jch

I support Infrastructure and Software development teams. The role varies by team and project, but in general I try to remove obstacles, provide mentorship, handle budgeting, architecture and technical oversight, project management (agile, lean, traditional, whatever works), and the like. My goal is to provide an environment where quality engineering happens in strong alignment with business goals, but with enough autonomy for real innovation to happen.

Barking Cow is an Technology consultancy located in L.A.'s South Bay Focused on helping media and tech teams to deliver simple, extensible solutions. We work with engineering and IT teams to develop culture, process, and tools that open a door between business goals and quality engineering. Innovation in the tech space is not about choosing the right disruptive product. It is about allowing your infrastructure, operations, and engineering teams to function at their highest capacity while remaining in strong alignment with business drivers and goals.

Product Owner, Scrum Coach, Designer, Developer, Engineer, Tester, and all around nerd.

Working with Digital Marketing, Sports marketing, Communication, Media Production, and Sports Performance teams to ensure they get the right technology solution. Managed infrastructure for Media Post Production, Events, Sports Performance, Sports Marketing, and Digital Marketing teams.

Managed internal cross functional teams, Media and Marketing agencies, and software development teams across a number of projects including: Effective social media use for Sports Marketing, Web Analytics for Global Marketing initiatives, IOS application development for Communications and Media Production, and the like.

Managed a team providing best of class IT infrastructure/services for the Americas region. Worked with a small team of global (US, EU, and APMEA) colleagues to design and plan Red Bull’s global IT infrastructure footprint. Delivered private cloud infrastructure (HP Server Compute, EMC Storage, and Cisco network) as a foundation to core IT services. Designed, maintained, and managed infrastructure for Media Post Production, Events, and Digital Marketing teams.

Short gig at EA Mobile building Oracle RAC for the Bejeweled back end.

Responsible for Cricket's mobile messaging platforms (SMS, MMS) and mobile support. I was also responsible for most Unix/Linux systems and all Data Center system design and implementation, leading Cricket's virtualization effort.

Responsible for Mobile application support across the iDEN system. Member of the MIDP working group defining the first Java implementation on a mobile device in North America. My primary role was to provide support to developers, enterprise customers, operations and engineering teams to resolve application performance and delivery issues.

Responsible for Unix system integration and development of network operations applications (NetExpert, Netcool, HP OPenview), developed internal performance reporting and decision support systems based on Perl, Informix, Solaris, and open source tools for the iDen Network. Responsible for integration and management of adjunct platforms, including: SMS, Configuration tools, monitoring solutions. Provided internal Unix/Linux training to Engineering and NOC staff.

Mindfulness, Anarchy, Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Learning, Ethics, Ruby, Gaming, Good Design, Contemporary Art, Typography, Apple Script, Team building, Scrum, Agile, Lean, Ruby, Protocols for Machines and Humans, Rest, Unix, vi, D&D