Key Qualities

• Better engineering through experience, significant R&D, and leveraging user feedback
• Fast adaptation to new development environments and languages
• Having incredible attention to detail during design, production, QA/QC, and delivery
• Providing professional, thorough, and accurate documentation

Experience

Hologic, Inc.
(2023 - Present)

Hologic, Inc.  ::  (2023 - Present)

Software Engineer
Software Architect
Project Lead

I worked in an agile environment as the solo or lead developer for a major software release, a remote diagnostics utility, and four internal utilities. The major software release included seven major feature additions, translations into 22 languages, and preexisting bug fixes. The remote diagnostics utility enabled the gathering of instrument diagnostics across our worldwide install base, ingestion into a local database, and data visualization using Power BI. The other utilities were full stack web applications that automated processes like GUI translations, report viewing (both internal and customer facing), and error log parsing. I was also part of a small team that led efforts to establish coding standards and guidelines for the entire software team.

Key Roles

• Plan - Work with existing team members to outline integration of new features
• Plan - Work with other system architects to modify existing architecture to support new features
• Plan - Work with senior engineers to implement coding standards and guidelines
• Design - Layout new UX enhancements to conform with existing UX, while adding new features and enhancing user experience
• Production - Closed 90+ Jira issues to deliver a release candidate three months ahead of schedule
• Production - Develop two new utilities to dramatically speed up workflows in translations and report handling
• Production - Design, develop, and deliver a new utility from scratch to manage remote diagnostic gathering, storing, and visualization
• Documentation - Write dozens of pages of documentation, while also working with regulatory, legal, and technical writing teams to update internal and customer documentation

Numbers

• ~20,000 lines of code
• 90+ Jira issues closed
• 10+ new major features added
• ~10 preexisting bugs found and fixed
• 1 new application created
• 2 new utilities created
• 1 utility updated

Kovari Games LLC
(2019 - 2023)

Kovari Games LLC  ::  (2019 - Present)

Solo Game Developer

Kovari Legends is a full scale RPG Adventure game for PC. I planned, designed, and organized every aspect of the game. I outlined three novels, designed dozens of mechanics, designed and created the gameworld, characters, and animations, created hundreds of game objects, designed and created the sound, composed the music... and of course, wrote the code. This required a complex organizational system, constant multitasking, and learning new software, including Unity, Blender, Reaper, and more. The game code is C#, but I also wrote thousands of lines of Python for Blender, learned AHK (AutoHotkey), and created a few HTML/CSS/JavaScript utilities for workflow efficiency.

Key Roles

• Design - Gameworld, Gameplay Mechanics, Pause UI/UX, Battle System, Enemy AI
• Design - Character Leveling, Class Specific Stats, Magic System, Item System, Pacing System
• Graphics - 3D World Models, 3D Character Models, 3D Item Models
• Graphics - Gameworld Animations, Battle Animations
• Sound Design - Gameworld, UI, and Battle SFX
• Music Composition - Dozens of background music compositions
• Coding - Implemented all of the above items in Unity and Blender using C#, Python, AHK, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and more

Numbers

• 247,863 lines of code
• 511 script files
• 1,313 scriptable objects
• 6,597 art assets
• 143 animations
• 151 sound effects

IntelliCam LLC
(2012 - 2019)

IntelliCam LLC  ::  (2012 - 2019)

Senior Product Developer
Software/Firmware Engineer
Hardware Engineer
Mechanical Engineer

I was the solo or lead developer for dozens of security and surveillance products used by the DoD and other government agencies. I met with customers, assessed needs and current system limitations, whiteboarded a solution, then designed and developed the product from electrical schematic, to firmware, to mechanical design, to final deliverable product. I wrote the Build Guidelines and QA procedures, a User Manual, and trained the customer on the product. I also updated the firmware, and some mechanical designs of every product in the company's lineup. This required extensive planning skills, team management and communication skills, learning new software and protocols such as CAD, Eagle, multiple IDE’s, RF, and new languages, specifically Assembly.

Key Roles

• Plan - Meet with end users to assess exact needs and expectations
• Plan - Layout the entire project from whiteboard to final product
• Design - Choose the microcontroller and create the initial electrical schematic
• Design - Choose the size, casing, and mechanical features of the product
• Design - Write the firmware and any end user software
• Production - Write the Build Guidelines and QA guide
• Production - Write the User Manual and training guidelines
• Delivery - Deliver and train end users in office or on site

Numbers

• ~80,000 lines of code
• 31 unique products
• ~50 firmware files
• ~60 unique PCB designs
• 1 user dashboard
• 1 web app

Quest Software LLC
(2010 - 2012)

Quest Software LLC  ::  (2010 - 2012)

Android Developer

I created basic Android apps for small companies to streamline internal procedures. I would meet with small business owners and production managers to asses the opportunity for an Android app to improve product production, employee production, or process management. I then would design an app that was used by employees, leads, and/or managers to increase productivity.

Key Roles

• Assess - Meet with company leaders to determine inefficiencies in production
• Design - Create an Android app that could be effectively used by employees
• Production - Build and deliver the APK and train the employees

Skills

Education

Computer Science

Personal

The only thing I love doing more than writing code is traveling.
Third is playing and watching disc golf.
Any other free time is spent working out, practicing yoga, playing guitar and writing music, playing Catan, following the NBA, and playing classic video games.
Favorite travel destinations: Paris, Bermuda, Kiev, Madrid, Paris, Curaçao, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Budapest, Paris, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Grand Rapids, London, and Paris.
Favorite video games: Halo 2, Super Mario 64, Final Fantasy VI, Resident Evil, Breath of the Wild, and Yoshi's Island.