Proficiencies

Concepts
Deployment Operations
- Containerization
- DB Mgmt/Optimization
- Scalability
SDN (SW Defined Net)
Cryptography (PKI)
Programming
C / C++
Go
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Ruby
Tools
Kubernetes
Amazon Web Services
Linux
MongoDB

  Additional Familiarity

Languages: C#/.NET, Shell Scripting, PHP, HTML5, SQL, Perl

Platforms: Node.js, Redis, Azure, Asterisk SIP, CMake, Twilio, Stripe

Protocols: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, RTP, H.264, TLS/SSL, OAuth, gRPC

AWS Experience: EC2, ECR, R53, VPC, ELB, RDS, Cloud Formation, Lamda, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFront, SNS, CloudWatch, IAM, SES

  Work Experience

Ericsson - Senior Software Engineer
June 2017 - Present (Apcera acquired by Ericsson Dec 2018)

Squirrels LLC - Partner & Senior Software Engineer
Mar 2013 - Feb 2017 - North Canton, OH (remotely from Seattle, WA)

Squirrels offers real-time screen mirroring software targeted at presentation, education, and embedded markets.

  • Member of the management team as company grew from 15 to 37 employees and substantially diversified its software offerings.
  • Mentored and managed junior developers.
  • Led development of large-scale, multi-tenant, multi-platform classroom device management application.
    • Utilized Node.JS, MongoDB, WebSockets, Redis, and the AWS Cloud.
    • Developed a reference client-side implementation in C#/.NET/WIN32.
  • Engineered a multi-platform cross-platform C implementation of Google’s Chromecast communications, screen mirroring, and security protocols.

Napkin Studio - Partner & Senior Database Engineer
Sept 2008 - Mar 2013 - North Canton, OH (remotely from Seattle, WA)

Napkin Studio developed the first TV-listings application for Apple iOS, and later offered contract application development for medical and entertainment companies.

  • Designed and managed a production API serving mobile-optimized content to nearly a million account holders.
  • Architected and implemented a cloud hosted electronic medical records storage and e-prescription routing service.
  • Implemented a high performance real-time bidding engine and statistical forecast model for programmatically purchasing highly targeted (geo/profile) advertisements.

Wilkshire Communications - Network Engineer / Web Developer
Mar 2002 - Aug 2009 - Bolivar, OH

Wilkshire Communications, now defunct, provided wireless broadband and dial-up internet to approximately 4000 customers throughout the semi-rural Tuscarawas Valley region.

  • Maintained and deployed HTTP, email, RADIUS, monitoring, and network equipment.
  • Developed account management and ecommerce web applications in PHP and Perl.

  Education

Hiram College - Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Fall 2003 - Spring 2007 - Hiram, OH

Hiram College provided a traditional computer science curriculum blended with interdisciplinary and liberal arts studies.

  • Magna Cum Laude (GPA: 3.76).