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Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Chattanooga, Tn, Us

I was responsible for the technical architecture of the Colonial Life Policyholder portal.Key areas of responsibility included:• Drove decisions on the design of the new micro-services-based architecture for the portal.• Led design sessions with the Enterprise Integration team to define API security patterns.• Partnered closely with a 3rd party texting provider to implement a claim notification solution whichresulted in a 12% call reduction to our call center.• Coordinated application and API performance testing with the Enterprise Testing team.• Managed application implementation plan.I also designed the solution for sending digital postcards to potential policyholders which results in$11.3M in premium within the first 3 months of usage.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

- Designed and developed a new Custom Business Object service to send email messages via Microsoft Graph API to enable email tracking- Created Code and Release Management Strategy and socialized that across development teams- Performed audit of system capabilities being monitored across Exchange platform and worked with DCOD team to close the gaps that were identified- Collaborated with teammates to refine the deployment process to support running Exchange and Carriers side-by-side which lowered Azure run costs- Attended the two-week Policy Boot Camp training and achieved Mastery level with a 99% average across the four grading areas- Created foundational PowerShell scripts within Octopus Deploy which automated SSRS report subscription deployments that were previously done manually

Columbia, Sc, Us

- Advanced our mobile development strategy, including the adoption of Xamarin and MongoDB, through partnership with Enterprise Architecture and other technical architects- Drive the adoption of new tools and technologies which requires cross-team collaboration and influencing- Collaborated across capability areas to define a continuous integration/continuous delivery process utilizing Jenkins, Artifactory and Octopus Deploy which enables faster application delivery and increased reliability- Web application design and development using Microsoft technologies- Consult with scrum teams, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Security, etc. to drive technical direction and ensure effective and efficient system designs- Sitecore CMS implementation, configuration, customization and integration with external systems- Assist project teams with problem solving, technical direction and product delivery

Columbia, Sc, Us

- Senior developer on scrum team that implemented an Angular-based application that enables field agents to dynamically do competitor insurance product comparisons which replaced the previous cumbersome and manual process

Columbia, Sc, Us

- Designed and developed Colonial Life’s first iOS application that enables customers to view policy and claim data while reusing the same SOA services that support our customer website and VRU system. This resulted in customers being able to access their data on their preferred device, web, mobile or VRU, while reducing calls to our service center.- Designed and developed an iOS and Android application built with Xamarin which enables field agents to view actionable account data based on their current location or preferred search criteria

Columbia, Sc, Us

Initiated the creation and design of a .Net-based library that abstracts common capabilities (i.e. security) from consuming applications which results in consistent application design and faster development and delivery

Columbia, Sc, Us

Columbia, Sc, Us

Columbia, Sc, Us

Columbia, Sc, Us

Columbia, Sc, Us

Columbia, Sc, Us