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Washington, Dc, Us

Incline Village, Nevada, Us

I lead the engineering department, defining and executing an innovative engineering roadmap while encouraging team growth and leadership. My role involves managing engineering managers, mentoring teams to meet project deliverables, and ensuring adherence to engineering best practices. I oversee the full software development lifecycle, lead cross-functional team collaborations, and drive innovative product development. My leadership helps solve critical bottlenecks, enhances innovation, and ensures strategic alignment across departments, maintaining a culture of professionalism and excellence in engineering.

Columbus , Ohio, Us

I led strategic initiatives to expand the engineering team in response to business needs and led significant organizational development efforts. My responsibilities included defining the engineering hiring process, developing career growth strategies, and enhancing application monitoring and resiliency through automation. I promoted Agile methodologies, encouraged third-party collaborations, and maintained a focus on continuous improvement, driving impactful automation solutions and organizational goals. I led the engineering teams to deliver products and platforms for the healthcare industry.

Seattle, Wa, Us

I led the development and delivery of high-profile software products, coordinating efforts across functional teams. I was responsible for talent acquisition and retention, aligning team objectives with broader corporate strategies, and initiating a knowledge-sharing program to enhance solutions. My role also involved designing and managing a program to track operational risks and improvements, ensuring alignment with AWS's strategic goals.I also led one of the AWS EC2 teams and delivered high profile, public facing, and highly scalable AWS solutions to our customers.

Seattle, Wa, Us

I leveraged my technical expertise to contribute significantly to the EC2 platform. My role involved leading design reviews, serving as a technical lead and subject matter expert for the development of high-performance, high-availability web services and backend software stacks. I played an important role in launching multiple AWS products and improving EC2 VPC APIs. I also built and enhanced automation for various workflows, conducted in-depth code reviews, and developed strong testing and canary systems to ensure service reliability. My efforts were crucial in translating customer requirements into high-impact products and services, and I provided extensive support during incident responses. This role followed my earlier position as a Software Development Engineer from 2014 to 2018, where I laid the groundwork for these advancements.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Designing and developing highly-available services and high-performance backend distributed systems for multiple AWS EC2 features.

Building custom-made software solutions for our clients.

Leading engineering teams on implementation of several public facing solutions for the U.S. Government (Department of Education) and private sector clients.

IT Innovative Solutions services and products are both cost-effective, creative, and are delivered with a modern scaleable architecture using the best hardware and software technologies available. Inovas is focused on Data Collection, Surveys, Data Analysis systems, Midrange Computing applications, and CRM systems.Software Engineer: analyzing business needs and developing, creating, and modifying complex statistical and analytical computer software applications in educational domains.

Provider of business solutions across Information, Communication, and Entertainment Technologies, specializing in Financial and Insurance software and services; Developed and led team in project development. Prepared the software engineering documentation such as SRS, SDD and STP. Helped and mentored team members on technical issues. Contributed to planning in meetings with business analysts/designers, team members and graphic designers.Innovated reporting system design built on Excel files using C# and Office Open-XML (OOXML) technology.Introduced new storage mechanism by embedding template report in Excel file to create database independence using C# and Office Open-XML (OOXML) technology.Implemented software design patterns, significantly improving program stability/maintenance.PROJECTS:SolonExcel: Created desktop application and webservice at server side designed to prepare Excel reports as a subcomponent of a larger insurance Framework application.Technologies used: C#, Webservice, XML, OOXML, Office programming, Microsoft Office Add-in development, LINQ, SQLPentaAgent: Designed a web application specifically for insurance agent tasks/use using Silverlight.Technologies used: Silverlight, ASP.NET, C#, XML, Webservice, LINQPentaILLUSTRATE: Developed WPF-application for use in insurance proposals/administrative tasks.Technologies used: WPF, C#, Webservice, XML, LINQ, OracleLanguages and Technologies: C#, Sql, LINQ (LINQ to Entity), XMLWeb: Asp.NET, Webservice, Silverlight Databases: Sql Server 2005, Oracle 10g Tools: Visual Studio 2008, MS Expression Blend, Benthic, Oxygen XML Editor, TortoiseSVN, MS Virtual MachinePlatforms: MS Windows XP, MS Windows Server 2003

South Information Technology Ccompany (SITCO)Software solutions provider of Enterprise Portals, Web-based Applications, OLAP/Distributed Database and e-business solutions.Gathered/analyzed software requirements specification via customer interviews and visiting the client site and collaborating with software designers. Implemented ERP systems, and provided system maintenance, upgrades, and enhancements by .NET technologies. PROJECTS: Reporting System: Drove R&D to design/implement portion of overall ERP product and pilot to facilitate sales. System capabilities allow report generation from any DBMS, including MS SQL, Oracle, FoxPro, MySql, Access and Excel.Technologies used: C#, Webservice, MS Sql server, Store procedure, MS SQL Linked ServerReporting System (Web edition): Implemented web application of Reporting system and its webservice. Technologies used: ASP.NET, C#, Webservice, MS Sql server, Store procedure, MS SQL Linked Server; Inventory System: Compiled all business requirements to create software requirement documentation. Contributed to design and implementation of major system component. Delivered effective product under short deadline.Technologies used: C#, MS Sql server, XML, SQL Store procedures/Views/Functions.Sitco Fiscal Year: Created module to plug into all other ERP applications within the company related to data for the fiscal year requested.; Technologies used: VB.NET, Sql DMO, MS Sql server, SQL Store procedures/Views/Functions. Sitco eForm: Implementation of a Web Based Electronic Form Management System with workflow.Technologies used: Asp.NET, C#, XML, MS Sql server, SQL Store procedures/Views/Functions.Languages and Technologies: C#, VB.NET Web: ASP.NET, Web Service Databases: MS SQL Server Tools: SQL DMO, MS Visual Studio, MS Source Safe, MS Virtual Machine Platforms: MS Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003

Master’S Degree, Computer Science

Master Of Science, Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Software Engineering