David S.

Passionate technologist with a 20-year track record of building innovative products that enhance lives. Expert in mobile and web development with 10+ years of hands-on experience and a deep focus on leadership and management for the past 8 years. Proven ability to architect, develop, and launch successful mobile products from inception to scale. Demonstrated success in leading high-performing teams, driving operational excellence, and delivering exceptional user experiences. Key accomplishments: Paramount: Overseeing mobile and OTT teams at CBS Sports and CBS News, successfully executed Super Bowl and NFL streaming events, led a major organizational restructuring, and initiated a unified development platform and team. DowJones: Led the Dow Jones mobile team in developing next-gen apps, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial News, MarketWatch, and Barron’s. Focused on crafting a world-class, trustworthy news experience through rich, interactive content and story-telling UI/UX. Viacom: Led mobile development for Viacom, building a high-performance team to deliver exceptional mobile experiences. Revolutionized development processes by implementing trunk-based development, continuous integration, and a 2-week release train, boosting integration efficiency by 40% and enabling the release of 14 mobile apps bi-weekly. Facebook: Developed the Facebook News Feed for Android, optimizing core UI framework and performance to drive significant increases in page and ad views. Huffington Post: Designed and developed ground-up Android phone and tablet apps for Huffington Post, earning Google Play Store Editor's Choice recognition. Ph.D. research: no-reference natural image/video quality analysis, published by IEEE Transaction on Image Processing in 2011, with 90+ citations. Pioneered a novel no-reference image quality assessment method achieving, for the first time, on-par performance with full-reference standards. Leadership Expertise: Goal setting, Goal alignment, Conflict Management, Team Leadership Hiring, Coaching, Motivation Strategic Planning, Cross-functional Collaboration, Project scope management Technical Expertise: Web Development: NextJS, Angular Mobile Development: iOS, Android, Flutter Backend Development: Node.js, Java, C#, Parse, Firebase DevOps: CI/CD, trunk-based development, release trains, feature flags, A/B testing, Jenkins, Docker