Dave Young

Experience

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  Sony Electronics, Systems Integration Division

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2006

  Software Developer | TV & Media Systems Design & Integration Specialist

  My duties during my Sony engagement covered a wide range of technologies and markets, including early work in the touch-screen remote control devices space for luxury brands such as Mercedes Benz and Sea Ray yachts, custom machine control software development, AutoCAD drafting of television broadcasting facilities, audio/video/control signal switching matrix systems, and more!

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  The Sports Network

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Web Application Developer

  Lead developer and team lead (2 developers, 1 UX designer, 1 business analyst) during the highly successful re-development of the client's public web site and internal intranet portal with several made-to-order ASP, ColdFusion and SQL Server based applications. (IIS, ASP, SQL Server, ColdFusion)

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  Craftmatic Adjustable Beds

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2008

  Sr. Software Developer | IT Director

  Planned and implemented transition of a thirty-six seat Amcat predictive dialer installation to a forty-four seat Touchstar call center solution, including the migration of a twenty-five million record SQL Server contact database, development of new interactive call scripts and the configuration and integration of two new T1 lines. (SQL Server, ASP)Automated the recording and management of do-not-call lists resulting in zero national do-not-call violations. (SQL Server, MS Excel, VBA, SQL Server)As the IT Director my primary responsibilities included ensuring the smooth transition of a thirty-six seat Amcat predictive dialer system to a forty-four seat Touchstar call center solution, managing the twenty-five million record contact SQL Server database used to supply phone numbers to dial, and the bank of 16 T1 phone lines and interface adapters the system utilized. Show less

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  Volume Nine

  Apr 2010 - Jun 2017

  Senior Full Stack Developer / VP Technology

  My primary role at Volume 9, Inc., the top performing SEO and digital marketing firm in the greater Denver area, was the design, development, and long-term maintenance of the PHP/MySQL/Laravel based software application platform I created as the core foundation of the company. All functional groups in the company, from the marketing groups (SEO, Content, Social Media), to HR, accounting, and operations, use the system either in full or in addition to 3rd party tools. Via robust RESTful API usage, the platform integrates with and utilizes data from numerous 3rd-party platforms such as IBM Watson, Google Analytics, Facebook, Basecamp, SEMRush, and more.Additionally, as the VP of Technology, I was responsible for all aspects of technology for Volume 9, Inc. As a member of the core executive team and reporting to the CEO, I developed, implemented, and maintained the short and long-term technology plans for the company, focusing on the design and development our industry-leading software platform, ensuring long-term reliability of all hardware and software systems, all while keeping tight control of costs. Show less

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  BanjoBee LLC

  Jun 2017 - now

  Founder | Senior Full Stack Developer
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  Phi Gaming, LLC

  Mar 2018 - Feb 2020

  Senior Software Engineer

  Sr. software engineer and team lead for the global team (U.S., Australia, Germany, Philippines) developing Phi Gaming’s flagship product, Lush Rewards, utilizing PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, Vue.js, web sockets, and more. Responsible for the overall architectural design, development, release management, and deployment of the application.Duties include working with product owners to design new features, developing and guiding the dev team to implement features, managing our GitHub repos, reviewing and approving PRs, monitoring our CI and testing implementation, managing the release processes, deploying the app, supporting the services team with in-field troubleshooting, on-boarding and mentoring new team members. Show less

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  ScreenPal

  Feb 2020 - now

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Feb 2020 - now

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Feb 2020 - now