Finding good problems which can be effectively tackled with the right application of force.

Churchill Navigation / Earthscape, Boulder, CO
Software Developer August 2006 - July 2008

• Desktop Geo-Browser
• User interface implemented with Mozilla XULRunner
• Event based re-design of “game style” application and input logic
• Input system for basic geometry editing
• Secure JavaScript API for safe execution of third-party scripts
• Application development in Python
• Augmented Reality map for helicopters (with industry partner Paravion)
• ArcGIS integrated video player for our tagged video data
• Demos: car navigation, in-flight entertainment, command center display
• Object oriented C++ API exposed through C functions, modeled after Objective-C
• Python interface with runtime generated classes having docstrings, proper method names, and argument lists
• JavaScript interface written by a co-worker with little supervision

Optimi Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Software Developer March 2005 - July 2006

• Full development cycle for small to medium projects with little supervision
• A declarative user interface development environment in Java/Swing
• Used the SwixML framework and Mozilla’s Rhino JavaScript interpreter
• Designed bridging systems and development conventions
• Integrated with an existing development platform
• Workflow oriented plug-ins for JIRA, a Java based issue tracking system

Information Technology February 2004 - February 2005

• Simple web application development in PHP, Perl, Python
• Responsible for the servers, services, workstations, and user support in one of three offices
• Company grew from 60 to 180 employees in Georgia, Florida, and Spain, in one year

Information Design and Technology Lab, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Research Programmer May ~ August 2003, December 2003

• Application development in Max/MSP, Objective-C, Macromedia Flash
• Research, Design, Implementation of a graphics engine with a network interface

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science August, 2003

• Design work for Commotion: a text animation system for Hububb, an installation art piece for Professor Sha Xin Wei. Presented at the CoC UROC Symposium
• Participated as a Ranger / Programmer in MOOSECrossing, a text based online world for kids
• Computer Graphics, Digital Video Special Effects, Systems and Networks
• Undergraduate TA, Introduction to Computing
• Barcelona Study Abroad Program, 2003

• Started atlHack.org, a weekly meet-up for people interested in computing
• Web design and Drupal customization for atlHack.org and family websites
• Graphic design for atlHack sticker
• Digital photography and photo-manipulation
• Improvements to the Mac OS X port of Elecropaint (TM) (Tristram Visual)
• Commotion: an object oriented, visual programming environment for designers
• Studies in improving programmer efficiency and advanced features of lisp