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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Working in the Git Systems organization on the security, availability, and scaling capabilities of the services that store and serve git repository data.

Independent consultant specializing in software engineering and information security guidance. Working with clients across the industry from end user applications to underlying compute, data, and security infrastructure.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Promoted to a Senior Director role after the successful build, launch, and scaling of the Tasso Care service platform and the introduction of an information security practice in the organization. Focused on establishing standards and practices for all of Tasso’s technologies.- Guided the systems and component architecture for customer-facing and internal infrastructure to ensure security, functional, and scaling targets were met or exceeded.- Led the company through implementation of information security and regulatory standards (HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001), auditing, and certification as the company's designated security officer.- Oversaw strategic information technology direction and day-to-day needs as the company scaled from 40 to 120 employees.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Developed and grew an in-house software engineering department and platform to enable Tasso's mission of getting diagnostic testing to those who need it most.- Responsible for technical architecture, delivery, and operation of the software platform powering Tasso Care, a service that enables at-home blood collection for patients around the country. Personally contributed a significant amount of functional, test, and infrastructure code while building the team. Service built with TypeScript, Go, and Python on Amazon ECS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, and EventBridge.- Grew the software engineering department from 2 to 15 over the course of 18 months, introducing standards for interviewing that were adopted more broadly in the company. Mentored team members on foundational computer science, networking, distributed systems, cloud computing, infrastructure as code (IaC), and CI/CD topics.- Scaled the capabilities of the platform over 2 years to grow the Tasso Care business from zero to 60% of corporate revenue. Enabled the organization to deliver an order of magnitude growth in at-home tests over a year.- Established the information security practice at Tasso, benchmarking the company's security posture against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF).

Seattle, Wa, Us

Architecture, development, operations, and scaling in distributed systems, devices, and IoT across several service offerings from Amazon and AWS.Projects:- AWS CodeBuild - Led API design, GitHub/BitBucket integrations, scheduled builds, build events, and scale testing for managed build service. Service built with Go, Java, and Scala on Amazon ECS, EC2 and DynamoDB.- AWS App Mesh - Led API design, operational readiness, and health checking, traffic shaping, end-to-end encryption, authentication, and authorization features for a software-defined networking service (i.e., service mesh) based on Envoy Proxy, supporting workloads on Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EC2. Worked with the principal engineering community on CI/CD, deployment safety practices, and authN/authZ for microservice architectures. Nominated to lead the Change Management Bar Raiser (CMBR) program for the containers, linux, and application networking organization.- Amazon Explore - Led the development of the shopping experience, on-board device software, IoT device control and monitoring interfaces for a service that enabled virtual tourism anywhere with an LTE connection. Device software built with C++ and Go on a custom NVIDIA Tegra hardware platform. Cloud software built with Java and JavaScript on AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, DynamoDB, and AWS IoT.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Inventor, product owner, and lead software engineer for BOLT: a rapid-development framework for Oracle Commerce.- Significantly reduced time-to-market for project implementations (from 12 months to 3).- Doubled engineer productivity through intuitive automated tooling, reducing ramp-up time per-project by 90%.- Created push-button deployment capabilities for AWS, Rackspace, and OpenStack Cloud, using linux containers (Docker) to isolate and scale each service in the application stack.- Instituted Agile Project Management, pair programming, code review, test driven development, continuous integration and continuous delivery processes.- Led and mentored all team members through prototyping, solution design, and implementation phases.

Austin, Texas, Us

Strategist and technical consultant for Oracle’s Solutions Engineering and Product Management groups.- Created iOS/Objective-C applications leveraging emerging technologies (BTLE, Micro-location, Digital Wallets, etc.)- Served as lead software engineer for several in-house Java/J2EE applications- Invented Ruby-based command-line tooling to automate repetitive development and deployment tasks- Advised customers on topics centered around technical planning, architecture, deployment/scaling, and staffing- Advocated for modernizing development tools and frameworks for Oracle’s enterprise applications- Demonstrated advanced engineering topics at Oracle OpenWorld and other industry conferences

Columbus, Oh, Us

Created the Distributed Commerce Platform (formerly "Off the Wall"), a patented industry-leading commerce experience for the Facebook wall.- Built a patented PCI/DSS-Level-1-compliant session proxying API- Introduced a flexible, performant meta-programming framework with Apache, Zend Framework (PHP), and MySQL- Contributed to all layers of the software stack through R&D, MVP, and implementation phases- Led daily stand-ups and iteration planning meetings for the engineering team- Mentored peers on agile project management, test driven development, and object-oriented programming- Received the first “XLNT: Never Been Done Before” award for building the Distributed Commerce Platform

Built a customizable apparel ordering system with Magento eCommerce.- Significantly shortened the process for order creation and fulfillment - Architected, built, secured, and scaled all aspects of the application - Developed a custom product configurator using Java, PHP, JSON, and JavaScript - Deployed and administered the full application infrastructure from development through production - Managed all project management systems and code repositories for the software engineering team

Us

Swiss Army knife developer for some of the world's most iconic brands.- Created a variety of pixel-perfect Java/J2EE, PHP, and Ruby applications - Maintained and scaled high-availability sites for Fortune 500 clients like GE, Pepsi, and Procter & Gamble- Migrated outdated custom web applications to PHP, Java, and Ruby-based frameworks- Introduced improved source control systems that greatly reduced integration failures- Created and administered the development infrastructure for the software engineering team