Vice President Software Engineer
Resume:
Rich Timmer
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-timmer-94120534/
Skills Summary
Mentoring (5+y) Scrum & Agile (9y) C++ (8y)
Technical Roadmap (4y) Leadership (10y) Robotics (6y) Business
Development (5y)
Python (6y) Image Processing (10y)
Confluence & Jira (4y) OpenCV (5y) Ruby (8y)
AGI/Etica AG - Vice President of Engineering
Dates: 08/2024 - Present Location: Greensburg, PA (Hybrid) Skills: Technical Sales, Design for Manufacturability, Staffing, Technical and Strategic Roadmap
● Designed and developed a multi-million-dollar manufacturing assembly line for BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems), including sourcing vendors, hiring consultants, obtaining machinery quotes, and ensuring compliance with technical requirements.
● Conducted site visits to evaluate vendor capabilities and establish strong partnerships.
● Projected staffing needs and equipment requirements to secure funding.
● Created a strategic product and personnel roadmap.
● Led the resolution of engineering challenges through product redesign, optimizing manufacturing processes and ensuring seamless operations.
● Supported business development and enhanced the sales pipeline by assisting with customer quoting and engaging with potential clients at trade shows and through online channels. Eye-bot Aerial Solutions - Chief Technology Officer/Board Member Dates: 12/2023 – Present Location: New Kensington, PA Skills: Python, Tensorflow, OpenCV, AWS, Kubernetes
● Transformed content delivery from manual emails to dynamic content with 3D models.
● Hands on leadership of machine learning efforts to segment data so that models could be viewed as distinct pieces rather than a single object.
● Improved quality of 3d models by introducing mechanisms to correct geometry.
● Developed a technical roadmap for all software aspects of the business.
● Met with business leaders to establish strategic partnerships.
● Led enhancements to the acquisition and processing efforts. Realtor.com - Software Engineering Manager
Dates: 12/2020 – 08/2023 Location: Morgantown, WV (Remote) Skills: AWS, Python, Linux, React, DynamoDB, Redis
● Championed fraud detection initiative, generating $2M/year in consumer savings.
● Responsible for 30% of revenue.
● Increased photo quality, generating $10M/year.
● Introduced release notes which were adopted by other teams.
● Manage team delivering image pipeline improvements.
● Worked with Product to create roadmap and quarterly goals.
● Prioritized backlog for team, refined stories.
● Managed ML models used to turn images to searchable text. Teletracking - Software Engineering Manager
Dates: 2/2019 – 12/2020 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Skills: Product introduction, Snowflake, Linux, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, AWS, Terraform and Ansible
● Manage distributed machine learning software team.
● Mentor employees through code reviews, book club and one-on-one feedback.
● Improve efficacy of work through enhancing description of work and enforcing best practices.
Smith & Nephew - Staff Software Engineer
Dates: 7/2018 – 2/2019 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Skills: Linux, C++, Robotic Surgery Team
● Linux Qt development for artificial knee replacement.
● USB import & export functionality.
UPMC Enterprises – Lead Software Engineer
Dates: 9/2016 – 7/2018 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Skills: AWS, Kubernetes, Linux, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, Natural Language Processing, Cloud infrastructure
● NLP Evaluation - Responsible for all data processing and analysis of nlp algorithms.
● DICOM data extraction and storage.
● Developed software for use on AWS using SQS, SNS, and S3 in Ruby, Java, Docker
& Kubernetes.
● Frequently enhance acceptance criteria by requesting specific details. Omnyx (GE & UPMC joint venture) - Sr. Software Engineer Dates: 4/2014 – 9/2016 - Full Time Employee Location: Pittsburgh, PA Dates: 4/2018 – 8/2018 - Contractor
Skills: Windows, Python, C++, OpenCV, Class 3 Medical Device, Medical Image Processing, Data Science
● Enhanced algorithm for tissue detection in microscope images under Class III rules.
● Developed distribution based thresholds, to eliminate fixed thresholds.
● Developed algorithms for image processing, and designed and implemented testing framework for verification.
● Developed image segmentation, and registration algorithms using various techniques.
● Extended algorithms to a new imaging platform, and provided detailed instructions for others to repeat the process.
D4D Technologies - Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Role Dates: 4/2013 – 4/2014 Location: Dallas, TX
Skills: Ruby, C# .NET, ACS Motion Control, WPF, GUI, ETL, Code Generation, Windows Environment
● Software Lead for milling project, which cuts artificial teeth from blocks of ceramic.
● Defined requirements for milling machine.
● Designed, & implemented new software architecture for 6-axes milling machine. Lockheed Martin - Sr. Software Engineer
Dates: 1/2008 – 4/2013 Location: Akron, Ohio
Skills: Ruby, C++, Perl, Matlab, JavaScript, backend, Linux environment
● Reduced re-host time, through scripting tools in Ruby for faster re-host.
● Extensive Ruby programming on C++ language parsing program.
● C and C++ porting of aircraft software in a Linux environment. AIP Micro-Poise - Senior Software Engineer
Dates: 10/2007 – 1/2008 Location: Akron, Ohio
Skills: C#, C++, Image Processing, Windows environment
● Developed 3D segmentation algorithm to separate tire surface from the rest of the tread.
● Developed an algorithm to turn range images into 3D ply file format for visualization.
● Wrote a pattern matching algorithm to find tire bead in range images, and calculate run-out.
Thermo Fisher Scientific - Software Engineering Manager Dates: 11/2006 – 10/2007 Location: Twinsburg, Ohio Skills: Software Management, Government Contracts
● Led software team on Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) program to detect Nuclear Weapons and Dirty Bombs at domestic and foreign borders.
● Responsible for the management of 21 individuals.
● Negotiated millions in increased funding nearly doubling the yearly budget.
● Led the software team through difficult staffing changes, while maintaining technical edge over competition.
● Completed all financial reports, scheduling, and budget for 2007 – 2008 ASP program.
● Negotiated software release dates, feature sets, and milestones with DOE, CBP, and DHS. Education: Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Akron
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