Experience

Well

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Engineering

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Manhattan, New York, United States Helping Well to scale.



Accuity

• Canada
• Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Safe Banking Systems CTO

  • Jan 2019 - Nov 2021

  Manhattan, New York Led post-acquisition product technology integration. Managed SBS Technology Org consisting of sub-teams with Product Developers, Customer Facing Engineers, Project Managers, Production Operations Engineers, Automation Engineers, and Computer Science / Machine Learning Researchers. Oversaw large investments into SBS teams and product line, Fircosoft Insight (FI) and Entity Resolution Filter (ERF) post-rebranding. Scaled teams with a mixture of hires, contractors and outsource… Show more Led post-acquisition product technology integration. Managed SBS Technology Org consisting of sub-teams with Product Developers, Customer Facing Engineers, Project Managers, Production Operations Engineers, Automation Engineers, and Computer Science / Machine Learning Researchers. Oversaw large investments into SBS teams and product line, Fircosoft Insight (FI) and Entity Resolution Filter (ERF) post-rebranding. Scaled teams with a mixture of hires, contractors and outsource. Planned and drove investments to success. Reorganized customer focused teams to scale for product growth and a rapid increase in the number of both SaaS and on-site customers. Led partnerships for new applications of our Machine Learning Based Entity Resolution technology throughout the organization. Continued to drive innovations to our Entity Resolution technology. Managed emergency transition of entire SBS org from office to work from home when Covid struck. Show less



Safe Banking Systems

• United States
• Software Development

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Mar 2017 - Jan 2019

  Greater New York City Area Managed SBS Technology Org consisting of sub-teams with Product Developers, Customer Facing Engineers, QA Engineers, Tech Writers, Traditional IT and Computer Science / Machine Learning Researchers. Led team in development and implementation of Agile/Scrum process with team goals and KPIs - Developed team-health dashboards with metrics over time - Worked with teams to experiment with new processes and measure the results Work/Capacity Planning - Maintained Product… Show more Managed SBS Technology Org consisting of sub-teams with Product Developers, Customer Facing Engineers, QA Engineers, Tech Writers, Traditional IT and Computer Science / Machine Learning Researchers. Led team in development and implementation of Agile/Scrum process with team goals and KPIs - Developed team-health dashboards with metrics over time - Worked with teams to experiment with new processes and measure the results Work/Capacity Planning - Maintained Product Roadmap detailing cross-team goals and projects - Maintained Projected Product and Customer Developer Team's Capacity Plan Oversaw Key Engineering Decisions - Co-wrote Specifications and Performed Code Review for Strategic Product Capabilities - Led Critical Engineering Discussions with Stakeholders from each Department Represented SBS Technology on the Executive Advisory Board - Connected with clients to help guide SBS toward current and future client needs. - Board consisted of senior executives from client institutions. Chair of Model Validation Working Group - Goal of model validation working group was to provide documentation and guidance for customer artificial intelligence/machine learning model validation exercises. - Fulfilling regulatory needs while working toward advancing the state of the art in client and watch-list screening Represented SBS Technology in sale process and acquisition by Accuity/RELX Individual Contributor and direct manager of our key artificial intelligence solutions

• Director of Research and Development

  • Nov 2010 - Mar 2017

  New York City Led Research and Development toward enhanced Entity Resolution, Entity Ranking and Data Visualization in the context of Watch List Filtering, Politically Exposed Persons Identification, Beneficial Ownership Linking and Entity Search. - Led a team in building a platform for running reproducible / transparent machine learning experiments in an environment with tight data exposure controls. - Designed and implemented a comprehensive system for entity resolution with a… Show more Led Research and Development toward enhanced Entity Resolution, Entity Ranking and Data Visualization in the context of Watch List Filtering, Politically Exposed Persons Identification, Beneficial Ownership Linking and Entity Search. - Led a team in building a platform for running reproducible / transparent machine learning experiments in an environment with tight data exposure controls. - Designed and implemented a comprehensive system for entity resolution with a risk-probability trade off. This includes not only the processing of records, but also numerous tools and visualizations for generating insight into raw data and visually explaining results. - Created the Barb programming language. Barb is a pure functional programming language designed around writing simple predicate filters for data inspection and machine learning features. Primary Languages: F#, C#, Python, C++, C++/CLI, SQL Some work in: R, Matlab, Haskell, Scala, NetLogo Techniques: Fellegi-Sunter, Swoosh, Machine Learning, Markov Chains, Naive Bayes, Probabilistic Factor Graphs (currently studying), Parsers, Virtualization, Database Optimization, Grammar Induction, Visualization. Software: Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013/2015, R, Python, Matlab, Hyper-V, ESX, SQL Server, Factorie, Team Foundation Server, Git



