Founder
Spazstik Software, LLC
January 2012 - Present
- Oversee company strategy, technical architecture, and product concepts while leading all business operations.
- Architect and implement multiple versions of the company’s web site that utilizes social media to provides a customer-oriented product development experience. This web site utilized Java and was deployed using Amazon Web Services.
- Designed, implemented and launched company’s StackCalc iOS program.
- Develop iOS and Android mobile applications that leverage data sharing over Amazon.
- Designed, implemented, and deployed second generation of the company’s web site using Ruby on Rails and Amazon Web Services.
Technologist/Chief Architect
Westell Technologies, Inc.
2009 - 2012
- Managed the company patent portfolio, participating as a corporate strategist and architect during the advanced development of software products and solutions.
- Collaborated with engineering and patent attorneys to guide technology patent applications through the patent process, working with legal personnel to create responses to the USPTO office actions.
- Helped to formulate the product development strategy and architecture of Homecloud, a product line of home communication systems designed to enable a seamless storage cloud and web based applications.
- Architected an Internet-based management system on the Amazon EC2 platform, which enabled remote access to the end-user's files through a persistent HTTP connection.
- Investigated the application of advanced error correction codes to facilitate the archival storage of files and data in the home.
Technical Supervisor
Westell Technologies, Inc.
2008 - 2009
- Supervised the design and implementation of an integrated Java-based application interface for the UltraLine series of routers; enabled the development of third-party software designed to provide home automation and surveillance applications on the UltraLine product.
- Supervised the design and implementation of an integrated Java-based application interface for the UltraLine series of routers; enabled the development of third-party software designed to provide home automation and surveillance applications on the UltraLine product.
Manager Systems Engineering
Westell Technologies, Inc.
2007 - 2008
- Managed a team of six individuals and guided the adoption of a new requirements management package (CaliberRM), fulfilling an interim role directed at improving product development processes.
Senior Staff Engineer
Westell Technologies, Inc.
2004 - 2007
- Fulfilled all points of the product development life cycle, including requirements gathering, system specification and development, testing, implementation to production environments, and product launch.
- Coordinated and managed international software development initiatives with seven different customer businesses, three in India and one in Canada.
- Worked on the characterization of the impact of ADSL bit-errors on video being delivered over ADSL lines, and also architected the software for the Verizon One and Westell Media Terminal.
- Developed products that combined an ADSL gateway, a wireless phone base-station with multiple handsets, and a application platform with LCD screen and a touch pane; - constructing a platform for new services.
- Designed and implemented board support packages, including boot-loaders, flash drivers, OS startup code, LCD drivers, touch panel drivers, sound drivers, and networking drivers.
Technical Supervisor
Westell Technologies, Inc.
1999 - 2004
- Directed a team of 12 employees and contractors, leading all aspects of planning and scheduling while providing strategic direction of technical initiatives.
- Led the development of an experimental project designed to lay the foundation of ADSL modem products at Westell; created the Access-4000, an ADSL modem that supported numerous physical networks, including Ethernet, HomeRF, 802.11, HomePlug, and HPNA, VoIP, and VoATM for delivery of POTS services.
- Transitioned the technology from the Access-4000 to new ADSL products designed for a major North American RBOC, which resulted in winning a second North American RBOC with the first deployed NAT router product in the US.
- Delivered on-site customer support during product transition through customer testing lab, and also developed new product requirements and managed implementations.
