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James Howell

Louisville,CO

Summary

Two decades of software product development, managing numerous technical projects meeting software, hardware and business demands from startup to acquisition. Singular, clear presence within on-going, top-tier team developing novel laser-based products built with ever-changing customer requirements, off the shelf and custom components and instrumentation. Extensive experience with engineering product development processes and project management tools. Seeking opportunity to manage software technology team to complete projects that improve life.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer, Sr.

OnPoint Digital Solutions, LLC
02.2017 - Current
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design, manufacture, install and service products providing high-value data.
  • Company successes frequently relied upon my clarity and direction to move "it's not working" to "it's working" by applying deep understanding of high-channel count data depending on hardware, software and operational environment.
  • Lead critically reviewed projects and concurrent issue-tracking to build out new capabilities and improve present capabilities.
  • Sharing knowledge and experience of best practices with junior engineers.

Software Engineer

Zolo Technologies
01.2001 - 02.2017
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design, manufacture, install and service products providing high-value data.
  • Full cycle product development from ideation to field validation.
  • Continuous improvement and adaptation of product designs to bring more value to international network of energy and steel producing customers.

Data Consultant

DataSky, Inc.
04.2000 - 12.2000

Developed Java based software as a service for web based data pattern recognition.

Technical Support Engineer

Research Systems
02.1998 - 03.2000
  • Advised scientist and engineers world-wide on object-oriented application development to identify and quantify patterns in multi-spectral satellite images.
  • Developed mathematical and statistical software library modules for commercial software product.

Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellow

National Center For Atmospheric Research
01.1996 - 01.1998
  • Collaborated with scientist across a broad range of disciplines including atmospheric turbulence transfer, weather modeling and climate dynamics.
  • Published in peer-reviewed journals that applied mathematical developments to practical problems in modeling the exchange between the earth's surface and the overlying atmosphere.

Education

Ph.D. - Atmospheric Science

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
11.1995

Master of Science - Atmospheric Science

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
06.1993

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
05.1987

Physical Oceanography

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA
08.1986

Skills

  • Engineering and Product Development Processes
  • Data Stream Management, Algorithms
  • C#, LabView, ASPNET, SignalR
  • Databases, Cloud Networking
  • Project Management, JIRA
  • Source-Control, GitLab
  • Scaled Agile

Timeline

Software Engineer, Sr.

OnPoint Digital Solutions, LLC
02.2017 - Current

Software Engineer

Zolo Technologies
01.2001 - 02.2017

Data Consultant

DataSky, Inc.
04.2000 - 12.2000

Technical Support Engineer

Research Systems
02.1998 - 03.2000

Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellow

National Center For Atmospheric Research
01.1996 - 01.1998

Ph.D. - Atmospheric Science

Oregon State University

Master of Science - Atmospheric Science

Oregon State University

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Michigan Technological University

Physical Oceanography

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
James Howell