Connected Ventures

12/2008 - Current New York City, NY Director of Backend Development

• Develop and maintain a network of sites that averages 4 million pageviews per day.
• Contributed to two major releases of a custom framework tuned for performance.
• Developed new content sites to grow our network diversity for advertisers.
• Developed a number of internal projects using new technologies (e.g., MongoDB, Scribe, nginx).
• Led the switch from Prototype to jQuery to ease maintenance.
• Implemented on-the-fly packaging and minification of CSS & JS deployed via CDN.
• Managed multiple content delivery network migrations with no downtime.
• Converted video transcoding to a cloud service for improved performance and operational costs.
• Implemented Apple's video segmenting tools to deliver variable bit rate video streams of CH Originals to iDevices.

Freelance Web Developer

01/2000 - 12/2008

• Responsible for acquiring and managing clients in need of website development.
• Managed a team to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Clients ranged from large companies (e.g., Barnes & Noble, The Vitamin Shoppe) to local businesses (e.g., Troyer Race Cars, MyTimeHero).

Prudential Financial, Inc.

03/2007 - 12/2008 Newark, NJ Web Developer

• Assigned to new high priority web-based sales channel for insurance products.
• Introduced new techniques for layout and functionality using CSS and Javascript.
• Developed prototype from business requirements with anticipation of possible system limitations.
• Led "Bridge Team", merging both front-end and back-end development to aid in transition from prototype to application.
• Ensured the code integrity maintained in transfer from prototype to application.
• Managed development defects detected across multiple testing environments.

Rochester Institute of Technology

05/2006 - 03/2007 Rochester, NY Web Developer, ETC Web Services Department

• Created and maintained websites for multiple departments of RIT and other clients.
• Created web-based content management systems and other web applications.
• Debugged and improved existing e-commerce applications.

Web Developer, Center for Campus Life

• Debugged and enhanced the Event Registration system for public release.
• Enhanced admin control panel used by Campus Life operations.
• Collaborated with department heads to gather requirements for their web solutions.

Bernards Township

05/2004 - 01/2005 Basking Ridge, NJ IT Department Intern

• Provided technical support for the Township's employees; including software and hardware troubleshooting, operator training, and routine support.
• Worked independently to gather GPS data for plotting of key Township features to improve response strategies of emergency services.

Liberty Corner Computing

01/1998 - 09/2004 Liberty Corner, NJ Senior Staff Member

• Responsible for entire operation of the LCC website.
• Assisted in business practices such as payroll, inventory, and staffing schedules.
• Responsible for the development and delivery of marketing features.

iPod Arcade

06/2009 - Current New York, NY Lead Developer

An online directory of free games available for the iPhone and iPod.

• Added automated directory of App Store applications for users to browse.
• Added user comments for applications to extend beyond iTunes App Store content.
• Rewrote entire site to support a more dynamic ad system for our ad network.

GCART @ RIT

09/2004 - 03/2005 Rochester, NY Programmer

University-sponsored project for the DARPA Grand Challenge, an unmanned vehicle off-road race.

• Developed the vehicle's short range object detection using a laser array.
• Assisted in research & development of the vehicle's vision systems for path finding.
• Assisted in design & planning of entire Artificial Intelligence system.