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I design applications and write software. I've worked on UI/UX, graphics, imaging, and broadcast television applications, where my background in film, video, and computer graphics production informs my designs and helps me better understand the customer's needs.
Needs analysis, product definition, object-oriented software design and programming, embedded systems. Networking, communications, client/server systems, real-time control. Technical writing and presentation. Film & video production/post-production.
| CTO | Center for Moving Image Research, Inc. | Jun 2021 - present |
IT support for the Cinematography Mailing List: maintaining / updating CML’s website, mailing lists, and video channels; organizing and conducting cinema technology tests.
| Consultant / Independent Software Developer | Video Devices, Kranky Kids, myself, others. | Oct 2012 - present |
Several iOS apps in the App Store, including FieldMonitor, Cine Meter II, and My Daily Cow. Mac/Windows utility for calibrating and balancing LED video walls and production volumes. Hardware and software prototype for a handheld digital water-quality analyzer. iPhone apps for selecting ND filters for drone photography and for camera live streaming. UX/UI design and coding for PIX-E portable video monitor/recorders. 64-bit Windows 7 software for a high-end archival film-scanning system with real-time image stabilization. iOS, Objective-C, Swift, Xcode, C++, VS2012, Qt, Linux, Arduino, ESP-IDF.
| Technical Services |
Meets The Eye Studios |
Nov 2007 - Oct 2012 |
Engineer / technician / cameraman / editor for film production / rental stage startup: specified cameras, lenses, support systems, monitors, editing systems, IT and storage infrastructure; designed & installed wired and wireless networking and 3G SDI video routing and switching; wrote OS X utility programs; photographed, edited, color-corrected, and provided visual effects for short videos and feature films.
| Sr. Engineer; Project Lead | Omneon Video Networks (now Harmonic) |
Aug 2000 - Nov 2007 |
Windows and Macintosh application programs for video server control and media manipulation, using C++ and Java. UI redesign. Lead engineer on ProBrowse client/server proxy media system (Linux, PostgreSQL, Python, Ruby, HTML). Worked with Apple to improve Final Cut Pro’s usability with Omneon servers. Trade show demos and support. Win32, Visual C++ 6.0, MFC; Mac OS9; OS X; Java; AppleScript; Xcode; Subversion; Jira.
| Consultant | Pinnacle, ABC, Adobe, Burst, Lucent, others | Feb 1997 - Nov 2007 |
Software engineering and network training for Pinnacle. Custom UI & touchscreen control software, realtime elections data simulator, on-air database-driven elections software for ABC. Perceptual analysis and display simulation software; scriptable video switcher and multiple-VTR controllers; web video broadcast scheduling system; Nonlinear editor UI redesign usability analysis. Win32, Visual C++, MFC, C++ Builder, MSSQL 6.5; MacOS 8/9, CodeWarrior4, AppleScript, Java.
| Sr. SW Engineer; Project Lead | Pinnacle Systems (now Avid) |
Jan 1994 - Feb 1997 |
FlashFile networked video still store. Customer operations analysis, product definition/specification, user interface and control panel redesign. C++ and 8051 assembly programming; serial and network communications; real-time hardware control. On-site application engineering, training, installation at ABC/Capital Cities, ESPN, others.
| Sr. SW Engineer / Consultant | Louth Automation / Grass Valley Group, CBS | Feb 1993 - Jan 1996 |
Networked client/server scheduling system controlling GVG SMS-7000 router. Specification, design, Object Pascal programming, documentation; training and installation at CBS in New York. Networked multi-user database with user-configurable viewers and editors, NetBIOS RPC interface, comprehensive event logging, fully-mirrored redundant servers.
| Sr. Software Engineer | Borland International | Oct 1991 - Dec 1992 |
Bitmap/icon editor for OS/2 Resource Workshop. Design and C++ programming: RW's UI class hierarchy with multiple window interface and floating tool palettes; bitmap/icon editing.
| Sr. SW Engineer; Project Lead | Abekas Video Systems | Sep 1988 - Oct 1991 |
A72 Video Character Generator. Embedded C and assembly programming: system enhancements and extensions. Kanji support including needs analysis / customer visits in Tokyo, Atsugi, Hong Kong; graphics package; user interface, file system, mouse/trackball, system utilities. Bitstream typeface converters for PC, Sun, and SGI; typeface utilities for PCs.
| Software Engineer | Circuit Studios Inc. |
Aug 1986 - Sep 1988 |
Velocity 3D broadcast animation system (world's first real-time, solid-modeling animation design system). C, 8086 assembly. Serial communications; VTR control; file system with hierarchical file dependencies, long file names (atop a DOS 8.3 file system infrastructure); icon editor. Designed, built, wired video graphics production suite; created animations for public television; shot / edited video programs; maintained NTSC and RGB video equipment.
“ARRICORE”, video codec test report, Oct 2025.
“CML 2025 Test: Affordable Lenses”, interactive test report, Sep 2025.
CameraTestSlate, iPhone/iPad/Mac app in the App Store, Dec 2024.
“2024 LMU Camera/Lighting Tests”, interactive test report, Sep 2024.
FieldMonitorT, iPhone/iPad app in the App Store, Dec 2023.
FieldMonitor, iPhone/iPad app in the App Store, May 2016.
Cine Meter II, iPhone/iPad app in the App Store, June 2014.
Cine Meter, iPhone app in the App Store, January 2013.
My Daily Cow, iPhone/iPad app in the App Store, April 2012.
Camera Log channel on provideocoalition.com: camera reviews, workflow articles. December 2007 - April 2023.
Camera, equipment, and industry event coverage on DVInfo.net, March 2013 - November 2016.
“Technical Difficulties”, regular column and equipment reviews in DV Magazine, June 2000 - November 2007.
Co-author, Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System, Apple Pro Training Series, Peachpit Press, 2005.
“The Promise of 24P”, interview with Larry Thorpe, RES Magazine, 2nd quarter 2000.
“Orchestrating 1s And 0s, A Brief History of DV and IEEE-1394”, Government Video News, March 2000.
“Still Stores and Networking in the Age of the Information Superhighway” (with George Uibel), Television Broadcast , March 1995.
“Design of the A72 Digital Character Generator and its Implications”, Proceedings, 26th Annual SMPTE Advanced Television and Electronic Imaging Conference, Feb 1992; reprinted as “Design and Evolution of the A72 Digital Character Generator” SMPTE Journal, Dec 1992.
Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing, Design, & Controls), Carnegie-Mellon University, 1986.Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1982.
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