AUG 2018 – PRESENT
DIRECTOR OF CLOUD NATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS
STARK & WAYNE
Building individualized programs to guide large scale organizational changes for clients seeking to modernize their product delivery models using cloud-native application architectures within a mature agile framework. I have successfully helped several Global Fortune 500 and Cloud 100 companies redefine and refine their organizational processes. My primary focus has been assisting in the refactoring of their monolithic applications into fully containerized, highly scalable and resilient, pipelined and automated service-oriented architectures.
JUL 2016 – AUG 2018
ENGINEERING MANAGER
LIAISON INTERNATIONAL
Lead a high-performance engineering team through rapid growth and technology change. Following a robust agile process with multiple remote teams on tight delivery timelines I kept those projects on schedule and on budget. These teams included Project managers, Software Engineers, Dev-Ops, and QA Engineers. Provided career path leadership to Engineers by listening to their goals and targeting training opportunities and through project assignments. Maintained high standards of software quality within the team by establishing and promoting best practices and habits. Helped promote a healthy culture, constructive atmosphere, and positive relationships within the company and at large. In this role I pushed for and delivered the containerization (k8 and docker) of our main application, and the effort to receive and pass a rapid7 pen test.
JAN 2014 – JUL 2016
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER / TEAM LEAD
LIAISON INTERNATIONAL
Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery. Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship. Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing best practices and habits. Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team. Collaborate with Product managers, software developers/architects, QA and Operations to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web-based enterprise level applications built on cutting edge technologies. Assist in the development of user stories, estimates and work plans. Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code. Package and support deployment of releases. Plan and execute the migration of legacy applications to current technologies. Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications. Analyze and resolve technical and application problems. Assess opportunities for application and process improvement.
JAN 2011 – Jan 2014
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
ACADEMIC SOFTWARE PLUS
Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites. Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies. Test software development methodology in an agile environment. Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms. Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, business users, project managers and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions. Provide recommendations for continuous improvement. Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
2010 AND BEFORE
DIVERSE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
DBZ, WCTS, OFFICE MAX, COMPUSA, CLIENTLOGIC
I’ve consulted as a Software Developer and IT Specialist; Managed a retail sales environment; Hardware repair, network installation, and training technician; Level I and II telephone technical support specialist.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS B.S. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT BUFFALO
President of both the Physics Club and Math League, I had the opportunity to participate in a paid fellowship research program sponsored by the NSF called Urge to Compute. In the fellowship I was on a team of students guided by a faculty member from the University at Buffalo which built a computer modeling communications transfer through fiber optic networks, and studied the degradation of signals over great distances to predict outages and fault tolerances of current hardware. The model was run in UB's Center for Computational Research to realize it’s full potential. Our findings were presented at an undergraduate research conference at Penn State, and at the JMM conference in San Francisco. Collaborated with other engineers, business analysts and project managers to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web-based enterprise level applications.
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CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER (CSM)
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COMPTIA A+
• Strong Technical and Management Background • Heavy focus on software architecture • Technology Agnostic Approach to Software • Strong Interpersonal Relationship Skills • Deep Problem Solving Ability • Effective Leadership Skills • Fast Learner