Microsoft MVP Program

• F# MVP

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2018

  While the MVP award is in the C# category, it was primarily awarded for my work in the F# language. - F# MVP of the Year 2011 - Numerous Speaking Engagements - User Group Management - Many Code Samples - Popular Blog - Involved with the Microsoft Community Major Recorded Appearances: - BuildStuff LT 2015 - QCon NYC 2015 - F# Show Podcast 2015 - Functional Geekery Podcast 2014 - London F# Tutorials 2014 - CodeMesh 2014 - QCon NYC 2014 - QCon… Show more While the MVP award is in the C# category, it was primarily awarded for my work in the F# language. - F# MVP of the Year 2011 - Numerous Speaking Engagements - User Group Management - Many Code Samples - Popular Blog - Involved with the Microsoft Community Major Recorded Appearances: - BuildStuff LT 2015 - QCon NYC 2015 - F# Show Podcast 2015 - Functional Geekery Podcast 2014 - London F# Tutorials 2014 - CodeMesh 2014 - QCon NYC 2014 - QCon NYC 2013 (Talk and Personal Interview) 06/12/2013 - Hanselminutes Podcast 3/23/2012 - Monospace 2011 7/23/2011 - The Technology and Friends Podcast 2/1/2011 - The NYC ALT.NET User Group 8/23/2010 - Software Engineering Podcast 8/10/2010 and 8/20/2010 - .NET Rocks! Radio Show 5/20/2010 - The Community for F# 3/18/2010 Show less



Atalasoft

• United States
• Software Development

• Software Architect

  • Jun 2007 - Oct 2010

  Northampton, MA - Led Computer Vision and Imaging Processing focused technical projects using many different languages and technologies. - Built a state of the art OMR/Mark Detection/Page Alignment Engine using novel techniques from my own research. A patent on my template alignment technique pending approval (patent number 20110243477). See: http://www.prweb.com/releases/k-12-assessment-grading/testing-linkit-envoc/prweb9070218.htm - Worked often in image processing, encoding and… Show more - Led Computer Vision and Imaging Processing focused technical projects using many different languages and technologies. - Built a state of the art OMR/Mark Detection/Page Alignment Engine using novel techniques from my own research. A patent on my template alignment technique pending approval (patent number 20110243477). See: http://www.prweb.com/releases/k-12-assessment-grading/testing-linkit-envoc/prweb9070218.htm - Worked often in image processing, encoding and decoding algorithms. Some examples include implementation, multithreading support in legacy code, speed optimization, and bug fixing in unfamiliar code. - Brainstormed extensively with Stephen Hawley on his Hough Transform research. I am named on the corresponding patent (patent number 20090238459) and attended IPCV 2008 with Stephen. See: Stephen Hawley: Application of Sparse Sampling to Accelerate the Hough Transform. IPCV 2008: 643-647 - Developed a popular blog which receives on average 2,000 direct and RSS combined hits per post, the most popular netting over 15,000 total. This blog features posts on functional programming, CLR internals and programming language theory. It is also syndicated on the MSDN F# web portal. - Became distinguished as a community leader via blogging, speaking and twitter. This has culminated in the launch of the New England F# User Group and has netted many contacts inside the functional programming and .NET developer communities. Technologies: C#, C++, Managed C++, C++/CLI, F#, Image Processing Algorithms, Managed-Unmanaged Interop, COM, Threading, Twain, WCF, Sharepoint, Visual Studio 2003 2005 2008, Visual Studio Add-in Architecture, NAnt, NUnit, Pdf, Pdf/A, Raw, OCR, OMR, Form Registration. Show less



