• Engineering lead responsible for all technical aspects of a C#/ASP.NET/Angular/Azure private cloud Azure SaaS product. Currently focused on product scalability and reducing overall complexity while implementing product vision. • Substantially improved overall performance by refactoring complex code and solving several memory leaks.• Integrating Azure OpenAI LLM into the product using RAG AI techniques with Semantic Kernel.

• Directed engineering initiatives at Mortgage365, blending innovation with strategic leadership.• Fostered team growth in alignment with the company's vision alongside CTO/CEO.• While this was an exciting and fulfilling role, I realized I can contribute best to an organization with hands-on technical leadership. This is where my passion lies and the reason I transitioned to the Principal Engineer role.

• Led development of back-end C# API for Mortgage365, implementing new features for C#/ASP.NET/Angular/.NET core applications.• Spearheaded team transition to new git practices, enhancing release stability and enabling efficient hotfixing.

• Led development on critical back office API projects, collaborating with stakeholders and other teams.• Implemented new authentication methods for securing applications, distributed via NuGet packages.• Designed and implemented the transition of a monolithic service into RESTful microservices.

• Team lead for two small, agile development teams• Developer on several C# projects including: WPF/VSTO Outlook Plugin, WinForms administrative tools, several development utilities/tools• Initiated and led effort to start integration and UI-testing with WinAppDriver and C#• Built custom build server in AWS and created several CI pipelines to automate builds, packaging, and deployment through Gitlab CI• Created several new testing environments in Azure and integrated them into the overall testing process• Started conversion process from .NET Framework to .NET Core• Created custom Docker images with Windows Server Core to host build process

• Team lead on mission-critical middleware C# WCF API projects consumed by several internal applications. Products developed by the team include a large multi-user API, an API supporting mass processing with real-time asynchronous user feedback and reporting, and a Windows Forms application distributed to many internal users.• Lead a team of 5 including developers, QA, and DBA.• Responsible for ensuring code quality and standards as well as delivering features to stake holders on time.• Wrote technical acceptance criteria for features and stories before bringing them into sprints.• Set design patterns and coding standards for all products the team develops.

• Maintained and added feature functionality to a full-stack C# MVC web application.• Wrote and maintained a shared logging framework used by every API in the department and shared through NuGet. Established NuGet as the common component sharing standard across the department and promoted its adoption across teams.• Developer on several APIs used by a variety of projects including an API to encapsulate Salesforce integrations, an API orchestrating complex business flows between other APIs, a back-office CRM, and Salesforce. • Developed a scheduled processing service that provides flexible scheduled task processing that currently functions to call services and update back-office CRM data nightly.

• Lead developer on student-focused education survey web application utilizing MVP pattern in C#. Application supported over 40,000 survey responses in first year of deployment.• Instructor for HMB Grad Academy teaching junior developers material required to complete 70-515 certification. Responsible for creating original lecture material and presentations.• Mentored two junior HMB developers and assist in their goal-setting, career strategies, and integration into the organization.• Supported a large, nationally-accessed, multi-tenant web application in various development roles.• Conducted developer interviewers to find qualified, motivated developers.• Developer on WinForms data loading application currently installed on many end-user's servers.

• Organized and led many software training sessions for end-users.• Member of committee to promote development standards and create department-wide .NET project templates.• Team lead for SharePoint 2010 development. Customized and maintain Microsoft Fusion Core solution. • Developed custom C# workflows and InfoPath forms.• Created C# department-wide web application for requesting, monitoring and reviewing employee database and application access.• Developer on C#/WCF/SQL 2008 web application to track, request and automatically dispatch various resources based on geographic coordinates in state-wide, emergency situations. Features instant phone, email, SMS and pager notification to over 4,000 users. Application is currently being implemented in several states and will be implemented at the national level.• Upgraded many legacy VB .NET/SQL 2000 applications into C#/SQL 2008.

• Upgraded www.OhioBWC.com website framework to accommodate new format and branding.• Migrated VB6 website backend to VB .NET, including COM+ component conversion and VB .NET web service creation.• Wrote documentation on best practices, standards, and procedures for conversion of VB6 code to VB .NET which was used to train new developers.