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FOUNDER - founder and lead architect of bootstrapped Generative AI startup - SmartAI Systems. Defining strategy, overall architecture, and leading virtual teams of designers and engineers (contractors) to build out our Generative AI SaaS platform (SaSSY) and several SaSSY-based solutions, including https://smartai.studio (ALPHA). Google Cloud used for GPU compute, identity (firebase), API hosting (gateway), storage, indexing (bigquery), document datastores (firestore), SQL databases, content management of assets and more.smartai.services - chief consultant of smartai.services (consulting arm) providing virtual cio and high-level software architecture services to startups and large clients (Fortune 50, 500).

Berlin, Germany, De

◆ Strategic Leadership & Advisory: Active participation in high-level coaching roundtables with the CEO, company leaders, and advisors, contributing to the strategic direction and leadership vision of Phase.◆ Software Architecture Expertise: Provided expert consultation on software architecture, processes, tooling, and industry best practices.◆ Coaching & Mentoring: Spearheaded coaching initiatives for engineering leaders, focusing on software leadership and development principles. Mentored young professionals in software design and development principles, fostering a culture of learning and professional growth.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

(2022) - DATA PLATFORM / STRATEGY - Developed front end intake process and data lake strategy for a global telemetry and data analytics platform. Evaluated Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog.(2020-2022) SW INCUBATION - CTO software architecture & incubation (PoC) leader in experiences innovation group. Leading teams in agile-based software efforts incubating the next generation of software experiences in pure software and hardware dependent domains including audio, video, battery, analytics, compute & acceleration, client & cloud architectures, distributed systems and AI & machine learning.LEADERSHIP - Driving key initiatives and leading efforts in advancing software process, architecture, training and key partner engagements; facilitating execution by reducing friction and communication latencies across teams and orgs. Founder and principal member of pan-org AI, data and software initiatives and forums.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

DATA PLATFORM - Led analytics engineering efforts, assisted in roadmap & strategy planning, and developed enterprise and system-level architectures across Data Platform including analytics, warehousing, AI & ML operationalization and data lake / data catalog implementations and integration efforts. ANALYTICS - Key participant and architect of the future state engineering analytics vision for Health Markets. Led architectural and implementation efforts towards a unified model and view of data, consolidation of legacy pipelines and optimized multiple implementation teams enabling the delivery of successful milestones within my first 6 months, after years of legacy operational challenges. SW DELIVERY/EXECUTION - Involved in the optimization of software execution and agile sw delivery workflows and processes.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

● Intelligent Solutions Lab - Lab lead and chief architect of an artificial intelligence and machine learning based incubation lab at Dell Client Software. Multifaceted lab using efficient agile processes and learning principles to provide a platform for talented engineers to work on AI and machine learning based projects while providing accelerated feasibility, incubation and development pipelines to the broader team's production level efforts. Building recommendation frameworks, hybrid edge/cloud ML model platforms, and model optimization frameworks. Generating reference architectures and working proof of concepts as inputs into global software initiatives across the lines of business in Dell client. Technologies / Tools: AzureML, ML.NET, CNTK, TensorFlow, ANN, CNN, GAN, back-prop, evolutionary algorithms and reinforcement learning / agent design. ● Global Data Platform - Lead cloud architect and project execution lead for global, multi-regional, high scale, cloud-based telemetry, and analytics platform. Led agile based effort across offshore and onshore teams using GIT and Atlassian toolset (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket) and Microsoft Azure cloud offerings for technology platform. Vast usage of Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS tooling including Azure event hubs, Azure compute (web jobs, AzureFX), Azure blob storage, Azure SQL, REST WebAPIs and Azure HDinsight Spark & HIVE for analytics processing. Key contributor in scale uplevel efforts and scaling architecture.Designed and rolled out a rigorous onboarding workflow and process for global software teams to onramp onto the new telemetry / analytics system. Principal evangelist of new telemetry & analytics system to the broader organization via engineering reviews, organizational town halls, and executive communication forums.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Senior Principal SW architect - Santa Clara, CA (May 2015 - May 2016)Advanced Software Engineering | Security Software Research, feasibility assessment, proof-of-concepts (POCs) and architecture of analytic pipelines and data visualization features / dashboards for next generation Dell Data Protection security products. Working alongside SW MKTG and Enterprise Design teams ensuring robust feasibility across architectural, usability and market requirements.Research of on-demand cloud-based compute of analytic batch and real-time workloads to serve next-generation analytics and visualization use cases.----------------------SW Proof-of-Concept Group Lead / Architect (Sep 2014 - May 2015) - Austin, TXChartered, launched and group lead of an internal SW incubation team responsible for innovative leading edge SW solutions. Responsible for feasibility assessment of Global Client Solutions SW delivered on consumer and small business computing platforms. Principal SW Architect (Jan 2013 - Sep 2014) - Austin, TXHeavily engaged in organizational-level strategic and architectural road maps across SW/HW groups addressing software differentiation, OS optimization & SW architecture. Key contributor to pan-Dell architectural forums and working groups. Re/defined architectural processes across internal, external and vendor development teams. Agile Execution - Provided extensive consultation and key resource in 1) training and migrating SW engineering teams from waterfall to Agile-based methodologies including Epic and User story generation & estimation, 2) Helped define new agile engagement models between SCRUM development teams and Dell process teams and 3) Led and served as lead architect in several early Agile SW projects im/proving the process.ProjectsLed architectural efforts, execution and delivery for several EUCS SW programs including management of offshore scrum teams, proof-of-concept development, feature SW development and architectural deliverables.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, Us

