Engineer Software

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Dispersive Networks (September 2016 – present)

Alpharetta, Georgia

Product Program Manager

Dispersive Networks Critical Infrastructure Software Defined Network delivers security, reliability, and resiliency for power grid data communications using the public Internet.

Forming and organizing the initial Program Management organization and the initial Critical Infrastructure Program.

Establishing a Project Management function with the first roll out of an IoT Managed Security Cloud for the California ISO power generation market.

Driving Process organization to address the Critical Infrastructure market

Technical Stack: Embedded C, linux, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Cloud Formation, private cloud, public cloud, security, encryption, high performance networks, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Virtual Networks, SalesForce (SFDC), NetSuite

Leadership Skills: Program Management, Product Management, Contract Negotiations, Information Technology Integration, Process Planning, Process Design, Direct Sales, Channel Sales, Internet of Things (IoT), Supply Chain Management, Financial Planning, Financial Reporting, Manufacturing, Security, PCI, HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, ISO 27001, Marketing, Order Fulfillment, Software Operations Executive, MILGOV, Federal Government Sales, Military Procurement, Turn Around, Change Agent, Critical Infrastructure

HireIQ (June 2012 – July 2016)

Alpharetta, Georgia

CTO

HireIQ is the leading developer of talent acquisition technology for the customer contact market. Dozens of Fortune 500 and customer management business process outsourcing companies use our predictive analytics and virtual interviewing solutions to assess, choose, and hire thousands of contact center reps each day.

Functioning as a key member of the Executive Team with ultimate responsibility for all technical aspects of the company. Primary responsibilities include Software Development, Operations, Quality Assurance, Customer Success Management, Security, IT infrastructure, Patent Portfolio development, and Strategic Product Roadmap. Also, supporting key accounts through our Executive Sponsor program, raising venture capital and managing technical partnership development.

Rebuilt a Development and Quality Assurance team from one Engineer

Built a Machine Learning capability and team

Implemented Agile Development methodology

Authored and implemented corporate Security Policies and contracted for a penetration testing and remediation.

Instituted a Strategic Roadmap, designed the architecture to support the vision and drove adoption within key stakeholders in the company, on the Board and among customers.

Fostered an accountable culture within the development staff eager to meet the needs of the business.

Initiated an intellectual property program, filing the first three patents in late 2012 for Emotional Analysis of recorded interview questions and Machine Learning for hiring optimization.

Operated and scaled up a global SaaS infrastructure with multiple public and private cloud sites including a robust AWS implementation to handle 600,000 web hits per month representing 40,000 candidate interviews a month in over 40 languages on 5 continents

Established Natural Language processing capabilities to evaluate functional language skills and analytics

100% Customer Retention until the final year

100% uptime for Production SaaS environment in 2016 after implementation of new HA cloud architecture

Technology stack: Python, Apache, Django (ORM), REST API, MongoDB, MySQL DB, Machine Learning, scikit-learn, Big Data, Analytics, Scrum / Agile development, AWS, S3, RDS, encryption, telephony, VoIP, FreeSwitch, Twilio, chef, puppet, devops, Audio Processing, Internationalization (I18N), High Availability web application, bootstrap, React JS, backbone, jQuery, mobile applications, iOS, Android, HTML5 Video, ISO 27001, AngularJS NoSQL

Leadership Skills: Pentest, Security Policy, Financial Budget, HR Recruiting, startup leadership, Executive Management, Executive Leadership, Product Roadmap development, Team Building of Software Engineer staff, Project Management, Customer Success Management, Spanish Language testing, International Business, Asia Pacific, Central America, South America, Europe, Turn Around, Change Agent, Process Design, Operations, Vendor Management, Information Technology Management, Cognitive Assessment, Software Executive, Operations, Board of Directors, Public Speaking, Vendor Management, Contract Negotiations, Human Resources, Employment Screening

Global Crypto Systems (June 2006- June 2012)

Atlanta, Georgia

CEO / Founder

Application security provider GlobalCrypto provides affordable, user-friendly cryptographic security software that protects Web applications and their users from Internet fraud and malicious attacks.

As a strong authentication company, GlobalCrypto delivers cryptographic security for Web applications that can be used to authenticate users, digitally sign documents, protect online content, prevent the sharing of seat licenses and eliminate the need to maintain multiple passwords.

