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Jason Skipper

VP of Software
Sanford,FL

Summary

Senior-level VP with 25 years of diverse technical delivery experience. Leverages experience from fortune 500 companies to startups. Provides the structure, operational efficiencies, technical oversight and workforce motivation required to deliver on time and on budget.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

VP of Technology

Rekor.ai
Columbia, MD
01.2020 - Current
  • Grew engineering by 5X's, delivered 10 new products to market
  • Delivered Rekor Blue App for Police (iOS & Android) - Industry 1st using ML to read license plates running on Apply A14/15 ML Chip
  • Delivered Rekor One for DOTs/Parks - Traffic counting application deployed to North Dakota Parks
  • Delivered Auto Notice - Deployed to Oklahoma State to issue citations for uninsured motor-vehicles on roadway
  • Delivered MasterCard Service - In production at White Castle locations to enable pay-by-plate integration
  • Re-organized Engineering (70+ engineers) to align with business needs

Senior Software Architect

Disney
Orlando, FL
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Created Technical Estimations for over $25M in Disney Engineering Sales & Marketing projects
  • Designed on-premise / Cloud hybrid for new Payment Hub interface (crosses Ticketing, Rooms, and Dining)
  • Designed on-premise / Cloud hybrid for new Payment Hub interface (crosses Ticketing, Rooms, and Dining)

Director of Engineering

Organizational Strategies Inc
Singapore, Singapore
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Managed multiple engineering teams (US & Singapore)
  • Developed Strategic Plan for meeting multiple demo and production deadlines
  • Designed and delivered Cloud & On-Premise Video Analytic Solution (led to company purchase!)
  • Deliveries led to company purchase!

Java Instructor

The Iron Yard
Orlando, FL
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Delivered Enterprise Training in multi-week and multi-city tour (Ally.com)
  • Delivered Enterprise Training to the Social Security Office.
  • Wrote and delivered JAVA Enterprise Training Course material.

Senior Developer

Viewpost
Maitland, FL
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Implemented REST Geo-Location web service documented by Swagger to track user logins and leverage analytics to monitor for potential fraud
  • Integrated Emailage to obtain fraud scores on user emails as a broad financial services fraud prevention effort

Senior Developer

AAA
Lake Mary, FL
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Created real-time dashboard for Executives, utilizing Elastic Search. Showed load, cache performance, customer types, usage geo-heat maps, etc. Provided pin-pointing of critical issues in real time
  • Implemented web service to provide cache control over legacy SQUID service
  • Delivered image crop tool leveraging Hibernate, Spring and JSPs. Implemented JSON messaging to Camel JBOSS instance. Leveraged HTML5/Javascript to create live image cropping
  • Provided bug fixing for existing STRUTS/Spring/Hibernate application
  • Implemented development best practices: JIRA, Git, Teamcity

Senior Developer

Power Solutions, HD Supply
Orlando, FL
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Implemented real time inventory, custom pricing, GEO services
  • Developed Order History web application from scratch utilizing STRUTs, Hibernate, and Apache
  • CFX SOAP client(s) and custom JSPs running under Tomcat
  • Enhanced Websphere Commerce Server Store with AJAX logins and search result modifications
  • Achieved Scrum Master Certification from Scrum Alliance

Senior Software Developer & Manager

L-3 Communications, Mobile Vision
Maitland, FL
01.2004 - 01.2013
  • Successfully designed and implemented video management server from requirements to deployment, over 1400 clients with over 2000 servers installed throughout the US
  • Automated the upgraded over 1700 servers from Tomcat 5.x to Tomcat 6.x & from Postgres 7.x to 8.x (and later to 9.x)
  • Led team of Developers (C, JAVA, C++/.NET) and QA Engineers providing technical direction as well as standard HR duties
  • Utilized a mixed integer linear optimization algorithm via Java open source library, increased WiFi downloading throughput 150%
  • Delivered next generation of Evidence Management System Utilizing JAVA JSF/IceFaces framework

Software Developer

cMedia Solutions Inc 
Maitland, FL
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • Implemented Video Evidence Manage System for police and court system. Utilized STRUTS,
  • Hibernate and PostgreSQL
  • Utilized JNI to integrate with third part C++ SDK on both Linux and Windows
  • Reverse engineered DVD burning template, created JSP to allow for custom DVD menus fronted by SOAP API

Intern Salesforce Junior Developer

Vingage Corp 
Maitland, FL
01.1999 - 01.2002
  • Implemented Enterprise Web Service via SOAP, served Sony's www.imagestation.com
  • Implemented web application using Servlets, JSP's and JavaScript to detect end-user bandwidth,
  • media players, and other environment characteristics
  • Implemented service layer via SOAP to move data between website and data warehouse

Education

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University of Florida, Industrial Eng. & Mgmt., M.S.
01.2011 - 1 2013

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University of Florida, Computer Science, B.S.
01.1996 - 1 1999

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Valencia College, Computer Science, Honors A.S.
01.1995 - 1 1996

Certification

Sun Certified Developer

Timeline

VP of Technology

Rekor.ai
01.2020 - Current

Senior Software Architect

Disney
01.2018 - 01.2019

Director of Engineering

Organizational Strategies Inc
01.2017 - 01.2018

Java Instructor

The Iron Yard
01.2016 - 01.2017

Senior Developer

Viewpost
01.2015 - 01.2016

Senior Developer

AAA
01.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Developer

Power Solutions, HD Supply
01.2013 - 01.2014

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University of Florida, Industrial Eng. & Mgmt., M.S.
01.2011 - 1 2013

Senior Software Developer & Manager

L-3 Communications, Mobile Vision
01.2004 - 01.2013

Software Developer

cMedia Solutions Inc 
01.2002 - 01.2004

Intern Salesforce Junior Developer

Vingage Corp 
01.1999 - 01.2002

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University of Florida, Computer Science, B.S.
01.1996 - 1 1999

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Valencia College, Computer Science, Honors A.S.
01.1995 - 1 1996
Jason SkipperVP of Software