Results-driven Front-end Software Engineer with over twenty years of experience crafting scalable web applications. Proven track record as the former team lead for business-critical initiatives at a Fortune 100 company, with demonstrated results in enterprise application design, business process efficiency, and cross-functional team growth.
Software Applications Engineer, Senior Staff
Feb 2016 – Aug 2023
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | San Diego, California
Lead Front-end Engineer responsible for the planning, design, development, and improvement of new and existing business processes and tooling focused on Open Source usage.
Enhanced compliance and IP-protection capabilities based on business needs, user research, and stakeholder engagement.
Increased analyst efficiency by streamlining complex workflows and tooling UI/UX as Lead Frontend Engineer for enterprise Open Source scanning software.
Spearheaded effective technical communications in support of all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including design documentation, project requirements, use cases, process flows, wireframes, prototypes, user guides, and more.
Managed Agile-based development sprints and roadmap planning for a team of five engineers across multiple projects. Mentored junior staff through paired programming and code reviews during Agile-based project sprints. Presented internal tech-talks and conference topics.
IT Engineer, Staff
Oct 2008 – Feb 2016
Qualcomm | San Diego, California
Partnered with Enterprise Architects to design and deliver best-practice and standards-based solutions to Finance, Human Resources, Engineering, and IT teams across the company.
Managed the design and implementation of multiple projects from concept to completion, collaborating with stakeholders, engineers, and end users to achieve common business goals.
Acted as Enterprise User Experience Architect, advocating for user-centric design principles and practices across multiple product and stakeholder teams.
Programmer/Analyst, Senior
Jan 2002 – Oct 2008
Qualcomm Inc. | San Diego, California
Enabled business partner collaboration services as UI/UX expert in IT Advanced Technologies group by designing, delivering, and improving a web-based document exchange system and an accompanying identity management interface.
CodeLinaro
Jan 2020 – Mar 2023
An Open Source software distribution platform partnership with Linaro Ltd. focused on security, automation, and customer success.
Successfully migrated Qualcomm’s global Engineering organization to new business process automation and security practices related to the publishing of Open Source software artifacts.
Acted as primary liaison and User Experience consultant to the Linaro engineering team, focusing on UI/UX best practices for partner enablement and customer success.
Led the Operations track; established internal practices and procedures including engineering user guides, operational playbooks, live and recorded trainings, and more.
Software Product Registry
Oct 2017 – Jan 2020
A system of record for Open Source software composition created to address the question, “What Open Source is used in my product?”
Enabled reusable software composition and legal analysis components, negating the need for repetitive scanning and review of subsequent software versions.
Produced software bill of materials (SBOM) reports for compliance teams to understand the packaged content as well as overall licensing and copyright concerns for a given product tree.
Mobile Approvals
Oct 2013 – Jan 2016
A mobile-first cross-functional approval application with a plug-in architecture for widely varied enterprise systems including timecards, group management, system access, finance, and others.
User Experience lead and User Interface developer including concept-to-completion pipeline of user research, sketches and wireframes, prototypes, production code, user acceptance testing, and feature releases.
User Experience (UX) Design, Front-End Engineering, User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping, Technical Communications, Vendor Relationships, Software Development Lifecycle, REST, Strategic Thinking, Product Management, Business Process, Enterprise Architecture, Workflow, Layout, Typography, Visual Hierarchy, Information Architecture, Project Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Business Requirements, Project Planning, Project Leadership
Languages: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, some Python
Tools: Typescript, Node, React, Redux, Sass, Stylus, Github/git, Axure RP, Balsamiq, Adobe Creative Suite
Bachelor’s Degree, English (Creative Writing)
San Diego State University
Linux Foundation Open Source Summit | Shifting Compliance to the Left | Lyon, France, 2019
Qualcomm Open Source Summit | Principal Design Chair | 2017 – 2023
The Presentation Layer (Qualcomm-internal event) | Principal Organizer | 2014