Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer

Nav Technologies

Remote

April 2023 - Present

Back-end REST API developer building tools to empower small business owners to understand their financial health

  • Lead technical development and own roadmap for Cashflow Health team to design, develop and release features across web and mobile for a team of 6 engineers

  • Developed standards, metric collection and CI/CD tooling to deploy Java services for an acquired codebase and new services

  • Lead design and implementation of cross-team feature to provide more accurate data points to qualify users for financing options increasing approval rate of referrals by 50%

  • Lead design and implementation of user notifications to drive user retention driven by regular financial insights

  • Lead design and implementation of new Credit Health Alerts to deliver increased user engagement for Prime customers

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Freelance Broadcaster Director & Commentator

Freelance

Remote

March 2020 - Present

 

Broadcaster for premier Esports events

  • Directed, Produced & Commentated for Clients including BMW, ESL, iRacing, Ferrari, Porsche.

  • TV Host and Play-by-Play Commentator for Racing Prodigy on MavTV.

  • iRacing World Championship Commentator: Porsche Esports Supercup, IndyCar Pro Series, iRX (Rallycross), Off-Road Championship Series, World of Outlaws

  • 2021 & 2023 VCO SIMMY Winner - Best Commentary

  • Head of Talent @ RaceSpot TV (2021-2024): Provide mentorship to existing broadcast talent (20+) at RaceSpot TV, perform internal reviews per quarter on commentator strengths and best pairings. Interview, review and onboard new broadcast talent.

  • Series Director/Project Manager for the IMSA Esports Michelin Global Championship providing series management, technology solutions, rulebook consultation, partner co-ordination, broadcast design as well as live commentary as lead commentator. 

  • Design & Build Technology Solutions. Several projects are open-sourced on Github including a Discord Scheduling Bot and https://racespot.media – our broadcast media center

 

Sr. Software Engineer

Amobee

Redwood Shores, CA & Kennesaw, GA

August 2016 - November 2022

 

Back-end REST API developer for ad trafficking platforms – Social + Programmatic + TV

  • Led development for Snapchat and Pinterest channels; developing features alongside UI team to enhance user experience and increase efficiency in platform; actively involved in DevOps

  • Led development of new platform feature enabling new customer onboarding through the UI migrating away from a manual request process

  • Experience in launching multiple products to production from project inception including high priority projects such as Planet-V – TV advertising platform built in partnership with ITV (2nd largest broadcaster in the UK) & being one of the first & featured partners of Snapchat’s Ads launch in 2016

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Regional Product Planning, Intern

Samsung Asia

Singapore & Lewisburg, PA (Remote)

June 2015 - March 2016

 

Member of the Gaming Team within the Media Solutions Center, working on mobile gaming platforms

  • Led & coordinated the development of new Minigames with external vendor leading to their deployment

  • Assisted in day-to-day operations for products, troubleshooting problems as they arose

  • Designed a new system for analytics, implemented in-app and in our reporting platform

  • Coordinated the development and testing of new features leading up to new releases with Tech Lead

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Github Projects

 

RaceSpot Livery UI

TypeScript + Angular UI

Built using Bootstrap and Angular 10, the RaceSpot Livery UI is hosted via S3 and Cloudfront to provide functionality for eSports Drivers to upload iRacing paint files for broadcasters. For broadcasters, the Admin section allows easy previewing of the uploaded files.

RaceSpot Livery API

C# Web API

A .NET Core Web API hosted on AWS Lambda. With Google as an Oauth provider, the API provides functionality to facilitate file uploads to S3 as well as .tga to .jpg conversion for preview purposes. Amazon SES integration helps provide email notifications to users for various events.

RaceSpot Discord Bot

Spring Boot (Java) Discord Bot

Provides live YouTube notifications that can be cross-posted to multiple Discord servers. Integrates with Google Sheets to enable scheduling automation.

Winter-VLN Bot

Spring Boot (Java) Discord Bot

Communicates with a SignalR web server to provide Race Control functionality on the iRacing.com service. Scheduled Discord sync job for Roles to keep user permissions in sync.