Recent Professional Experience

PolyRemedy, Mountain View, CA

Oct 2008 – Jan 2010
Software Development Manager  

PolyRemedy is a privately-held startup that manufactures a robotic system for the fabrication of nano- and micro-fiber wound treatments.

  • Hands-on manager of a small group of software engineers and SQA to develop software for an innovative robotic medical device which manufactures custom wound dressings.
  • Software included a WPF touch-screen client and a web application for remotely ordering dressings over the internet.
  • Established an FDA-complaint SDLC and met critical milestones for customer beta trials and filing a 510(K).
  • Implemented tools and processes for issue tracking, code reviews and source control.
  • Utilized C#, WPF, ASP.NET, AJAX, SQL Server 2005 & 2008, CruiseControl.NET, SVN (Subversion).

Caliper Life Sciences, Alameda, CA

May 2006 – Oct 2008
Director of Software Engineering

Caliper Life Sciences is leading provider of microfludics and optical imaging. I initially joined Xenogen, which was acquired by Caliper in 2006. Xenogen developed a market-leading biophotonic technology that enables real-time, non-invasive exploration of genes, proteins, pathogens and tumor cells in living animals.  

  • Managed in-house software developers, SQA and off-shore resources to design and build cross-platform software for a commercially successful line of 2D and 3D optical imaging systems. 
  • Transitioned Living Image™ software from IGOR Pro to C++ and QT on the Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Reduced license fees and improved margins on Living Image.
  • Drove initiative to implement software licensing. Licensing increased software revenue and allowed new initiatives with trial software.
  • Implemented a crash-analysis solution to track application crashes both in-house and in the field. The solution allowed us to quickly resolve issues and notify users when an update was ready that would resolve problems.
  • Utilized Microsoft Visual Studio, C++, QT, OpenGL, Perforce SCM, and Jira for issue tracking.

Ciphergen Biosystems, Fremont, CA

Feb 1997 – May 2006
Director of Software Engineering  

Ciphergen developed, manufactured and marketed the ProteinChip® system to enable protein characterization and biomarker discovery using mass spectrometry. In 2006, the company sold the life science business to Bio-Rad. In 2007, the firm changed its name to Vermillion, Inc.

  • Joined Ciphergen as a software engineer and was promoted to software engineering manager and then director. Helped grow Ciphergen from an early-stage startup to a public offering and over $60 million in annual revenue.
  • Recruited and managed a team of that grew to 18 software and SQA engineers. Established an ISO 9001-compliant software development process including configuration management and defect tracking.
  • Led development of Ciphergen Express™, a powerful software suite for proteomics and biomarker discovery. Ciphergen Express was written in Java and utilized MySQL or Oracle for the back-end RDBMS.
  • Utilized C++, Java, Swing, MySQL, DevTrack, Perforce SCM, Compuware QA Director.

 

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