Founded the company in June 2006

Maintained full P&L responsibility for the company

Developed the initial Intellectual Property leading to the filing of a broad patent for PKI key distribution

Recruited and managed the founding team including sales, operations and development

Raised two rounds of outside capital

Executed Sales and Marketing plans with partners in order to extend our early customer wins

Established Channel Sales partners (White label OEM and VAR) including international distribution in Asia and South America

Nurtured an ongoing Social Media relations program

Drove product line extensions to react to changing market conditions

Publicly evangelized the company at trade shows, industry panels and speaking engagements

Assembled and managed a blue-chip board of directors and board of advisors

Technology Stack: C, C++, C#, .NET, java, jQuery, Apache, AWS, linux MySQL, PKI, Steganography, encryption, public key encryption, RSA, AES, ECC, ISO 27001, Agile Development, SCRUM

Leadership Skills: Team Formation, Corporate Development, Contract Negotiations, Vendor Management, Sales Plans, Financial Modeling, P&L Management, Program Management, Product Management, Product Development, Software Engineering, International Business, Federal Government Contracting, Security, HIPAA, SOX, FFIEC, Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 27001, GLBA, PCI, Information Technology Management, Board of Directors, Public Speaking, Executive Management, Vendor Management, Contract Negotiations, Sales Negotiations, Channel Sales, Direct Sales, Venture Financing, Debt Financing

nCircle / Cambia (June 2006-June 2007)

Alpharetta GA

Principle Software Architect

Acquired by nCircle and then Tripwire for a combined $140M revenue company.

Tripwire® IP360™ is the leading vulnerability and security risk management system that enables organizations to cost-effectively measure and manage their network security risk.

Developed technical Security Policies for the policy scanning engine including PCI, NIST, Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA standards

Drove integration of scanning engine with technology partners including IBM Tivoli, CheckPoint and Cisco

Drove policy scanning capabilities for various firewalls, Unix flavors, databases and web servers

Implemented key features for the Cambia CM product including the following scanning modules: AIX, HPUX, CheckPoint Firewall, PIX Firewall, Apache Web Server and IIS Web Server(C#/.NET). Drove the Tivoli integration effort between IBM and Cambia including writing the integration module (Java), managing the testing and providing requirements to the IBM team. Drove all CIS certification efforts for Cambia, achieved certification for PIX, Apache, SQL Server and Oracle. Sought out membership in CheckPoint’s OPSEC development program, managed development of the CheckPoint project including documentation and QA, (internal and CheckPoint Labs) and obtained CheckPoint OPSEC certification for the CM product. C, C++, C#/.NET (1.1 and 2.0), Mono/Linux, Java. Enterprise Security, Standards Compliance.

AirDefense (April 2005 – June 2006)

Alpharetta Georgia

Embedded Security Architect

Company sold to Motorola then Google

The AirDefense Security & Compliance solution includes the most advanced 24x7 wireless monitoring tools which allow IT staff to identify network attacks and vulnerabilities, and to instantly terminate the connection to any rogue device. The system uses collaborative intelligence, with access points/dedicated sensors that work in tandem with a server appliance to monitor all 802.11 (a/b/g/n) wireless traffic.

Drove product development of three new WiFi security sensor models through design, implementation and off shore manufacture

Ran an OEM partnership with Symbol that led to an eventual acquisition of both companies by Motorola

Key driver in bringing up new sensor platforms for internal use and partner platforms.

Directed the rollout of all next generation sensors and partner platforms including the interface with QA/Test and Offshore Manufacturing.

Products use Embedded Linux and eCos on a number of platforms including PPC and MIPS processors. Products are key elements in DoD, Government, Retail, Big Business security applications. C, C++, Linux, eCos. TCP/IP, Ethernet driver development, WiFi driver development (802.11 a/b/g), Wireless security, HTTP, HTTPS.

PerformanceIT (October 1997-Dec 2003)

Alpharetta Georgia

Managing Operating Partner

PerformanceIT offers Managed IT services in a way that flexibly meets the unique business needs of each of our clients. We provide reliable and innovative technology solutions to small and mid-sized businesses, government entities, and non-profits since 1997.

Sold company to a private equity operator

Founded a remote IT infrastructure monitoring company that grew 400% a year each of the first four years with $1.5M in revenue in the fourth year

Responsible for strategic corporate direction including financial activities of the corporation, raising venture capital and managing banking relationships

Product Management responsibilities for a team of software engineers developing a high-availability multi-platform product to support a 24/7 administration team

Responsible for direct report team of software engineers developing a multi-platform product including Windows, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris (C++, Java).

Ciena (March 1998-Feb 2004)

Alpharetta Georgia

Lead Engineer

Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment with its OPn architecture for next-generation networks.

First circuit pack embedded software engineer post IPO

Wrote board-level firmware for advanced communications lasers

Designed software infrastructure, board support packages, and device drivers for DWDM as well as carrier-grade optical switching gear

Lead Software Engineer responsible for Firefly, a point to point WDM optical transport system. C, Embedded pSOS and Solaris.

