Summary
Senior software and IT infrastructure engineer with 20+ years of experience developing full-stack production software, managing critical IT systems, and advising leadership on technology.
Experience
Founder
Thirdplace.tv | 2024 – Present
Created a livestream-based shared reality metaverse that combines a living multiviewer with ambient spatial technology. Averages a live, interactable population of 2+ million people as a result of full integration of Twitch.tv’s API, with more and diverse integrations planned. Early stage, featured on Reddit’s popular /r/twitch community.
Living multiviewer creates a ‘coffeeshop’ feel by modeling physical space dynamics such as ambient co-presence, sound attenuation, controllable crowd flow, and a vibrant adjacent city street.
Concurrently developing a self-hosted Virtual Workplace variant designed to replace open offices. Encrypted RTMPS/WebRTC streaming, secure transcoding, JWT authentication.
Back-end: Node.js, Express, Redis, Socket.io, secure data syncing, throttling, Twitch.tv API and SSO integration with secure authentication, rate limiting, request queueing, data caching and reuse.
Front-end: React.js, fully responsive dynamic grid with SSO integration, continuous full-text metadata sorting and filtering, adaptive video quality, audio mixing, dynamic repositioning, and chat integration.
Senior Software & IT Infrastructure Engineer
UD Trucks North America | 2015 – 2023
Sole owner of all back-end and full-stack software applications and server infrastructure (excluding IBM mainframe) for a business unit serving public users and 100+ dealerships. Reported directly to executive leadership.
Full ownership of and enhancements to all custom applications including a mainframe-integrated parts catalog and ordering platform supporting $10M+/year in parts orders.
Direct management of and final escalation point for all server infrastructure including Active Directory, vSphere, Exchange, SQL Server, other vendor applications, backups and monitoring, across 11+ Windows Server VMs in a VMware cloud environment.
Detected and led forensic recovery and full restoration after 2021 Hafnium zero-day compromise with minimal business disruption, including business-wide migration to Exchange Online.
Planned and executed full migration of all IT infrastructure and business systems to parent and sibling company environments.
Senior Software Engineer
Bryte Software Design | 2001 – 2013
Lead engineer on 40+ projects, with full ownership of the entire software development life-cycle; from early interviews, business analysis, and prototyping, through design, development, and eventually long-term support. Notable examples:
Systainet - Enterprise-scale MRP system for Global Supply Chain Solutions, LLC.
Web-based ASP.NET/MSSQL application (with C++ components) used to manage $250M+ of purchases for clients including Texas Instruments and Raytheon; Systainet supported GSCS’s growth from startup to 20+ employees.UDXpress - National sales quotation system for UD Trucks NA, Inc.
ASP.NET/MSSQL system handling $200M+ in quotes annually; adopted by 800+ field sales personnel with a >95% user preference rate.
Technologies
React, Node.js, Express, JavaScript, ASP.NET Core, C#, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, Redis, SignalR, GraphQL, Socket.io, Active Directory, VMware vSphere, Windows Server, Exchange, Powershell, DaVinci Resolve, WebRTC, RTMPS, HLS, OBS, FFmpeg, Git, OAUTH, LDAP, VPN, TLS/SSL, various others
Education
State University of New York at Buffalo
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
