Curriculum Vitae
Work experience
Lead Software Engineer
January 2015 — Present
Cimpress (Parent of Vistaprint), Full-Time
Designed new document composition engine that reduces time to market from seven days to thirty minutes. Time savings has lead to increased quality of dynamic renders and new capabilities that are used across the organization. In addition to quality increases and time savings, the engine has been leveraged to increase conversion rate and overall order value.
As Content Manager I have been entrusted with the stable release of content into the production environment. To reduce inefficiencies in the mostly manual process I designed C#/.net tools that fully automate content migration to production releasing developers from manually shepherding content thereby reducing cost through efficiency.
Other responsibilities include ownership of document rendering, ownership and maintenance of design and content management tools, front end ASP .Net development, and Project Architect.
Senior Software Engineer
January 2006 — January 2015
VistaPrint, Full-Time
Designed new document composition engine that reduces time to market from seven days to thirty minutes. Time savings has lead to increased quality of dynamic renders and new capabilities that are used across the organization. In addition to quality increases and time savings, the engine has been leveraged to increase conversion rate and overall order value.
As Content Manager I have been entrusted with the stable release of content into the production environment. To reduce inefficiencies in the mostly manual process I designed C#/.net tools that fully automate content migration to production releasing developers from manually shepherding content thereby reducing cost through efficiency.
Other responsibilities include ownership of document rendering, ownership and maintenance of design and content management tools, front end ASP .Net development, and Project Architect.
Software Engineer
July 2004 — December 2005
Auspice Corporation, Full-Time
Working as a paid intern while still attending Northeastern University, I designed and developed a Java package using standard design patterns that coupled the Auspice TLX platform with multi-session multi-service instant messaging (e.g. AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber). I also created test automation scripts for use in product testing on Linux, Solaris, and Windows platforms.
After graduation I was offered a permanent position as a software engineer where I developed a PHP graphical data entry front end that managed a MySql database of cable modems for one of the top cable companies in the nation.
Software Engineer
June 2003 — December 2003
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Full-Time Paid Intern
At Northrup Grumman I designed and developed an internal manufacturing system that streamlined and digitized a paper traveler based tracking system. It automated the tracking of efficiency matrices, hardware rollback, prototyping, review used, as well as being used in ISO 9001 auditing. My other duties entailed calibration, heat, and scale factor testing of fiber optic gyros and components.
Product Development Intern / Information Technology Intern
January 2002 — December 2002
Phase Forward Incorporated, Full-Time Paid Intern
Designed and implemented web front-end and automated hard drive imaging system. The system streamlined lab usage and automated a manual process which previously occupied several IT workers full time. Other responsibilities includes automation scripting for Windows NT/2000/Unix/Linux workstations, performed quality assurance tests of commodity software for release, and troubleshot internal hardware and software conflicts.
Accolades
Microsoft Imagine Cup
2005, 2004
2005 National Winner 3rd Place, 2005 Regional Winner 1st Place, 2004 Regional Winner 1st Place
LaCLA Academic Scholar
2001 — 2005
Awarded LaCLA full academic scholarship in sophomore year (2001) and maintained until completion of undergraduate degree (2005)
Outstanding Computer Technology Student Award
2000
Class of 2000, Achievement award presented to one student per year.
Skills USA-VICA Award
2000
1st place Computer Networking (2000)
Education
Northeastern University, Boston
2000 — 2005
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Electrical Engineering
At Northeastern University I studied Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. As part of my studies I completed one year of cooperative education in the workforce with several companies. All of which were paid internships. While at Northeastern I participated and served on the executive board of several professional societies ACM and SHPE among them. I also represented my university in competition at the Microsoft Imagine Cup receiving 1st in my region and 3rd nationally.
Patents
Method and system for rendering images in scenes
Method and system for personalizing images rendered in scenes for personalized customer experience