I'm a software engineer that is interested in solving interesting problems in any problem space. I have a passion for smart technology and efficient processes.

Head of Product and Engineering @ Better provides free tools and premium access to a team of Personal Health Assistants so you can spend more time improving your health, not managing the logistics. Backed by the Mayo Clinic and the Social+Capital Partnership, our team has founded and grown some of the biggest healthcare and consumer internet companies in the world. From June 2013 to November 2015 (2 years 6 months) Senior Software Engineer @ Led development of core features and functionality for the online learning platform used by students and faculty of UniversityNow’s affiliate universities (implemented in Ruby on Rails/Javascript/jQuery). Acted as technical architect and product owner of internal features including performance, infrastructure, and testing. Implemented 3rd party integration with Zuora billing platform and Salesforce CRM. Responsibilities also included cross-functional feature product management, system administration/operations, and customer support. From April 2012 to April 2013 (1 year 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaIndependent Software Development Professional @ Acted as lead architect and developer for several prototype projects working with different teams of software developers. Extensively worked with many different technologies and platforms including Ruby on Rails, Maven, Heroku, Amazon AWS, and Jersey. Served as system administrator for shared development resources among peer collaborators, creating and maintaining web servers, source control, DNS/domain management, and build environments. From January 2012 to April 2012 (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSoftware Engineer @ Designed the architecture and led development of a Java adapter to perform SOLR search queries in conjunction with a deployment of Apache SOLR, enabling the addition of full-text dynamic searching to various features in the application. Created a file transfer module to normalize support for open-source modules allowing uniform access to cloud-based resources using FTP, SFTP, and Amazon S3. Led end-to-end development of foreign invoice processing feature, enabling customers to easily and robustly export invoices to Foreign Exchange providers. Developed and integrated a Flex component using the Mapquest Flex SDK and programmer APIs to provide users with a simple way of calculating driving directions and mileage for expense reporting. Quickly ramped-up on the Git version control system when the team decided to migrate to Git and became a technical advisor and leader regarding version control as the team adjusted to the new system. From July 2011 to December 2011 (6 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaSoftware Engineer @ Developed core software for Cisco's Umi home telepresence solution, a multimedia service providing high-quality video conferencing in a consumer’s home. Implemented NAT/FW traversal based on ICE RFC in C/C++ on the Cisco embedded linux endpoint enabling VoIP functionality in a consumer network. Created end-to-end endpoint video message solution including call signaling, web-service HTTP APIs, media, and GUI development. Collaborated across functional business units to deliver a secure connection solution between the consumer endpoint and the telepresence cloud services. Improved Consumer Telepresence Business Unit's internal processes and procedures; created a custom PXE-based cloud deployment solution using bash and python scripting. Integrated Umi-specific VoIP call flows to Tandberg-acquired Movi desktop client for Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Led demo-specific endpoint development for the '10 CES demo of consumer telepresence. Recognized for leadership during end-to-end integration and was given the highest rating during the '09-'10 performance review cycle (top 10%) and an award from the Cisco Achievement Program. From January 2009 to July 2011 (2 years 7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSoftware Engineering Intern @ Contributed to the creation of the Spectrum Intelligence feature of the Cisco Wireless Control System Application including development in Java, Flex, and Javascript. Created and maintained end-to-end Unified Wireless Architecture testbench for team development tests. Development tasks included feature scoping, code creation, documentation, architecture integration and usability testing. From May 2008 to September 2008 (5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaWorldwide Procurement Intern @ Co-led initiative to improve motherboard manufacturing test and failure analysis, creating a test plan and business case with estimated savings of $16MM annually. Created process maps for testing procedures, collaborating with 5 motherboard manufacturers and 4 chip manufacturers to identify root causes of testing problems. Developed a comprehensive testing strategy for motherboards to increase coverage and throughput while reducing test points, development time, and hardware costs. Standardized specification for off-line failure analysis at motherboard manufacturing sites to provide precise fault isolation and reduce can-not-duplicate errors. Presented business case to senior executives, test teams, and several supply chain partners to develop a long-term implementation strategy. Won second place and scholarship in the Tauber Institute for Global Operations Spotlight! competition. From May 2007 to August 2007 (4 months) Austin, Texas Area

BSE, Computer Engineering @ University of Michigan From 2004 to 2008 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering @ University of Michigan From 2004 to 2008 Kyle Chilcutt is skilled in: Ruby on Rails, Git, Linux, C, C++, Java, SQL, Unix, VoIP, Telepresence, Amazon Web Services, Maven, Jersey, System Administration, Subversion