My background is in Technology, Computer Science, and Entertainment. My current focus is on Web Services, Distributed Systems, and Big Data. Currently I’m a Web Service Developer at HBO. Previously I developed the services that powered the Halo Universe at 343i. In November 2012 we shipped Halo 4. Prior to that I worked on the Gears of War Franchise (Gears of War 2 & 3). Prior to that I earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University. In addition I’m an Ultimate Frisbee Junkie, Crossfit Rookie, and Photographer in my non-coding hours.

Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer @ Infrastructure / Observability From January 2015 to Present (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Staff Engineer @ Re­designed & Re­wrote the HBO Go Services to be Scalable, Fault Tolerant, Globalized, and Cloud Based From October 2013 to October 2014 (1 year 1 month) Software Development Engineer 2 @ Designed & Developed Scalable, Highly Concurrent Cloud Services that powered the Halo Universe: Halo 4, Halo Waypoint, Halo: Reach, and future Halo games. From March 2010 to October 2013 (3 years 8 months) Software Development Engineer in Test @ Networking and Multiplayer Test Engineer on Gears of War 2 & Gears of War 3 From July 2008 to March 2010 (1 year 9 months) Computer Science Teaching Assistant @ Teaching Assistant for CS 211, a data structures and programming concepts course in Java. Taught weekly sections, held office hours, and graded projects and exams. From August 2005 to December 2007 (2 years 5 months) Ithaca, New York AreaSoftware Development Engineer in Test Intern @ From June 2007 to August 2007 (3 months) Department of Engery Intern @ Worked in the batch computing center at SLAC. Managed and monitored machines which provided compute power for research From June 2006 to August 2006 (3 months)

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science @ Cornell University From 2004 to 2008