# Dave Jimison #### About Dave Dave is an accomplished software developer, possessing expert knowledge of technology and creative culture. Previous clients include such as from Vice, MTV, and, Spotify. His work has been cited in CNN, BBC, and the The Colbert Report. Dave’s 20 years experience have made him well versed at leading cross-disciplinary teams, and delighting stakeholders and clients by exceeding expectations. Dave is seeking opportunities in market-leading software research, prototyping, development, and design technology. mobile: (323) 963-3837 email: DaveJimison@gmail.com ## Education * University of Washington - Certificate in Machine Learning 2021 * Georgia Tech - PhD in Digital Media - 2015 * Carnegie Mellon - Masters of Entertainment Technology - 2004 * Ithaca College - BFA in Film, Photo, Visual Arts - 1998 ## Relevant Experience ### Meredith *Software Development Engineer II (2019 - present)* Member of Meredith Applications Platform front end team, developing mobile and desktop solutions in React. Features built include: * Implementing advertisement platform across app * Building internal analytics package that interfaces with third-party systems such as Mixpanel. ### Promethean *Software Development Engineer II (2018-2019)* Promethean is a global market leader of education technology focused on interactive software and interactive blackboards. My role is development of their flagship software, Inspire, along with a team of 5 other engineers. Primarily I work on overhauling the legacy code in both C++ (using Qt) and JS React, and ensuring it works for OSX, Windows, and Ubuntu. * Rebuilt handwriting recognition software, dramatically reducing costs and improving quality * Patent filed on a method of using the in-board audio system on the touch screens * Coordinate tasks between teams in China and UK engineering teams ### psngr1 (start-up) *Founder, CTO (2015-2017)* Travel tech focused upon capitilizing new airline distribution models for business travelers. In addition to coding, I architected the software system and managed entire product across the twelve person creative and development teams. Helped secure 1M in funding and acceptance into the Plug-n-Play Travel accelerator. * Website in React, Node.js on AWS infrastructure * Google Firebase enabling realtime customer chat and monitoring of user path * Developed AI state machine that changed user prompts based upon existing knowledge of customer * Integrated multiple complex travel REST and SOAP APIs into a single normalized stream for front-end consumption ### F# Digital Agency *Founder, CTO (2009-2015)* Bootstrapped digital agency from sole proprietorship to 60+ employees with offices in London, NYC, and Sydney. Ran product development from ideation to delivery, managing both tech and design teams. Selected client work: * #### Spotify Developed ad tech and produced thousands of interactive advertisements on Spotify mobile, web, and desktop platforms * Playlist Generator. Generated music playlists based on user tastes and brand goals. Wrote software that generates 100s of playlists based on genre and client keywords, then provides to user based on their music listening history. PHP, JAVA * Dynamic Ad Creator. Invented method and built software to transform an audio ad into hundreds of versions with different background music that matched the same musical genre being listened to by the user. Built in Ruby, JS, and MAX/MSP * Music Semantic Analysis System. Invented and built method to gain semantic and behavioral data on music listening trends. Matched 20M+ song Spotify catalog to Youtube videos. Sourced number of listens, likes and comments * #### VICE * The Creators Project. Built first iOS and Android applications for VICE. Cross-platform system (Android, iOS, Smart TV) that synchronized with their CMS, grabbing data and automatically converting appropriately into correct system. JS, Django, PHP * Interactive Event Display. Displayed realtime event photos paired with overlaid Twitter commentary from event attendees on event screens throughout. Presented to audiences in Brazil, USA, Europe, China, and Korea. * #### MTV * Recommendation Algorithm Software. Sold algorithm matching to MTV that enabled pattern recognition across music behavior, determination of taste makers within particular genres, and dynamic content delivery. PHP, MySQL, JAVA ### The Cutting Corporation *Software Consultant (1999-2014)* * Audiobook Editor for Visually Impaired. Automatic addition of National Library Services required interactive navigation to audiobooks based on book. Software used Dragon Dictate SDK to produce text version of narration, pattern matched to the text version of the narration, automatically generated XML based notation of interactive cues and generated correct file formats. JAVA, JS, HTML * Audiobook E-Reader. Software synchronized audio narration to text version, allowing user to switch between formats at the word level. JS, Canvas, HTML Audio ### Adjunct Professor * Taught various courses to undergraduate and graduate students in Web Development, Video Production, Computational Media, Mobile Design, and Graphic Design at Georgia Tech, The New School, Cornish College, and CUNY Staten Island.