Credential Provider - macOS Authentication Provider - Linux PAM version (CentOS6/7, Amazon Linux Enterprise, Red Hat Enterprise, etc.) - Other authentication server/client integrationsLeading with a Vision for Evolving Development PracticesAs one of the founders of ImageWare's CICD/DevOps initiatives, I am an active participant in its continued growth and success. I encourage and demand all team members (dev, QA, etc.) to be proactive in all DevOps processes to drive adoption.I lead my team by example by participating and actively utilizing our DevOps processes with our tools: Jenkins, AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, VirtualBox, HyperV, etc.My passion is working with the core developers using JIRA to plan and organize development and bug fixes for key projects including the Installers, GVID Enterprise, QuickApps and the containerized back-end web services which support them. I have the ability to work with limited resources to deliver increased results. It's important to have flexibility and rapidly adjust to new projects, requirements, delivery dates, and more. My ability to adapt to a continuously, rapidly changing environment helps make me to be a good manager and leader.

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  Edwards Pumps

  • Hillsboro, OR

  • US Software Support Manager

    • Aug 2011 - Jun 2015
    • Hillsboro, OR

    US Software Support Manager•Managed a team of Software Engineers to support, Intel, Global Foundries, and other US Semi and Solar customers.• Customer advocate and interface for system and software specifications.•Implement systems and provide operator training.•Collected and analyzed process data presented to customer to sell our software services.•Achieve documented cost savings by applying technology to improve the business in a cost effective manner. •Excellent skill level in control systems (like Allen-Bradley/Beckoff/B and R/other), “C”, Microsoft SQL, PLC, and SCADA systems.•Good communication skills and the ability to articulate and explain ideas in both technical and non-technical terms. This is my strong suit.•Defined control system specifications of our Integrated System Major Customers (Intel, and Global Foundries, and Samsung)•Managed and performed test engineering for a large software development team. Defined testing procedures, documented and performed automated testing of our software products.•Agile and Scrum proficient. My goal was to transform the teams to use the Agile process. We were in the process transforming how the team thought about the process. We implement large parts of the process to our everyday routine. It worked with Intel. I owned the customer requirements side feeding them to the developers (Scrum Product Owner). Grew the business substantially because of it.•Implemented a new Change Request/ Issue Tracking (Axosoft / JIRA) and Version Control System (GIT and SVN) that will be implemented across 3 software teams.•Managed, Created, and deployed Software Images and Virtual Machines for deployment and testing. VM’s: VM Ware, HyperV, and VirtualBox. Imaging:Acronis and EaseUS •Implemented AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud machine for Demo’s and Testing.

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  Interlaken Technology

  • Chaska,MN

  • Software/Controls Engineering Manager

    • 2000 - 2011
    • Chaska,MN

    Software Engineering Manager•Used C# to upgrade our current VB6 application•Design, integrate, and program safety systems for our presses•Designed Motion Controller and Data Acquisition Software using Visual Basic tools and off the shelf hardware for control and data capturing •VB Controls Used: Excel Automation, Access Database, Vision Components, Various Grids, Help System, Variety of motion controllers’ OCX’s, Measurement Computing Data Boards. Integrated with Real-time OS•System is versatile enough to control all of our new test and measurement systems ranging from 1-16 axis and unlimited analog / digital I/O signals. Interlaken used this controller for all systems including lab test machines, verification systems, and production machines•One main feature of the software system is TestBuilder®. It allows the user to build a series of functions including ramps, sine waves, and pulses controlled off various user defined feedbacks with multiple axis•Remote computing in machine software to monitor and control machines over the internet•Design of controls for custom systems using a variety of sensing technology including Vision and Network Camera’s over the internet.•Supported customers with their old controllers that were written in C•Test Types: Dent Testing, Shear Testing, Tension Testing, Metal Formability, Hydro-Forming, Resilient and Dynamic Modulus for Soils, Fatigue Tests•Did data analysis according to customer deeds including data smoothing, FFT/ Hanning Window, curve fitting, etc.•Currently working from my home office, I travel about 30%-50% Senior Systems Engineer •Manage Electrical and Software Design for our machines •Electrical panel layout and design with wiring diagram software and AutoCAD Electrical• Design and evaluate performance of complex electromechanical systems including safety