• Lead cross-functional engineering group (UI engineers, AWS/service engineers, QA, architect). Team size up to 10.
• Drove migration of multiple UI screens from legacy components to AWS-based microservices.
• Coordinated across several engineering teams to define technical responsibilities, integration points, and timelines.
• Collaborated with Product Owners and UX designers on requirements and feature definitions.
• Identified risks, managed cross-team dependencies, and maintained delivery visibility for senior management.
• Facilitated technical discussions and clarified implementation approaches with engineering leads.
• Oversaw incoming technical and administrative requests, distributing work across appropriate teams.
• Supported bug triage and issue routing.
• Point of contact for office-level technical coordination (equipment, hardware, logistics).

Internet Cafe Management Software (https://astrumsoft.com)

• Created and maintained a full-featured software product for managing internet cafes and gaming centers.
• Responsible for entire product lifecycle: design, development (C++/UI), updates, website, customer support.
• Implemented continuous improvements based on user feedback and market changes.

• Coordinated multiple UI development teams (up to 14 engineers) delivering client-side features.
• Partnered closely with product stakeholders and vendors to refine requirements.
• Led engineering delivery across development, testing, integration, and release.
• Managed backlog grooming, sprint planning, and cross-team alignment.
• Organized technical interviews and evaluated candidates for engineering roles.

• Led UI engineering team, including task planning, code reviews, and mentoring.
• Actively contributed to development of complex UI components.
• Participated in architectural design and optimization discussions.
• Ensured performance, stability, and code quality of the client UI stack.

• Developed and maintained UI components for the TiVo media platform.
• Participated in design and implementation of new UI features.
• Collaborated with senior engineers and QA to ensure quality and stability.
• Gained hands-on experience contributing to a large-scale consumer media product.

• Developed visualization UI for an automotive project.
• Created COM interfaces for automated testing with VBScript.
• Implemented custom Microsoft Visio plugin for test authoring.

Delivered numerous real-time embedded multimedia systems on Analog Devices BlackFIN, Philips/NXP Nexperia, FreeScale i.MX21/i.MXL, and custom hardware.Ported, optimized, and maintained MPEG1/2, H.263, H.264 High Profile, MJPEG, MP3, MPEG Layer2, EVRC, MELP codecs; performed heavy assembly (SSE2) and DSP-level optimizations.Developed image processing and recognition modules, including text-on-image detection and QR code recognition with improved algorithms for low?quality inputs.Built multiple real-time pipelines: NTSC capture > DSP compression (MJPEG/MPEG2) > network streaming.Implemented ASF mux/demux library, MPEG1/2 ActiveX player, and video transcoders.Led several engineering teams (1–4 developers), driving architecture, planning, and delivery.Designed and tested new hardware based on i.MXL CPU, including drivers (CSI capture, DMA), Linux-based applications, and low?bandwidth ZigBee video transmission.Collaborated with international clients, including KORG and NHK, delivering optimized production?quality audio/video components. (Institute of Supercompression Technologies)Led small engineering groups (1–4 people) on codec development and DSP optimizations.Delivered video/audio codecs (EVRC, MPEG Layer2, MP3) optimized for Pentium and DSPs.Implemented image processing algorithms (barcode recognition, OCR-like modules).Developed tools for automation, multimedia applications, ASF mux/demux, MPEG players, H.264 decoder.Worked with international clients, including 1.5-year onsite engagement in Japan.