Directed Platform Engineering, User Experience, Release Management, and Jira Engineering teams at a leading crypto prime brokerage. Focused on resource reallocation and optimizing team efficiency to maintain productivity while implementing strategies to retain critical talent during significant restructuring. Led efforts to enhance cross-department collaboration between engineering, product, operations, and UX teams, ensuring continued alignment on key objectives and delivering critical projects on time.Founded the release management organization, establishing a streamlined process that reduced failures by 90% and ensured consistent, on-time releases. Implemented tooling to provide visibility into past and future releases, improving decision-making and planning.Achieved significant reductions in AWS cloud spending through comprehensive cost optimization strategies, significantly improving the company’s financial position during a critical period of market uncertainty. Returned $1M in potential hiring costs by optimizing team efficiency and leveraging existing resources.

Led a fully remote, cross-functional team responsible for the muti-year integration of a vendor-provided pricing engine into an existing ASP.NET application, driving key improvements in product functionality.Spearheaded the refactoring of the automated testing framework, reducing QA dependency and improving test coverage, resulting in annual savings of $400,000.Collaborated with platform engineering to deploy applications using Azure DevOps and Kubernetes (OpenShift), ensuring effective monitoring and proactive issue detection.Developed and mentored team members, fostering a collaborative remote work environment that promoted innovation and high performance.Coordinated with the release management and platform teams to ensure successful deployments, with a focus on enhancing system reliability and stability.

Led the development of an enterprise-level portfolio management system, driving business growth, reducing compliance risk, and enhancing investment insights. Also led the launch of a client-facing risk analysis platform, improving the firm’s product offering for advisory clients.Collaborated closely with senior leadership to align technology investments with long-term business goals. Implemented a distributed in-memory caching solution that improved platform performance and extended infrastructure capacity, delaying the need for additional infrastructure investment. Led the development of a fully automated CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment times by 75-80% and improving platform stability and operational efficiency. These initiatives enhanced confidence in IT across the business, as internal departments received more reliable services and faster, more accurate insights.Built and mentored cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative remote work environment, driving innovation, and ensuring the success of key projects.Led efforts to continuously optimize systems integration and improve the development life cycle, streamlining workflows and ensuring seamless project delivery.

Managed cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration across engineering, business, and operations to deliver a robust, scalable application and services used by traders to locate securities available for lending, supporting the firm’s securities lending business. Successfully implemented new features and upgrades, improving client satisfaction and operational performance.Introduced a structured request process to ensure clear communication between business stakeholders and the development team, preventing unplanned work interruptions and enhancing team productivity. Also consulted with senior leadership to resolve critical system issues, driving the continuous improvement of trading systems.

Led the multi-year integration of a vendor cash management solution with existing portfolio management and accounting systems. Collaborated closely with internal teams to fill critical feature gaps and aligned vendor deliverables with business needs, ensuring a smooth transition and system functionality.Successfully developed an automated report testing solution, significantly improving test coverage and reducing manual QA work across releases. This led to faster turnaround times and more robust testing of portfolio management reports, enhancing overall system reliability.Led the overhaul of a high-visibility report processing system responsible for generating client-facing reports, resolving performance bottlenecks and improving client satisfaction by increasing system uptime and report accuracy.

Managed two development teams: the internal application development team and the customer-facing streaming media player team. Oversaw the delivery of high-traffic media applications, ensuring system reliability and seamless streaming experiences for users during periods of rapid growth in product sales.Led capacity planning and major hardware upgrades, negotiating contracts with key vendors, including Akamai and DEC, to optimize streaming costs while supporting business scalability. Successfully managed vendor relationships and coordinated with internal stakeholders to ensure infrastructure could handle increased demand.Collaborated closely with the marketing and product teams to align technical efforts with the company’s promotional campaigns, ensuring robust infrastructure and a high-quality user experience during key launches.Spearheaded the development of internal applications that enhanced business operations, driving greater operational efficiency and supporting Sirius's rapid growth.

Led a cross-functional team in the development of business applications for DLJ and CSFB, while taking an active role in database design and optimization.Developed stored procedures, functions, and triggers, and performed index tuning to improve database performance and efficiency. Designed and implemented database deployment scripts that enhanced system scalability.Built a utility to reverse engineer MS SQL databases and profile batches of T-SQL statements, supporting performance analysis and system diagnostics.

Led the design and implementation of the Mass Mutual website, utilizing Vignette Story Server to deliver a dynamic, client-facing web platform. Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure the technical architecture aligned with business goals, delivering a scalable and user-friendly solution.Managed the full-stack development process, including front-end design with HTML and back-end architecture, ensuring seamless integration and performance.

Led the deployment of a new WAN environment supporting 3000+ users across 200 locations, ensuring seamless network integration and system performance.Served as senior developer for an intranet-based application, utilizing ADSI and LDAP to manage Windows NT accounts, MS Exchange directories, and AS400 profiles. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure the system aligned with operational requirements and user needs.Designed and implemented a Remedy Help Desk solution, integrating Forms, Escalations, and Active Links, merging data from MS Access to SQL Server to enhance system efficiency and resilience.

Worked with the Global Engineering Division to develop a corporate domain architecture and implement server automation and monitoring solutions. Collaborated with the HP OpenView team to develop a Windows NT monitoring solution for enhanced system diagnostics.Led the support of 150 local and remote Windows NT servers, overseeing hardware, application, and operating system maintenance. Key technologies included MS SQL Server, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, and network protocols such as RAS, WINS, and DHCP.Managed server performance monitoring and capacity planning initiatives, improving system stability and operational efficiency.Designed and developed the Barclays Capital New York Infrastructure Support Intranet, providing tools for server configuration and health monitoring using data collected by Barclays Capital SNMP Monitor.

Managed NT servers, including database, file, and print servers, ensuring smooth operation and minimizing downtime. Responsible for telephony work, including the selection, installation and management of a new phone system and maintenance of company communications infrastructure.Provided help desk support for Mac and Windows desktops and laptops, troubleshooting hardware and software issues for all office users. Handled the purchasing of technology-related equipment, including new computers, laptops, and related hardware.Configured ISDN routers for the company president, enabling enhanced connectivity and communication. Ensured smooth operation of the company’s IT infrastructure, contributing to operational efficiency.