Frank Kane

Co-Founder

Windermere, Florida, United States29 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of successful online education platform.
Expert in machine learning and software engineering.
Led large teams at IMDb and Amazon.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Gaming industry expert with strong technical leadership skills.

Contact

frankkane@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningData ScienceSoftware EngineeringComputer GraphicsTechnical LeadershipData Engineering

Other Skills

3D visualizationAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidAndroid DevelopmentApache SparkArtificial Intelligence (AI)CC#C++Cloud ComputingContent Management SystemsDatabasesDirectXDistributed SystemsE-commerce

About

Founder & CEO of Sundog Software, publisher of online video training courses reaching over one million learners worldwide through the Sundog Education brand, and makers of the SilverLining Sky, Cloud, and Weather SDK and the Triton Ocean SDK for flight and maritime training simulators. Broad and deep experience in software engineering, computer graphics, technical leadership, and machine learning.

Experience

Sundog education

Founder

May 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 10 mos · Orlando, Florida, United States

Sundog Education is Sundog Software's brand for online learning. Our mission is to make highly valuable skills in machine learning, big data, AI, and data science accessible at prices anyone in the world can afford. Our current online courses have reached over one million students worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningData Science

Imdb.com

Sr. Manager, Technology

Feb 2010 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Led the engineering org of 50+ software developers and 5 dev managers for the IMDb.com website, our iOS / iPhone / iPad / Android / Fire mobile apps, and our mobile website. IMDb is a top-30 website with 150MM+ unique users per month.

Technical LeadershipSoftware DevelopmentProject ManagementSoftware Engineering

Sundog software, llc

Founder

Jan 2006 – Present · 20 yrs 2 mos · Orlando, Florida Area

Sundog Software is the maker of SilverLining and Triton, C++ libraries for the real-time rendering of the ocean, sky, 3D volumetric clouds, and weather effects, for OpenGL, DirectX, Mac, Linux, and Windows games and simulations.

C++OpenGLDirectX3D visualizationSoftware EngineeringComputer Graphics

Amazon

Sr. Manager

Jul 2003 – Feb 2010 · 6 yrs 7 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Developed and managed various parts of Amazon's personalization / recommender system technology ("customers who bought also bought", "recommended for you", etc), content management systems, and content optimization technology.

Recommender SystemsContent Management SystemsSoftware EngineeringData Engineering

Sds international

Sr. Software Engineer

Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 · 2 yrs

Lead developer of the AAcuity PC-IG, used in training simulators for every branch of the military.

Software DevelopmentSimulationSoftware Engineering

Worlds.com

Director

Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 · 2 yrs

Directed the software engineering group for the client-side application of an early 3D "metaverse".

Software Engineering

Looking glass

Software Engineer

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 · 1 yr

Developed graphics code for Flight Unlimited III.

Graphics ProgrammingSoftware Engineering

Sierra online

Software Engineer

Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 · 2 yrs

Worked on over a dozen titles, including Quest for Glory V, The Realm, and the Mac ports of numerous adventure games including Phantasmagoria, Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within, Police Quest: SWAT, Leisure Suit Larry 7, and many others.

Game DevelopmentSoftware Engineering