Chad Edge

Chad Edge Los Angeles, CA 91405 - -linkedin.com/in/chadedge DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING Director of engineering with a wealth of technical expertise and leadership experience across disciplines and largevolume domains. Managing diverse Dev, QA, DevOps, Project, and Product personnel, from 30+ headcount to large multi-hundred offshore teams. Capable of solving complex engineering challenges, translating “bar-napkin” ideas to iterative deliverables. Certified Scrum Master. KEY SKILLS Software engineering | Agile methodologies | AWS proficient | Kubernetes & Docker | Microservices | Shift-left| CI/CD Project management | Budgeting | Build/Buy | Cloud | SDLC | Distributed systems Leadership & mentoring| FAST channel & DigiNet | Helm & Terraform | SQL and NoSQL | PHP since 1997 Python, Go, AI/ML comfortable | Enterprise & Startup seasoned PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PARAMOUNT – Burbank, CA April 2016 – September 2023 Director of engineering • Led a dynamic group of 27+ engineers, DevOps, QA, Scrum, and product owners across CBS Media Ventures initiatives, employing CI/CD, AWS, and customized SAFe approach to streamline operations and enhance collaboration with external stakeholders. • Launched new business efforts around AI/ML, parsing and distributing CBS legacy content to social and company-wide editor pools, resulting in $5M annual incremental revenue. • Developed rollouts of process improvement across department merging the needs of a multi-tenant department, improving reusability for components, and grossly reducing runtime errors by 80%. • Led the evolution of a substantial on-premises architecture into Kubernetes (EKS) and serverless Lambda, optimizing microservice cloud systems for video transcoding, ingestion, and distribution for renowned brands, boosting system agility and reducing operational costs by 25%. • Fostered clear career growth paths for direct reports, specializing in measurable outcomes and deliverables, resulting in 3 new managers and 2 new leads. • Reduced estimate adjustments by 50% through training and best-practice sessions (shift-left). • Implemented an agile approach to quarterly NFR initiatives, resulting in a 40% decrease in technology deployment time and a 25% increase in departmental efficiency and productivity. • Oversaw 3 on-site contractors for creation of 2 new iOS/Android mobile applications (VOD and live streaming) leveraged Kotlin and on-device storage for viewer customization (allowed us to eliminate any PII or network "account" storage). • Delivered top-tier Web solutions servicing many customer types, eliminating unique CMS and DAM products into singular platform (Drupal, PHP), reducing deployments by 1,300%. • Managed both on-site engineering staff and long-term contractors through 13 distinct high-volume and high-visibility brands. • Promoted from Manager to Senior Manager to Director within 2 years. • Wrote massive (16m+ unique) PII “booking” system for brands to allow for broadcast guest control, tracking, and viral publishing, leveraging Laravel/CakePHP. • Ranked 90% on Engagement and Satisfaction surveys. Chad Edge – Director of Engineering - Page 2 LUXOFT SMASHING IDEAS – Seattle, WA April 2014 – January 2016 Senior Back-end Developer • Developed APIs for ingesting/distributing schedule content and media objects for over 1,000 domains across 85 countries, largely Drupal/PHP based. • Created and curated project plans, implementation, and use-case documents to maximize throughput and reusability. NORDSTROM – Seattle, WA July 2013 – February 2014 Senior Interactive Developer • Influenced main retail Web sites (Nordstrom % The Rack), developing in ASPX (MVC). • Promoted to managing dispersed (local & offshore of 200+ members) teams by coordinating project dependencies. CROWN SOCIAL AGENCY, Seattle WA June 2013 – August 2013 Contract Developer • Built Facebook integrated Web application for Dungeons & Dragons, allowing tens of thousands of “players” to contribute and guide the next generation of D&D, leveraging CodeIgniter/Laravel (PHP). RELABORATE.COM (startup) - Seattle WA November 2012 – May 2013 Lead Developer (PHP) • Extended Wordpress (PHP, LAMP) platform and AWS services to build a pre-AI “predictive content creation” solution for long-form content editors. Leveraged LAMP, Comet, Scala and long-polling APIs as the sole developer. KORRIO.COM (startup) – Seattle, WA June 2011– November 2012 Lead Developer (PHP) • Created advanced privacy matrix (RBAC) which ensured real-time security and access updates for coaches, parents, and children. • Developed custom multi-master/replica AWS RDS system for “slow lane” ingestion of millions of onboard records without impacting application performance. • Added multicast secure communication (SMS/Call/Email/Push) for up-to-second field and team collaboration. THE SEATTLE TIMES – Seattle, WA March 2006 – December 2010 Senior Systems Analyst • Lead developer on many internal “problem-solving” applications, geared towards reducing workload, asset cost, and subscription fees for all departments of the leading daily newspaper and news source in Western Washington. • Developed a multi-database media asset solution replacing Extensis Portfolio server/client resulting in a $30,000+ savings per deployment and eliminating dozens of licenses (bare-metal server building, LAMP, Oracle). • Guided technical initiatives (social sharing, rapid analyzing of ingest photographer media) leading to 2010 Pulitzer Prize, and 2010 AMPE Innovator of the Year award. • Co-wrote two volume Agile/Act SDLC project management system, used by publishing systems and sports department. Long-form (going back to 1993!) resume is available at https://www.chadedge.com/longform EDUCATION New England College – Henniker, NH Communications, Print Media. Attended 1994 Left due to massive shift in desktop publishing and focus on technology.