Chief Technologist and Enterprise Manager
Resume:
ROBIN ROWE
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
**********@*****.***
SUMMARY
U.S. citizen. Fortune 500 enterprise manager and chief technologist with 20 years of experience. C++ expert.
Currently designing IoT automotive traffic 3D simulation software for U.S. DOT $40M Smart City project.
Founded two divisions at Fortune 500 consulting company SAIC and led them to exceed profit quota by 10x.
Created a server-based video content management system that was sold to more than 100 TV stations, starting with Time-Warner NY-1. Created the prototypes for future mobile/cloud products at GoPro. Defined the product requirements for future set-top boxes at AT&T DirecTV. Created the production pipeline that's used to make the animated Mattel Barbie Vlog series. Created image compression software for the Shrek 3 animation pipeline at DreamWorks Animation. Built the robotic NBC-TV television studios, the first with autonomous cameras.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Gosh, Los Angeles, CA VP Technology Nov. 1999 to present
Provide innovation to Fortune 500 companies and start-up clients. P&L responsibility to identify and execute initiatives creating short and long-term financial value and find innovative solutions to challenging technical problems. Establish, track and analyze project performance metrics and ROI. Continuously improve SDLC processes. Agile Scrum, Kanban and Waterfall processes. Streamline operations. Meet with clients. Brief executives. Negotiate contracts and close deals. Lead special projects for clients, including...
For a top traffic management company, embedded systems, safety-critical, C++ NTCIP traffic controller. VISSIM automotive traffic flow VR 3D simulation for U.S. DOT Smart City IoT V2I project. Qt, JavaScript, embedded web server. MS Project. Trello. Team Foundation Server. Git. Mentor training in Agile and C++.
AeroVironment, project manager for desktop to cloud software development team. Define requirements for precision agriculture imagery cloud architecture. Resource loading. MS Project. ISO 9001/AS9100. Accelerate installation of drones imagery e-commerce data center. Installation completed six weeks ahead of schedule. The IT department described that as “unprecedented”.
House of Moves, architect real-time animation motion-capture production pipeline used to make the Mattel Barbie Vlog animation series, AAA games and films. Create Unreal Engine and MotionBuilder plug-ins in C++.
AT&T DirecTV, using business requirements defined by CTO, provide requirements analysis for new satellite and channel expansion in Brazil, define requirements for tracking customer set-top box authorization. Architect document management system.
GoPro, create prototypes using C++, Qt, JavaScript, and node.js for their future desktop, mobile and cloud products. Fix bugs in shipping products. In Advanced Technology Group, R&D image recognition and autonomous video editing.
For a casino tech start-up selling iOS and Android mobile games to bricks-and-mortar casinos, create high performance online poker server and game robots using C++, MySQL, and JavaScript.Extend system to play bingo and lotto. Architect JavaScript version of mobile games to migrate from Flash.
DreamWorks Animation, R&D, image processing and renderfarm grid computing using C++ and Python. The BBC, architect HD video player prototype in Windows C++. For a mobile game start-up, create production pipeline in Perl and mobile game in Java to serve newspaper comic strips to all major U.S. telephone carriers. Negotiate comics licensing deal with Creators Syndicate.
SAIC, San Diego, CA Enterprise Manager and Chief Technologist Aug 1996 to Aug 1999
Research lab director. P&L responsibility for commercial and IRAD divisions at a Fortune 500 defense company. Provide innovation to clients including DARPA, the DoD Joint Program Office, the Office of Naval Research, and commercial clients.
MPEG digital asset management and video editing system (Java, C++) sold to Time Warner and installed at over 100 TV stations. Architect of real-time television news monitoring system (Java, C++) installed at NORAD, SPAWAR, DARPA, integrated with the White House daily briefing system and with GCCS, the Global Command and Control System. Architect of Predator UAV video monitoring system (Java, C Architect of anti-submarine warfare training software and integration with Navy destroyers. Drafted cost-plus, GSA and consulting contracts. Led trade show marketing efforts that resulted in substantial new business. Field test systems at sea on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln and the 3rd Fleet flagship.
U.S. Navy, Monterey, CA Research Scientist Jun 1995 to Jul 1996
Added virtual weather (NOAA) to one of the first networked Virtual Reality first-person shooter games (C++, OpenGL). Architect of navy night vision simulator (C++, Solaris). Optimized vision algorithms to solve systems of Gaussian equations for modeling vision at the cellular level, extending research done by Stanford.
ACADEMICS
U.S. Navy, Monterey, CA C.S. Adjunct Professor Jun 1995 to Jul 1996
Teach CS3700 Advanced C++ to military officers. Faculty robotics advisor. Create software for R2D2-type robot.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA C.S. Instructor Jun 1994 to Jun 1995
Teach Introductory C++ at night school to retrain Boeing engineers.
Richland, Decatur, Illinois A.S. Mathematics 1983
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
NAB, SMPTE, Embedded Systems, USENIX, FOSDEM, OSCON, GUADEC, Symantec Developers Conference.
PUBLICATIONS
Writer for Popular Science and Popular Photography. Wrote Linux Journal column about graphics. Wrote monthly feature interviews for Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine.
OPEN SOURCE
Project Manager for libunistd, a POSIX-compatible library that enables building Linux C/C++ apps on Windows with minimal code changes. On GitHub.
Project Manager for CinePaint, a Photoshop alternative used to help make the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings films. On SourceForge.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member of the Television Academy, producers group.
Founder of ScreenPlayLab, a 5,000-member Hollywood industry association of producers and writers.
KEY REASONS THIS IS YOUR BEST CANDIDATE
Confidence. Expert troubleshooter. Innovation provider. Change agent. Relentless optimism.
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