Hi, I'm Scott, AI researcher, front end web developer, husband, father and technology enthusiast.
I've worked as a software engineering manager and individual contributer at the largest home improvement retailer in the world during a time of explosive growth in ecommerce. Currently, I'm working on a master's degree in AI at Kennesaw State University. Go Owls!!
Technology Leader
Proven technology leader with 20 years in the business. Driven by the transformative nature of the Internet in our lives, our economy and the opportunities to enhance and enrich our lives through technology. The most satisfying part of my work is leading and guiding teams and building frameworks to organize and optimize work. Then we can all be happy. ;)
AI Researcher
While attending Kennesaw State University, I have had the opportunity to work in the data science lab as a researcher. My interests are automation, local AI, AI ethics and privacy and security.
Experience
The Home Depot // 6/2013 to 7/2021
Software Engineering Manager, homedepot.com, HD Home, Platform
- Managed 9-12 engineers across several squads each with it's own purpose.
- Organized feature work with product owners and project managers in preparation for the next quarter's work.
- Guided and trained product managers how to break features into stories for engineers that thoroughly detail requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Aligned work commitments and timelines with dependent engineering teams to get on their roadmaps and avoid issues during development and at deployment.
- Kept the team motivated with frequent team meetings, clear communication of expectations, and celebrations.
- Agile process: daily morning scrum, daily code review and publishing, weekly grooming, weekly show and tell, quarterly or ad-hoc retro.
Southern Company & Georgia Power // 1/2008 - 6/2013
Lead UI Developer, Southern Company intranet
- Lead a group of five in-house junior developers/designers.
- Trained end users at other operating companies throughout Southern Company.
- Wrote the CSS and HTML for the basic theme and default properties of the components that make up the content management system.
Cleveland.com // 4/2006 - 12/2007
Web producer, cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer)
- Cleaned up code, redesigned pages with CSS, designed a hundred or so animated GIFs and flash advertisements for our local advertisers, and performed any maintenance or troubleshooting on the website as necessary.
Sun News // 2005 - 2006
Digital illustrator Cleveland, OH
- Freelance illustrator creating maps and other graphic elements to accompany news stories.
Cincinnati Citysearch // 2001
Assistant Editor at CincinnatiCitysearch.com.
- Duties included, writing stories, coding the stories, contributing photography, organizing campaigns, hiring and directing freelancers, editing story submissions, and working with local, regional and national editors.
Education
Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence, Kennesaw State University, Summer 2025-present
Foundations of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Brewing & Fermentation Certificate, Chattahoochee Technical College, 2022-2023
Visual Communication & Design, Cuyahoga Community College, 2006
BA English Literature & Journalism, University of Cincinnati, 2001
Skills
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