Lead Embedded Software engineer responsible for E-Core software. Lead a team responsible for the re-design/optimization of circuit pack software across platforms as a part of a global re-design/optimization effort to move to Object Oriented design. C, C++, pSOS, and Solaris. Rational Rose & OO design.

Designed and Implemented a pSOS Board Support Package (BSP) to allow all Ciena Transport embedded software loads to run natively on Solaris. This allows developers to use one code base for developing on simulators and real hardware with no code changes and very few conditional compile directives. Ported pNA (TCP/IP stack for pSOS) to Solaris running on a streams interface.

Lead Engineer for CoreDirector, an Optical-Electrical-Optical switch. Responsible for the SONET subsystem including writing device drivers for proprietary ASICs. Responsible for the design of a new Performance Monitoring subsystem. C++, vxWorks, Rational Rose & OO.

Lead Engineer for IRIS Optical Module, an interface card for the CoreDirector that implements frequency agile DWDM transport with Forward Error Correction. Drove the design of the card’s architecture through to the commercial delivery of the system. C++, vxWorks, Rational Rose & OO.

Internet Security Systems Atlanta (December 1997-February 1998)

Atlanta Georgia

Security Consultant

Technical Security consultant to the RealSecure advising on how to port the application to Solaris

Helped port NT security product over to Unix. Debugged multi-thread

communications applications with heavy synchronization issues. Wrote a

java program to dynamically configure a router in conjunction with the ISS security engine. Solaris/C++/g++, NT/C++/MS-visual c++, java/cisco routers.

Scientific Atlanta (June 1996-October 1997)

Duluth Georgia

Lead Firmware Engineer

Lead Firmware Engineer developing one of the first cable modems: the dataXcelerator.

Implemented the TCP/IP stack from scratch and designed most of the infrastructure of the cable modem

Part of a small group responsible for developing firmware in the SA dataXcelerator cable modem. Implemented most of the TCP/IP suite and designed most of the infrastructure of the cable modem OS. Strong technical presence on system integration and design. TCP/IP guru. Protocols written include: SNMP, DHCP, RIP, Async PPP, UDP, ARP, ICMP, IP, Ethernet driver. Experience with telco modem chips, RF/cable data delivery and framing, board level debugging. System level pieces include ISDN, T1, and POTS service. Ascend and USRobotics modem pools. Cisco routers, Sun Netra internet servers. Wrote Applications and testing programs for Solaris (UNIX) and Visual C++ for Windows 3.1, Win95, WinNT and Win CE. Experience with sockets API in Visual C++ and VxD writing experience. C/Unix, Visual C++/MS windows 3.x., 95 & NT, C/C++/ vxWorks, C/C++/VRTX as well as JAVA.

Education

University of Florida (1992)

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

Senior Project: Implemented an Internet Protocol (IP) layer for Minix (early Linux)

University of Florida (1994)

Masters of Engineering, Computer Engineering

Thesis:A new method for the Correction of Errors on a T1 VSAT

Satellite Channel in the Ka band and the Characteristics of those errors. (NASA grant)

This work was performed for NASA and validated using the ACTS satellite immediately after it launched on Shuttle mission STS-51.

U.S. Patents granted

6,618,353 Router for use with a link that has a set of concurrent channels

6,519,224 Method of using routing protocols to reroute packets during a link failure

6,301,223 Method of using routing protocols to reroute packets during a link failure

6,286,058 Apparatus and methods for automatically rerouting packets in the event of a link failure

6,052,819 System and method for detecting correcting and discarding corrupted data packets in a cable data delivery system

8,122,255 A new method for digital authentication on the world-wide-web using public key cryptography to digitally sign images and the dispersion of the image information between the authenticating parties.

In Process Patents:

61/707,337

A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SCORING CANDIDATE AUDIO RESPONSES FOR A HIRING DECISION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF GROSS AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS AND EXTRACTION OF EMOTIONAL FEATURES

61/707,316

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING CANDIDATES FOR A HIRING DECISION BASED ON MULTIPLE CANDIDATES ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES COMBINED WITH FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS HIRING DECISIONS

61/807,488

A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING CANDIDATE FIT FOR A HIRING DECISION BASED ON EXTRACTION OF EMOTIONAL FEATURES AND APPLICABILITY OF MEASURED CANDIDATE AFFECT FOR THE PROPOSED JOB POSITION

Kudos

Adopt-a-Stream Volunteer

Chemical stream monitoring for John’s Creek

Triathlon competitor

Award winning navigator for Transcontinental Vintage Auto Rallies. Designed and implemented a highly accurate electronic speedometer for this race series and captured >99% of the market share.

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Assistant Scout Master, Troop 143 Atlanta Area Council

Woodbadge, 92-83

Presidential Award for Community Volunteer Service, 2014

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