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Brulant

Acquired by Rosetta

Lead Engineer

2006 - 2007

Relationship:Contractor
Seniority:Technical Leadership

Languages, Disciplines + Tech

Company Overview

Partnered with Brulant (now Rosetta) to lead development of interactive video-based “Retirement Readiness” web application for Nationwide Insurance App. Complex UI requirements such as multiple paths, content delivery, streaming, caching / preloading of dynamic video sequences, and frequent interaction with backend Java server necessitated a robust and highly performance-tuned design.

Key Results

  • Delivered interactive retirement app generating 10k+ user assessments in first 6 months
  • Increased cross-sell conversion rate by 18% through personalized product recommendations
  • Achieved WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility compliance with video captions and screen reader support

Role: Lead Engineer

2006 - 2007ContractorTechnical Leadership

I was hired as a lead engineering contractor to work on several small web 2.0 projects for Brulant's clients, and after initial successes and building leadership's confidence in me, I was tapped to lead Nationwide Insurance App, an interactive video interview with real actors that produced scores and cross-sell opportunities for Nationwide's customers.

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Project: Nationwide Insurance App

Retirement Readiness App - Architected and built, along with more junior colleagues and product owner, a webapp whereby the user, after providing some basic demographic information, would be interviewed by one of ~10 pre-recorded actors in natural language, in order to produce a "Retirement Readiness Score", charts, and cross-sell product offerings.

Capabilities I provided included:

  • A successful, performant application
  • Caused the emergence of clear formulae and determinism from vague business goals
  • Video captioning and screen reader for Accessbility
  • Leadership of Technical + Project Team
  • Clean, Organized, Testable Code and Solution Design

Spontaneous Leadership - Funny story, but our actors arrived at the studio on film day, and the director was unable to come. When it became obvious that nobody was particularly experienced or prepared to take on that role, I offered to do it, and so I collaborated with actors and the team to ensure we captured what we needed against the green screen, with proper lighting, tone and personalities the clients had asked us to obtain. I am ready to step in and lead or solve problems outside my expertise or experience, if it is what the team needs at the time.

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Key Results

  • Delivered interactive retirement app generating 10k+ user assessments in first 6 months
  • Increased cross-sell conversion rate by 18% through personalized product recommendations
  • Achieved WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility compliance with video captions and screen reader support
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