Desmond Mullen

Principal Software Engineer at Cell-Ed

Desmond Mullen has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning several industries. Desmond currently works at Cell-Ed as a Principal Software Engineer, a role they started in January 2022. Prior to that, from June 2021 to January 2022, they worked at Cell-Ed as a Senior Backend Software Engineer.

Before joining Cell-Ed, Desmond Mullen worked at FlexGen® as a Senior Software Engineer from August 2019 to May 2021. During their time at FlexGen®, they played a significant role in the development of key customer-facing products and authored a substantial number of Pull Requests, contributing to over 39% of all merged PRs.

From November 2018 to August 2019, Desmond Mullen worked as a Developer at desmondmullen.com. Prior to that, they held the position of Project Manager/Producer at Busy Little Studios for over thirteen years, from January 2005 to November 2018.

Desmond Mullen also has experience in the transportation industry, having worked at Organic Transit as an ELF Product Manager, Process Manager, and Technical Specialist in 2014 and 2015.

Earlier in their career, Desmond Mullen worked at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center as a Project Manager/Show Producer, where they developed multimedia science education programs and created a mission-critical reservations database. Desmond also introduced non-linear audio and video editing and 3D animations to planetarium productions.

Desmond Mullen's early career involved working for prominent Silicon Valley start-ups. Desmond was a Systems Administrator at WebTV Networks, Inc. from 1995 to 1998. Prior to that, they were the Director of Information Systems at Rocket Science Games, Inc. from 1993 to 1995. Desmond also worked at Industrial Light & Magic as a Technical Director for a Paul McCartney music video in 1992.

Desmond Mullen obtained a Full Stack MERN Developer certificate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2018 to 2019, with a focus on Software Development. Prior to that, they attended the University of South Florida, where they pursued studies in Electronic Music. Specific details about the timeframe and completion of the program at the University of South Florida were not provided.

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Timeline

  • Principal Software Engineer

    January, 2022 - present

  • Senior Backend Software Engineer

    June, 2021