Cloud ConsultantTransitioned from a more general technical consultant to specialize in cloud technologies. While working with clients I expanded my existing knowledge of AWS cloud migrations as a technical lead, explored GCP via a data migration project using Airflow, and worked to create a DevOps strategy for an AWS data lake that best utilized the clients existing tool sets. Projects include:- Large scale AWS Migration- AWS Data Lake creation- Airflow data migration to AWS

Software Engineering Consulting - Technology EnablementGeneral technical consultant that worked across multiple technologies. I excelled in taking a collaborative approach to work where I ask questions and share my knowledge to find the right way to solve problems.Projects included:- Large scale AWS migration from an on premises datacenter.- React Native application improvements.- Website functionality improvements for client facing storefront.

Device Management TeamPrimary contact for on-shore development job scheduling strategy, support, and customer engagement.Building modern and stable DevOps pipeline for the job scheduling platform at Target.Engaging and educating product teams on the capabilities of Target's job scheduling platform.Active member of embedded security group at Target known as the Security Ninjas.

Analyze and review current competitive retail environment for process improvements to include local conditions and individual data sets. Project will result in new competitive shopping rules engine. Developed interim application for shopping list based on historical data prior to release to vendor. Achieved reduction of vendor costs.

Worked as main technical resource on the integrated business team to construct, manage, and improve an in-house product for pricing for Target.com. Identified business problems and presented solutions to product owner and business users. Maintained full stack ownership and creation through DevOps and Agile practices. Project was delivered on time and within budget.

Gained an understanding of the pricing platform, processes and challenges faced by internal business owners. Reviewed existing pricing strategies and protocols to determine path forward for development. Prior to analysis, average time to complete a price change was 4 weeks. Project charter designed to reduce time by 50 percent.

Joined project to develop future sourcing application built within MetricStream. Project production was managed internally and delivered by a contract development team.

A three rotation program that immersed me in different areas of technology at Target. My first rotation was in Data Center Network Engineering as an engineer tasked with improving monitoring and alerting for data center switches. Second rotation was in Target.com Release Management as an engineer / business analyst where I helped to stand up a web site to assist release managers in monitoring the non production environments of Target.com. Third rotation was in the Stores Proof of Concept team as an engineer where I worked on creating .Net REST API's for a mobile project.