New England F# User Group

• Leader

  • Apr 2009 - Sep 2010

  One of three leaders. We all performed each of the following functions at various times. - Found Speakers - Managed Meetings - Maintained Website



University of Massachusetts Amherst

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• EDLAB Comptuer Lab Monitor

  • Aug 2006 - May 2007

  Working in the EDLAB I had only a few responsibilities: 1. I had to make sure the computers and printer stayed functioning. 2. I had to ensure the students didn't bring in food or drink. 3. I had to sign out robots used for the Computer Science robotics class. As the majority of the students in the EDLAB were Computer Science or Math students, I would very rarely be called upon to help with anything mundane. I jumped at the occasional opportunity to help someone with their… Show more Working in the EDLAB I had only a few responsibilities: 1. I had to make sure the computers and printer stayed functioning. 2. I had to ensure the students didn't bring in food or drink. 3. I had to sign out robots used for the Computer Science robotics class. As the majority of the students in the EDLAB were Computer Science or Math students, I would very rarely be called upon to help with anything mundane. I jumped at the occasional opportunity to help someone with their Matlab or CompSci homework. Although the job itself was easy, it was a great opportunity to meet my fellow computer science students as well as get paid to do my classwork.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Mar 2006 - May 2007

  - Published: Pal, C., Mann, G., and Minerich, R. (2007) Putting Semantic Information Extraction on the Map: Noisy Label Models for Fact Extraction. To appear in the proceedings of the AAAI Workshop on Information Integration on the Web (IIWeb). - Designed and built a GIS-Aware and Wiki-Based Contextual Information Sharing System. - Worked with a Researcher (Chris Pal) and Post-Doctorate (Gideon Mann) to build a Semantic Information Extraction Engine using various Natural Language… Show more - Published: Pal, C., Mann, G., and Minerich, R. (2007) Putting Semantic Information Extraction on the Map: Noisy Label Models for Fact Extraction. To appear in the proceedings of the AAAI Workshop on Information Integration on the Web (IIWeb). - Designed and built a GIS-Aware and Wiki-Based Contextual Information Sharing System. - Worked with a Researcher (Chris Pal) and Post-Doctorate (Gideon Mann) to build a Semantic Information Extraction Engine using various Natural Language Processing techniques including a hidden variable Bayesian machine learning model. Technologies: Java, PHP, Javascript, AJAX, Microsoft Virtual Earth, MediaWiki and Blog.



Databasics

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Oct 2003 - Nov 2004

  I have done a lot of work with Databasics over the years, although this was the only period I was steadily employed by them. One example of my work was building a C++ interface to a MRI machine using a proprietary serial API. I also set up a RF based security badge system and helped write some software to support it. There were some little things along the lines of setting up hardware and software for database SCO OpenServer 5 based web applications. Technologies: C++, SCO OpenServer… Show more I have done a lot of work with Databasics over the years, although this was the only period I was steadily employed by them. One example of my work was building a C++ interface to a MRI machine using a proprietary serial API. I also set up a RF based security badge system and helped write some software to support it. There were some little things along the lines of setting up hardware and software for database SCO OpenServer 5 based web applications. Technologies: C++, SCO OpenServer, RFID, MRI, Medical Show less



Hartford Life

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internship – LTIS Desktop Support/Build (Summer Job)

  • Jul 2001 - Sep 2001

  At this job I set up new machines for deployment and also fixed issues with active machines at customer's desks. This was for a very large IT department, servicing about 3000 customers. Technologies: Lotus Netware/Notes, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Desktop Scripting

• Internship - Ind Life Financial Assistant Mainframe Programmer (Summer Job)

  • Jun 2000 - Sep 2000

  I worked on a project where I migrated Mainframe (OS390) tasks to Microsoft Access. I worked mostly in Access and EasyTrieve. Technologies: OS390, EasyTrieve, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office