Senior Software Architect / Senior ManagerDec 2010 – June 2011SWRV - TheCut - Silverlight UIs and BackOffice Services – Provided critical development needs to "hot" project for new media show - TheCut. Designed and implemented Windows Communication Foundation services (WCF SOA), business and data tiers for a set of critical use cases for TheCut.SWRV 1,2 - Content Pool Enhancements - Implemented a significant set of enhancements and upgrades to a sophisticated set of Silverlight UIs to help facilitate a business critical set of music programming use cases. Audio Channels OnScreen - Requirements / Design - Principal member of design and architectural team involved in scoping, high level design and system definition of the next-generation audio channels product. Implementation involved extensive use of C#, LINQ, Lambda expressions, Context-based CRUD and WCF utilizing Single Responsibility, SOA and Domain Driven (DDD) principles and architectural patterns. All projects utilized Agile methodologyProject Status: SWRV - TheCut – IN PRODUCTION (March 15, 2011) Project Status: SWRV1.2 Release - IN PRODUCTION (June 2011)Senior .NET ConsultantSep 2009 - March 2010SWRV - Silverlight UIs and BackOffice Services – Senior consultant on the Silverlight and BackOffice SOA services team on the SWRV project. Implemented Windows Communication Foundation services (WCF SOA), business and data tiers for a significant percentage of Silverlight UIs required for SWRV Go Live effort. Extensive use of C#, LINQ, Lambda expressions, Context-based CRUD and WCF utilizing Single Responsibility, SOA and Domain Driven (DDD) principles and architectural patterns. Authored UML static models and sequence diagrams in Visio 2007 and utilized TestDriven.NET and nUnit for unit test development in Agile environment.Utilized Log4Net and PostSharp 1.5.2 for implementation of aspect-oriented concerns (AOP)Project Status: SWRV GO LIVE – IN PRODUCTION (Cox Cable)

New York, Ny, Us

.NET architect and technical lead for Bank of America / Merrill Lynch Business Process Modeling integration initiatives.Project Name: SMaRTS Case Management SystemSenior .NET consultant serving as technical and integration lead for BPM (business process modeling) based case management system. Direct responsibilities include technical guidance of large development team, performing code reviews, mentoring and architectural guidance including system / domain ramp up.Project Status: SMaRTS POCs – COMPLETED Project Status: SMaRTS system – IN PRODUCTION (8/6)==================================================Team / Implementation Lead | Consultant October 2007 - March 2008Project name: Client Login Package – Single Sign On - Login UIServed as technical lead for the Client Login package of ML’s new online enhanced security initiatives. Led two onsite & offshore implementation teams in the requirements scoping, architecture definition, software design, prototyping and implementation (agile). Helped architect, design and lead implementation for common login single sign on page featuring enhanced security and authentication functions including watermark selection, security questions management and entitlements construction & enforcement.