SUMMARY

• Over 1 year experience in Realtime Audio/Video Transcoder Software development in Ubuntu server environment
• Over 7 years experience in High Frequency Trading Low Latency Trading Systems in a Many - Core Processor Environment
• Over 3 years experience in Embedded Real Time Systems.
• Highly skilled Engineer with experience in advanced design and complex technologies.
• Effective technology liaison, adept at translating complex ideas into more relatable models to bring about innovative solutions.
• Critical thinker and problem solver able to assess client needs to identify and generate creative solutions.
• Core Strengths: Analytical, Intellection, Learner, Relater, Ideation.
• Expert C/C++ programming skills for the design and analysis of real time embedded and multiprocessor systems.
• Versed in Ubuntu Linux software development and development operations.
• Experienced with C# and Java programming language and object oriented programming design methodologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Barrington, IL

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Assumed responsibility as program manager for maintenance and deployment of licensed software transcoder solutions and coordinating with Confidential technology partners to service dozens of large scale broadcast customers
• Served as main customer and vendor contact for scheduling, deployment, and troubleshooting Live transcoding domain
• Utilized customer interaction and feedback to assist ownership in evaluating project/task priorities, engineering team resource allocation, hiring evaluation, and constructing a company roadmap for customer deliverables
• Conducted and participated in project reviews to ensure development and timely delivery of software solutions to meet customer needs

Principal Research and Development Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Development, maintenance and deployment of C/Linux software systems for large scale, real time Audio/Video transcoding solutions
• Expanded functionality of legacy software engine to the Live Master Variant which became the new software core for all new Live transcoding products
• Involved with all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including planning, analyzing, developing, testing, and implementation
• Spearheaded effort to transform monolithic code base into microservices model utilizing Docker

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Systems Developer

Responsibilities:

• Development and maintenance of in house high frequency algorithmic trading platform responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars of trading transactions on a daily basis
• Interfaced with traders to translate complex trading concepts into automated trading strategies and translated strategies into C/C++ multi-core software solutions
• Assumed responsibility as lead of new strategy development after demonstrating success in expanding the Confidential automated trading portfolio
• Assisted ownership in evaluating project/task priorities, engineering team resource allocation, and constructing a long term roadmap for expanding platform functionality
• Versed in financial domain of commodities, market making, and latency arbitrage
• Assessed trader requirements and needs to design and develop C# based intuitive trading user interfaces
• Implemented FIX protocol based gateway module to expand connectivity to a new electronic exchange
• Maintained and expanded platform back end C# module responsible for retrieving trading data from SQL based server
• Involved with all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including planning, analyzing, developing, testing, and implementation
• Adhered to an Agile software engineering philosophy with iterative development cycles, daily standups, and face to face collaboration with the end-users
• Conducted and participated in design and code reviews with engineering team to ensure production code was clean and optimized for performance
• Maintained a strong understanding of the hardware/software interaction by designing high performance software utilizing cache friendly data structures, data oriented algorithms, and lock free synchronization when possible
• Demonstrated poise in crisis management in high stakes situations troubleshooting the Confidential software platform both on-site and remotely
• Performed top level systems analysis and documentation of electronic trading infrastructure and gathered latency measurements to identify platform fast paths and bottlenecks

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Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participated in design, development, and testing reviews of Cloud-based solution for the social media domain which gained 30,000+ users and nationwide attention 4 months after launch
• Served as chief technical expert when presenting business concept to interested investors
• Provided domain expertise when evaluating company roadmap for expansion

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Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed robust DSP and media-processing software for professional products using C/C++
• Debugged embedded software and hardware applications using emulators, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and simulators
• Development of sophisticated I/O frameworks for cross platform applications utilizing direct memory access, interrupt service routines, and custom designed communications protocols
• Implemented internal and third party audio watermarking algorithms on the SHARC 21369 DSP platform within Dolby professional products for the delivery of secure and high quality digital cinematic audio worldwide
• Entrusted with handling highly sensitive internal and external intellectual property and preserving confidentiality of third party vendors in multilateral negotiations