Software Engineering Manager
2019 - PRESENTFortem Technologies- Managed and led a team of 6-10 to fulfill a performance milestone on the DroneHunter, fulfilling a contract worth millions of dollars and opening the door for future growth.
- Created and designed Jira processes for the team from scratch to maintain organization and visibility. Procedures include Scrum and Sprint-based development.
- Built an onboarding tutorial that trains a developer to add a new control state to the DroneHunter.
Technologies: C++, Python, Robotics, Java, JavaScript, Angular, Node.js, Linux, HTML, CSSSoftware Tech Lead
2017 - 2019Fortem Technologies- Created and architected the higher-order flight control service for the DroneHunter. This system makes it easier for control engineers to modify and add new behaviors to the DroneHunter.
- Built and architected the DroneHunter attack controls. This logic handles the high-order control commands to autonomously follow a target and fire a payload at the right time.
- Developed the DroneHunter path planning. This logic handles creating a path from the current location to a target destination around a predetermined set of user-defined zones.
- Refactored and improved the DroneHunter configuration UI, increasing data performance displayed on a 2D map and adding many features for enhanced user experience.
- Integrated onboard control software with several different drone autopilots, allowing the company to use different drone platforms for research and development.
Technologies: C++, Python, Robotics, Linux, Angular, Java, JavaScript, Node.jsSoftware Developer
2014 - 2017Workfront- Created the back end for the internal customer announcement center.
- Added back-end logic for new email templates and notifications triggered throughout the web application.
- Led a team of interns to implement new core features to the primary web application.
Technologies: Java, HTML, Spring Boot