Work Experience

Senior Software Developer, Amazon Studios

2019 - Present, Los Angeles, CA

Development of a digital asset management platform for ingesting, managing, and distributing the studio’s creative assets

Senior Software Developer, Eventide

2011 - 2019, Little Ferry, NJ

  • Product development of H9000: Project management, C++ development, UX design. Winner of 2018 TEC award for ‘Signal Processing Hardware’
  • Product development of H9: Project management, C++ development, UX design. Winner of TEC awards in 2014 and 2016 for 'Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects'
  • Development of various audio plugins: Blackhole, 2016 Stereo Room, Omnipressor etc.
  • Development of web services for payment processing, product registration, etc.

Founder, Sound Fantasy

2009 - Present

  • Mood Lighting: iOS app for controlling smart lights. See moodlighting.info
  • SoundCards: iOS app for studying flashcards using voice commands. See soundcards.info

Software Developer, LimeWire

2009 - 2010, New York City, NY

  • Development of a streaming audio client / media player in C++ for iPhones and iPads
  • Development of the Java based LimeWire P2P client with a focus on improving the user experience on Mac OS X.

Researcher, Geneva Music Conservatory

2007 - 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Development of a C++ computer vision application for tracking the movement of fingers and objects on surfaces
  • Development of a drag-n-drop application in Java for creating multi-touch interfaces for music and media art.
  • Development of C++ sound engine that allows users to dynamically create signal processing chains using unit generators for synthesis, sampling and audio effects.

Researcher / Masters Student, Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University

2006 – 2007, Barcelona, Spain

  • Development of an audio-driven, spectral-modeling synthesizer in C++ for real-time control by a violin.
  • Development of www.freesound.org, a user contributed database of sound samples

Freelance Consultant

2003 - 2006, Berlin, Germany

Development of a document management system for HUK Coburg (Germany’s 2nd largest insurance company) based on IBM’s Visual Info and a custom designed, Java-based image client.

e-Business Consultant, IBM Global Services

2001 – 2002, Munich, Germany

Development of a document management system for HUK Coburg based on IBM’s Visual Info and a custom designed, Java-based image client.

Software Developer, eCircle

2000 – 2001, Munich, Germany

Development of a group communications platform.

Education

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Masters Degree in Communication, Information, and Audiovisual technologies

Research work at the MTG (Music Technology Group), the world’s largest center for music technology.

Columbia University

Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude

Focus on computer science, music technology, and philosophy (No major)