daniel@packard.io
Experience
Three most recent positions:
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Spectre3D builds infrastructure, apps, and hardware to enable the adoption of 3D scanning.
As co-founder, I participate in every aspect of the business including: architecture, UI design, infrastructure, dev ops, API, UI, analytics, marketing, and finance.
Our API allows users to submit long-runnning photogrammetry jobs, track progress, and retrieve results. The long-running jobs are processed on a horizontally scalable set of worker agents.
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Ki Mobility is a manufacturer of custom wheelchairs and other mobility equipment. Ki acquired CRS in January 2018. I continued as lead developer of CRS branded software.
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CRS used 3D scanning to tackle a host of problems in the design and delivery of custom mobility equipment (wheelchairs and seating systems). Having a 3D scan of a client at a point in time allowed health professionals to:
- take missed measurements without needing to revisit the client in person
- take measurements that may have been difficult to take using traditional tools (angular measurements, circumferential measurements)
- have an audit trail and patient history to track treatments vs outcomes
I built CRS from the ground up, and grew the team from one developer (me) to a team of 6.
- Built a lidar-based 3D scanning system for Windows
- Made meaningful contributions to Point Cloud Library and other open source projects
- Built a cloud-based EHR for ATPs (to help fit people for custom wheelchairs)
- Was acquired by Ki Mobility
- Grew our team from 1 developer (me) to 6 developers + UX/UI
- Built a photogrammetry-based 3D scanning system
- Added support for iOS and Web
- Spun Spectre3D out as an independent 3D scanning company
View complete work history on the web: https://packard-dev.com
Previous work
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My work included front end web development (jquery, angular, react, bootstrap, custom), backend development (.Net, sitecore, umbraco, magento), and database development (SQL Server, sprocs, analyzing query execution plans, denormalization for optimization, etc).
Client projects:
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As a contractor for Clearpath Robotics, I worked on a machine vision system for a large robotic platform to aid in loading and unloading boxes from trucks in an unstructured warehouse environment. This involved analyzing video and depth streams to detect boxes and determine their size, position, orientation, etc.
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As a senior engineer I helped train new employees, develop processes and procedures, run client engineering projects, and implemented code for a variety of projects. These projects included: WoundZoom, a medical device for digital wound measurement; Kuon, a large wheeled mobile robotic platform; Hekateros, a 5DOF robotic manipulator; a Solar Tracking System to enable predictive analytics on a large (5 Mega-Watt) solar power plant in Hawaii.
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I worked on the testing and analysis of Protolife's Predictive Design Technology (PDT) for use in high-dimensional (greater than 50 variables) optimization problems such as: drug discovery, protein synthesis, and microfluidics systems.