To continue my career and broaden my role as a technology leader and investigator within a dynamic organization that pursues new engaging solutions.

I am currently employed at a General Dynamics business area known as Viz. I initially worked in their core CoMotion development team developing large-scale collaboration and information visualization software, then in the Command Post of the Future (CPOF) program on tasks that help to widen CPOF's applicability and make the system more open and standard. I am currently Principal Investigator for GD Viz's COBRA research and development contract with the Army's CERDEC Command and Control Directorate.

• Principal Investigator for contract with CERDEC's C2D COBRA program
• Investigator for the PM BC Net-Centric Pilot's CPOF development, including Intel-Ops MapBoarding efforts
• Architect of initial CPOF 3rd Party Development Kit opening CPOF development up to a wider audience
• Transferred to Monmouth, NJ, to be closer to the Battle Command customer
• "Tiger Team" member offering consulting and customization services to new external and internal customers
• Tech Lead and primary developer on custom version of our collaboration software for Joint Force Command in Norfolk, VA
• Software architect for GD's "Common Viewer" candidate for US Army PM Battle Command
• Spent a year in charge of Java GUI rendering library that supports distributed collaboration and data visualization (used by US Army and several corporations)
• Recipient of General Dynamics "Stars and Stripes" Award
• Recipient of General Dynamics "Scientific and Technical Society Award for Technical Excellence"

Led design changes, implemented manufacturing solutions, and solved software bottlenecks in many areas for Align Technology, Inc., the maker of invisible plastic braces. Custom software is used in all segments of manufacturing, requiring significant custom solutions, and I was instrumental in designing, implementing, and/or managing the development of many key areas.

• Led the refactoring and redesigning of the C/C++ 3D OpenGL computer-assisted orthodontics software called Treat™, developing a more maintainable infrastructure
• Led the manufacturing fabrication software team, reengineering the Fab™ server into a 40-node Java/JMS-based distributed cluster, more than doubling the capacity of the manufacturing line
• Led a project to automate the cutting of aligners from molds, saving Align significant costs. Co-designed a solution to form a 3D cubic Hermite spline defining a curve in space according to which a CNC machine would cut, and test its conformance to specification
• Automated several manufacturing software systems in the company to transform them from manual steps to SQL-triggered automatic servers
• Designed a SQL database and Java/Jakarta Struts site to enable orthodontists to mentor general practitioner dentists while observing all applicable privacy and reporting requirements
• Assisted in the redesign of the customer-facing applications, including a SQL database redesign that gave the Struts web site greater visibility into the manufacturing status
• Worked with customers, marketing, and use-case scenarios to make significant changes to Align's 3D ActiveX Internet Explorer plug-in ClinCheck® for better 3D web-based orthodontic review
• Ensured my projects met HIPAA, ISO 9001, FDA, and internal process requirements
• Co-inventor of manufacturing patent # 6,976,627 assigned to Align Technology, Inc.
• Three software patents pending (assigned to Align Technology, Inc.)

As a senior developer for Visus Technologies, Inc., I was hired as the first full-time software engineer to commercially productize Feature Center, an image recognition framework based on my original implementation as an undergrad. The company went on to implement various recognition, image processing, and document management systems for a variety of clients. Eventually held the position of Vice President of Engineering.

• Designed and implemented re-usable C++ image processing framework
• Developed and implemented algorithms to embed image authenticity data into images (Graphic Security Systems Corp)
• Designed parts of e-commerce site for county land title record searches (TitleX.com)
• Co-authored a Java middleware architecture using a SQL database with an HTML front end for internet document delivery
• Created optical character recognition systems capable of new feature detection capabilities by intelligently combining existing, cheap off-the-shelf recognition engines
• Using algorithms I helped investigate at the Imaging Laboratory at CMU, developed method to correlate page segments (such as tying a caption to its image) and scan and record large data sets for a Federal Image and Document Understanding Laboratory (FIDUL) contract

The Imaging Systems Laboratory in the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Department, where I worked as an undergraduate, was tasked with finding new industrially applicable recognition systems.

• Implemented and enhanced the design of a system of component-based image recognition engines in a project called "Feature Center", (originally proposed in a paper by Dr. Robert Thibadeau)
• Led research funded and used by Boeing Aircraft and the Federal Image and Document Understanding Laboratory (FIDUL)
• Demonstrated Feature Center design could successfully combine off-the-shelf and custom C/C++ recognition engines, recombining them into more complex solutions than previously possible

Cluster Services provides facilities for students and faculty to use computers in the classroom and curriculum, maintains and staffs computer labs across campus, and developes software necessary to administrate the labs.

• Manager of the College of Fine Arts computing lab for MIDI, electronic art, design, and architecture
• Developed C/UNIX software for reporting shift-end reports and inventory tracking
• Consulted with students and faculty needing assistance on projects involving the College of Fine Arts computing equipment